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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia

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Several stratigraphic units in Colombia have provided fossils. The richest formations are the Devonian Cuche and Floresta Formations, the Cretaceous Paja Formation, the Paleocene Cerrejón Formation and the Miocene La Venta site. The latter is the richest Konzentrat-Lagerstätte in northern South America and comprises the formations of the Honda Group.

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units Formations are ordered according to their youngest age

Proposed reclassification of South American gomphotheres

Some authors, Lucas, Mothé, Avilla et al., propose a reclassification of the South American gomphotheres as follows:

Stegomastodon (Pohlig 1912) is an exclusively North American genus Haplomastodon (Hoffstetter 1950) is a South American genus, but synonymous with Notiomastodon (Cabrera 1929) as Notiomastodon was defined earlier, all Haplomastodon species should be considered part of Notiomastodon all formerly described species as Stegomastodon sp., Haplomastodon sp. and Notiomastodon sp. belong to a single species; Notiomastodon platensis Cuvieronius (Osborn 1923) is the only remaining South American genus outside of Notiomastodon

Evolution Lucas (2010, 2013) proposes that Notiomastodon evolved from Cuvieronius inside South America Mothé et al. (2012, 2015, 2016) propose that Notiomastodon and Cuvieronius reached South America in two separate migration waves

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela List of mining areas in Colombia South American land mammal age Gomphothere fossils in Colombia Geology of Colombia Geology of the Ocetá Páramo Geology of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense Geology of the Eastern Hills of Bogotá

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