NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

CERREJON

CERREJON FOSSIL SITE

CERREJON FORMATION

PALEOCENE EPOCH

LOWER PALEOGENE PERIOD

LOWER TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: MESOSUCHIA EMEND HUXLEY, 1875

PARVORDER: METASUCHIA BENTON & CLARK, 1988

INFRAORDER: TETHYSUCHIA BUFFETAUT, 1982

Family: DYROSAURIDAE de STEFANO, 1903

*Anthracosuchus balrogus

Genus: Nova Long snout.

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NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

LA GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT

CERREJON COAL MINE

CERREJON FORMAITON

UNDERCLAY OF COAL SEAM 90

MIDDLE TO LATE PALEOCENE EPOCH

LOWER PALEOGENE PERIOD

LOWER TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: MESOSUCHIA EMEND HUXLEY, 1875

PARVORDER: METASUCHIA BENTON & CLARK, 1988

INFRAORDER: TETHYSUCHIA BUFFETAUT, 1982

Family: DYROSAURIDAE de STEFANO, 1903

*Acherontisuchus juajiraensis

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NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

LA GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT

UNDERCLAY OF COAL SEAM 90 WITHIN THE LA PUENTE PIT

CERREJON COAL MINE

CERREJON FORMAITON

UNDERCLAY OF COAL SEAM 90

MIDDLE TO LATE PALEOCENE EPOCH

LOWER PALEOGENE PERIOD

LOWER TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: MESOSUCHIA EMEND HUXLEY, 1875

PARVORDER: METASUCHIA BENTON & CLARK, 1988

INFRAORDER: TETHYSUCHIA BUFFETAUT, 1982

Family: DYROSAURIDAE de STEFANO, 1903

Acherontisuchus juajiraensis

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NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

LA GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT

UNDERCLAY OF COAL SEAM 40 WITHIN THE WEST EXTENSION PIT
CERREJON COAL MINE

CERREJON FORMAITON

UNDERCLAY OF COAL SEAM 90

MIDDLE TO LATE PALEOCENE EPOCH

LOWER PALEOGENE PERIOD

LOWER TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: MESOSUCHIA EMEND HUXLEY, 1875

PARVORDER: METASUCHIA BENTON & CLARK, 1988

INFRAORDER: TETHYSUCHIA BUFFETAUT, 1982

Family: DYROSAURIDAE de STEFANO, 1903

Acherontisuchus juajiraensis

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NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

LA GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT

WITHIN THE CERREJON COAL MINE

LA PUENTE PIT

CERREJON FORMAITON

UNDERCLAY OF COAL SEAM 90

MIDDLE TO LATE PALEOCENE EPOCH

LOWER PALEOGENE PERIOD

LOWER TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: MESOSUCHIA EMEND HUXLEY, 1875

PARVORDER: METASUCHIA BENTON & CLARK, 1988

INFRAORDER: TETHYSUCHIA BUFFETAUT, 1982

Family: DYROSAURIDAE de STEFANO, 1903

*Cerrejonisuchus improcerus

Genus: Nova

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NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

LA GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT

LA GUAIJIRA PENINSULA

APPROXIMATELY 9 KM WEST OF PUERTO LOPEZ

LOCALITY 390093 'GHARIAL LOCALITY'

UPPER JIMOL FORMAITON

LAE EARLY MIOCENE EPOCH

NEOGENE PERIOD

TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875

INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877

Family: GAVIALIDAE Cuvier, 1807

Gen. sp indet.

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NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

LA GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT

LA GUAIJIRA PENINSULA

APPROXIMATELY 9 KM WEST OF PUERTO LOPEZ

LOCALITY 390093 'GHARIAL LOCALITY'

UPPER JIMOL FORMAITON

LAE EARLY MIOCENE EPOCH

NEOGENE PERIOD

TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875

INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877

Family: GAVIALIDAE Cuvier, 1807

Gen. sp indet.

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NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

LA GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT

LA GUAIJIRA PENINSULA

APPROXIMATELY 5.7 KM NORTHWEST OF PUERTO LOPEZ

LOCALITY 390094 'NORTH PATAJU VALLEY'

LOWER CASTILLETES FORMAITON

LAE EARLY-EARLY MIDDLE MIOCENE EPOCH

NEOGENE PERIOD

TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875

INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877

Family: GAVIALIDAE Cuvier, 1807

Gen. sp indet.

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NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

LA GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT

LA GUAIJIRA PENINSULA

APPROXIMATELY 9 KM NORTHWEST OF PUERTO LOPEZ

LOCALITY 390091 'BIG CROC'

UPPER JIMOL FORMAITON

LAE EARLY MIOCENE EPOCH

NEOGENE PERIOD

TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875

INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877

Superfamily: ALLIGATORIDEA Buffetaut, 1985

GLOBIDONTA BROUCHU, 1999

Family: ALLIGATORIDAE Gray, 1844

Gen. sp indet.

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NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

LA GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT

LA GUAIJIRA PENINSULA

APPROXIMATELY 5.7 KM NORTHWEST OF PUERTO LOPEZ

LOCALITY 390094 'NORTH PATAJU VALLEY'

LOWER CASTILLETES FORMAITON

LAE EARLY-EARLY MIDDLE MIOCENE EPOCH

NEOGENE PERIOD

TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875

INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877

Insertae sedis

Gen. sp indte.

Superfamily: ALLIGATORIDEA Buffetaut, 1985

GLOBIDONTA BROUCHU, 1999

Family: ALLIGATORIDAE Gray, 1844

Subfamily: ALLIGATORINAE Gray, 1844 (sensu Kalin, 1940)

Tribe: CAIMANINI

Purussaurus sp

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NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

LA GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT

LA GUAIJIRA PENINSULA

APPROXIMATELY 4.5 KM WEST OF CASTILLETES AND 1.2 KM NORTH OF VENEZUELAN BORDER

LOCALITY 390085 'KAITAMANA'

LOWER CASTILLETES FORMAITON

LAE EARLY-EARLY MIDDLE MIOCENE EPOCH

NEOGENE PERIOD

TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875

INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877

Insertae sedis

Gen. sp indte.

Superfamily: ALLIGATORIDEA Buffetaut, 1985

GLOBIDONTA BROUCHU, 1999

Family: ALLIGATORIDAE Gray, 1844

Subfamily: ALLIGATORINAE Gray, 1844 (sensu Kalin, 1940)

Tribe: NETTOSUCHINI Langston, 1965

Mourasuchus sp

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NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

LA GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT

LA GUAIJIRA PENINSULA

LOCALITY 390075

MIOCENE EPOCH

NEOGENE PERIOD

TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875

INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877

Incertae sedis

Genus. sp indet

 
 

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NORTHEASTERN COLOMBIA

LA GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT

LA GUAIJIRA PENINSULA

NEAR THE BOARDER OF THE VENEZULAN BORDER

LOCALITY 470062 ('POLICE STATION')

LOWER WARE FORMATION

LATE PLIOCENE EPOCH

LATE NEOGENE PERIOD

TERTIARY SUBERA

CENOZOIC ERA

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875

INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877

PARVORDER: BREVIROSTRES

Superfamily: CROCODILOIDEA Cuvier, 1807 (sensu Fitzinger, 1826)

Family: CROCODYLIDAE Cuvier, 1807

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

Subfamily: CROCODYLIDINAE Cuvier, 1807

Incertae sedis

Crocodylus sp