Also known as Boreostemma IGM p253101
Where: Huila, Colombia (3.3° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 72.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Laventan mammal zone, La Victoria Formation (Honda Group), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)
• Unit Between Chunchullo Sandstone Beds and Tatacoa Sandstone Beds
Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. E. Zurita, L. R. González Ruiz, A. J. Gómez-Cruz and J. E. Arenas-Mosquera. 2013. The most complete known Neogene Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from northern South America: taxonomic, paleobiogeographic, and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):696-708 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 188258: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 26.08.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Boreostemma acostae Villarroel 1983 glyptodon Specimen n° IGM p253101 (five associated osteoderms and partial mandible), IGM p183315, IGM p183307 (three osteoderms of the caudal rings and three molariforms), IGM p183265 (left hemimandible, three osteoderms and a fragment of femur)
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