Species: munozi PARAMO-FONSECA, GOMEZ-PEREZ, NOE, & ETAYO-SERNA,
2016
Etymology: In honor of Jorge Munoz who discovered and reported the find of the
pliosaurid on his land, and handed VL18052004-1 to the collections of the Museo
Geologico Jose Royo y Gomez, Servicico Geologico Colombiano.
= Brachauchenius sp HAMPE, 2005
Holotype: VL17052004-1
Locality: Loma La Cabrera, Villa de Leiva, Boyaca Province, Colombia.
Horizon: Arcillolitas Abigarradas Member, Paja Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lower Barremian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material: Skull, and nearly complete skeleton.
Referred material:
PARAMO-FONSECA, BENAVIDES-CABRA & GUTIERREZ, 2019 (published in 2020)
Locality: Southeast region of Sachica, a small town near Villa de Leiva, Boyaca Province, Colombia.
Horizon: Arcillolitas Abigarradas Member, Paja Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lower Barremian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material:
MP050310-1: Skull and first 10 cervical vertebrae.