Masato Site, Kolumbien


Fundort: Masato Site, Kolumbien, Huila, Kolumbien
Taxon: Dolichocebus annectens aus der Familie Cebidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, "Middle Miocene (Friasian)... upper redbeds of the Villavieja Formation" Note: This collection had a Friasian age but this must be the Friasian sensu lato, that includes the Friasian sensu stricto, Mayoan and Laventan. The lower Villavieja formation is considered of Laventan age now and the upper Villavieja formation is considered Laventan-Mayoan in age (Flynn et al., 1997).
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 10, und 13,8 Millionen Jahre aus der Villavieja Formation in Kolumbien
Geologie, Sratigraphie Serravallian, Tortonian / Laventan / Villavieja
Koordinaten: 3° 19 ' 59 '' N, 75° 9 ' 59 '' W

Literatur

A. L. Rosenberger, T. Setoguchi, W. C. Hertwig 1991, Laventiana annectens, new genus and species: fossil evidence for the origins of callitrichine New World monkeys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88:6, p. 2137 - 2140

Systematik