Where: Huila, Colombia (3.2° N, 75.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 4.0° N, 71.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baraya Member (Villavieja Formation), Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)
• Unit between Ferruginous sandstone beds and La Venta Red Beds
Environment/lithology: fluvial; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. G. McDonald. 1997. Xenarthrans: Pilosans. In R.F. Kay, R.H. Madden, J.J. Flynn (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia 233-245 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/L. Mora-Rojas]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187972: authorized by Andrés Cárdenas, entered by Laura Mora-Rojas on 19.08.2017
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Megalonychidae indet. Gervais 1855 edentate Specimen n° IGM 253264 ; and IGM 184118 (The last specimen was not reported in this exact locality number, but McDonald 1997 indicates that it was taken from a level between La Venta Red Beds and Ferruginous Beds)
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