Honda Group, Colombia

The Honda Group (Spanish: Grupo Honda, Tsh, Ngh) is a geological group of the Upper and Middle Magdalena Basins and the adjacent Central and Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The group, in older literature also defined as formation, is in its present-day type section in the Tatacoa Desert in the department of Huila subdivided into two main formations; La Victoria and Villavieja.

This article is about the Laventan-age geologic group of Colombia. For the also Laventan-age geologic group of Bolivia, see Honda Group, Bolivia. For the Japanese company, see Honda Group.
Not to be confused with Hondita Formation.
Honda Group
Stratigraphic range: Late Oligocene-Late Miocene
typically Middle Miocene
(Laventan)
~13.8–11.8 Ma
↓
Statue of a prehistoric ground sloth from the Honda Group in Villavieja, Huila
TypeGeological group
Sub-unitsVillavieja Fm.
 Cerro Colorado Mb.
 Baraya Mb.
La Victoria Fm.
 Cerbatana Mb.
UnderliesGigante Group
 Neiva Fm.
OverliesPayandé Group
 Barzalosa Fm., Saldaña Fm., Santa Teresa Fm.
Thicknessup to 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryConglomerate, sandstone
OtherClaystone, siltstone, volcanoclastic sediments
Location
Coordinates5°11′31″N 74°43′21″W
RegionHuila, Tolima, Cundinamarca
Middle Magdalena Valley, Upper Magdalena Valley
Central & Eastern Ranges
Andes
Country Colombia
Extent~250 km (160 mi)
Type section
Named forHonda
Named byHettner
LocationHonda (original)
Tatacoa Desert (redefined)
Year defined1892
Coordinates3°14′04″N 75°12′15″W
Approximate paleocoordinates3.1°N 72.4°W / 3.1; -72.4
RegionTolima (original)
Huila (redefined)
Country Colombia
Thickness at type section3,255 m (10,679 ft)

Paleogeography of Northern South America
20 Ma, by Ron Blakey
Topographical map of Tolima Department
original type locality of the Honda Group
redefined type section in Huila

The group was originally defined in and named after Honda, Tolima, but has been redefined based on the many fossil finds in the Tatacoa Desert, 250 kilometres (160 mi) to the south. In the original type section of its occurrence, the 3,255 metres (10,679 ft) thick group is subdivided into three formations, from old to young; Cambrás, San Antonio and Los Limones.

The group dates to the Neogene period; in its broadest definition from the Late Oligocene to Late Miocene, and in the redefined type section restricted to the Laventan age of the South American Land Mammal Ages (SALMA), equivalent to the Middle Miocene Serravallian epoch.

The Honda Group is a Konzentrat-Lagerstätte at the fossiliferous La Venta site in the department of Huila and eastern Tolima and hosts one of the richest formations containing Miocene fauna worldwide.

Etymology and definitions
View of Honda, Tolima, namesake of the Honda Group

The group was first defined by Hettner in 1892 in the area of the town after which it is named; Honda, Tolima.[1] In 1942 and 1946, the group was defined as a formation by Royo and Gómez. The first author who used the name Honda for a group, was American zoologist who studied the La Venta fauna in detail, Ruben Arthur Stirton. Subdivisions of the group have been proposed by many different authors with high detail in the different beds.[2] Names as "Monkey Beds", "Fish Beds" and "Unit above Fish Beds" have been colloquially used to designate certain stratigraphic units based on their fossil content.[3][4] The most accepted definition of the group, formations and members was proposed by Villarroel et al. in 1996 to simplify the stratigraphy in a regional sense solving the excessive subdivision into 19 units by Guerrero et al. (1994).[5]

Regional setting

Today, the sediments of the Honda Group are exposed in the Middle (Valle Medio del Magdalena, VMM) and Upper Magdalena Valley (Valle Superior del Magdalena, VSM) in an intermontane valley between the Central Ranges in the west and the Eastern Ranges in the east. The valley in between the two major orogenic chains is filled by the Magdalena River, the longest river of Colombia. The Upper Magdalena Valley geologically is subdivided into the Neiva Sub-basin with the Girardot Sub-basin of the southernmost Middle Magdalena Valley to the north, divided by the Natagaima Arch.[6] The Neiva Sub-basin is bound by the Chusma Fault in the west and to the east by the west-verging Garzón Fault.[7] The Mulato-Getudo Fault possibly underlies the Honda Group south of the La Miel River.[8] The Tatacoa Desert, where the type section of the Honda Group has been redefined is an unusually dry region in Colombia, caused by a mountain induced rain-shadow effect. In Middle Miocene times, the geography was more comparable to the present eastern foothills of the Andes.[9]

The tectonic history of the three mountain chains of Colombia, from west to east, the Western, Central and Eastern Ranges has been studied in detail. The Western and Central Ranges were the first to be exhumed in the Paleogene, with minor uplifts in the Eastern Ranges at this age. The onset of the regional uplift of the Eastern Ranges is dated around the Middle Miocene, with an increased rate of exhumation between 12 and 3 Ma.[10] This caused a segmentation of the current Magdalena Basins and the Llanos Basin to the east, previously part of a larger foreland basin to the east of the Central Ranges.[11] The León Formation in the Llanos Basin provides the first indication of the tectonic uplift of the Eastern Ranges, isolating the Llanos Basin from the Magdalena Valley.[12]

Description

Stratigraphy

The Honda Group unconformably overlies in parts the volcanic deposits of the Prado Member,[4] Barzalosa Formation of the Payandé Group, and in other parts the Saldaña,[13] and Santa Teresa Formations.[14] The unit is overlain by the Neiva Formation of the Gigante Group.[3][15] The presence of a hiatus between the Honda Group and the Barzalosa Formation has been suggested.[16] The group is characterised by two main formations; the lower La Victoria Formation and upper Villavieja Formation. Previously, the La Dorada Formation has been named as a subdivision of the Honda Group, while other authors define that unit as a member. Other names for members and formations are Cerbatana Member, also published as Cervetana Member, named after Quebrada La Cerbatana, Las Mesitas Formation, El Líbano Formation, Baraya Volcanic Member, named after Baraya, and Cerro Colorado Red Bed Member.[17] The Perico Member of the La Dorada Formation has been made equivalent to the La Victoria Formation, as well as the El Líbano Formation.[4]

La Victoria Formation

This formation was first defined by Guerrero in his Master's thesis (1991) and further refined in his doctoral thesis in 1993. The type locality of the La Victoria Formation has been set in the La Venta area and the formation is named after the town of La Victoria, at 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-northeast of the urban centre of Villavieja. The formation, restricted to the Neiva Sub-basin,[18] consists mainly of sandstones, conglomeratic sandstones and conglomerates (75%) with intercalated claystones and siltstones (25%).[5]

The upper part of the La Victoria Formation, underlying the Villavieja Formation, is characterised by a 45 metres (148 ft) section of conglomerates, designated the Cerbatana Member or Cerbatana Conglomerates. The conglomerate shows trough-cross lamination and imbrication of clasts in a predominantly matrix-supported sequence, with minor clast-supported sections. The base of the conglomerate marks an erosional surface into the underlying silt and clay beds. The clasts of the conglomerate are mostly milky quartz, chert and volcanic in origin, with diameters averaging around 7 centimetres (2.8 in) with a maximum of 15 centimetres (5.9 in). Conglomeratic and medium to coarse-grained sandstone banks, with a similar grain composition as the conglomerates, up to 2 metres (79 in) thick are intercalated between the conglomeratic sections. The sandstones are cemented by calcium carbonate in hardgrounds that sometimes form rounded concretions. The claystones and siltstones that are less commonly found in the La Victoria Formations range in thickness from 1 to 11 metres (3.3 to 36.1 ft) and show reddish-brown, greenish-grey and greyish colourations.[19]

Villavieja Formation
Wind erosion of the Villavieja Formation in the Tatacoa Desert

The name Villavieja Formation was first proposed by Wellman in 1968 as a member of the Honda Formation. Two years later, the author elevated the rank to a formation, as part of the Honda Group. The formation takes its name from the municipality Villavieja, Huila, 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the north-northeast of the departmental capital Neiva. The type locality is situated on the right bank of the Magdalena River in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.[20]

The contact between the Villavieja Formation and the underlying La Victoria Formation is concordant.[18] The basal part of the Villavieja Formation comprises siltstones and claystones that also form the bulk of the formation with 75 percent. The remaining quarter is composed of conglomeratic sandstones. The thickness of the siltstones and claystones can exceed 8 metres (26 ft) and have interspersed fine- to medium-grained 10 centimetres (3.9 in) thin sandstone beds. The fine sediments of the Villavieja Formation are coloured greenish, reddish-brown or bluish-grey and display weathering patterns in so-called "cauliflower erosion" structures. The light grey coarser beds, up to conglomeratic sandstone size, do not exceed 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) in thickness and commonly show a lateral transition with the silt- and claystones. The Baraya Member of the Villavieja Formation shows thin yellowish and reddish brown sandstone and siltstone levels with volcaniclastic grains.[20]

Honda area

The Honda Group extends for approximately 250 kilometres (160 mi) from the Upper to the Middle Magdalena Basin and is exposed in various locations along the right and left banks of the Magdalena River. Outcrops along the road between Girardot and Agua de Dios, Cundinamarca show a lower sequence of thick beds of greenish-yellow feldspar- and mica-rich conglomeratic sandstones, intercalated with reddish claystones and an upper level of alternating medium-to-coarse grained quartz arenites with low-angle cross stratification. These sandstones are intercalated with thick layers of fissile claystones with common calcareous sandstone concretions.[21] Sediments of the Honda Group restrict the course of the Sumapaz River to a narrow valley, close to its confluence with the Magdalena River.[22]

The majority of the municipality Prado, Tolima rests upon sediments of the Honda Group.[23] In the Middle Magdalena Basin and the eastern flank of the Central and the western flank of the Eastern Ranges, the group is subdivided into the Los Limones, San Antonio and Cambrás Formations. The total thickness of these formations in the northern original type section of the Honda Group reaches 3,255 metres (10,679 ft),[1] while a total thickness of 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) has been registered.[15]

Age

Thanks to the fossil abundance of the Honda Group at La Venta, the geological period of the sediments has received a separate name in the South American Mammal Ages (SALMA); Laventan, ranging from 13.8 to 11.8 Ma, as the only SALMA age defined north of the equator and in Colombia.[24] The age of the Villavieja Formation has been estimated to be between 17.0 and 12.1 Ma,[20] while the stratigraphically lower La Victoria Formation is dated at 13.82 to 12.38 Ma (Serravallian), based on fission track and volcanic analysis and paleomagnetic research.[18]

The Honda Group is laterally time equivalent with the lower part of the Real Formation in the central and northern Middle Magdalena Basin,[25] the lower part of the León Formation of the Llanos Basin,[26] the upper range of the Ciénaga de Oro Formation of the Lower Magdalena Basin,[27] and the Caja and Diablo Formations of the Llanos foothills.[28]

Depositional environment
The paleogeography of the meandering and braided river sediments of the Honda Group was characterised by a more African or Asian ecosystem than that of the Neotropics

The Honda Group has been deposited in a fluvial environment, with the lower part of the La Victoria Formation in a meandering setting, while the upper part was formed in a braided river system. The paleocurrent was from the west to the east and east-southeast.[19] The overlying predominantly finer grained Villavieja Formation was deposited in a meandering setting of a smaller size than those of the older La Victoria Formation. Paleocurrent analysis of the sediments in the Baraya and Cerro Colorado Members has revealed a similar flow direction as the La Victoria paleorivers, while the upper part of the Cerro Colorado Member shows an opposite trend to the west.[20] The volcanic clasts of the formations have as provenance the Central Range volcanism, of which the volcaniclastics in the Honda Group mark its onset.[29][30]

The depositional boundary for the Honda Group in the east is formed by the reverse Prado-Suárez and Cambrás-Salinas-Cambao Faults.[31]

Paleoclimate and vegetation

Analysis of the "Monkey Beds" of the Honda Group, provided estimates of annual precipitation levels between 1,500 and 2,000 millimetres (59 and 79 in). Today, these levels of rainfall are associated with the transition between savanna and forest environments in lowland South America. The vegetation of the La Venta fossil assemblage was diverse due to the different biomes of the depositional environment; meandering and braided river systems in a setting at lower altitudes than the present-day elevation of more than 400 metres (1,300 ft) above mean sea level. It has been suggested that the vegetational cover of the Honda Group sedimentary sequence was not a continuous canopy forest, yet a complex pattern of different flora ecosystems. The evergreen Amazonian foothill forests of today would therefore postdate the uplift of the Eastern Ranges of the Andes.[32] Based on vegetational and grazer diversity analysis of the La Venta fauna, it has been suggested the ecosystem resembled more that of Africa and Asia than of the modern Neotropics.[33] Research of the paleosols found in various levels within the Honda Group suggests the presence of arid areas in close proximity to pluvial parts.[34]

Petroleum geology

In the oil-producing Upper Magdalena Basin, the Honda Group is one of the reservoir formations, next to the more important Caballos and Monserrate Formations.[35][36] Shales of the Honda Group function as seal rock for certain oilfields in the Upper Magdalena Basin.[37] In the Tello Field in the basin, the Honda Group forms the overburden rock for the producing Monserrate reservoirs.[38]

Fossil content
A fossil species in the genus Arapaima has been described among the many fishes from the Honda Group
Main article: La Venta (Colombia)

The Honda Group is the richest fossiliferous stratigraphic unit of Colombia, and one of the most important for the Miocene worldwide. At the La Venta site, numerous fossils of various orders have been recovered and are found still. The site marks a unique ecosystem showing a broad range of biodiversity. La Venta is also an important site as it represents the youngest uniquely South American faunal assemblage before the Great American Biotic Interchange; the result of the uplift of the Isthmus of Panama, of which the initial phase has been dated at around 12 Ma.[39] This led to a drastic alteration of the South American former island continental fauna. The Sparassodonta formed the dominant carnivorous mammal group in South America during most of the Cenozoic.

In South America, the carnivorous adaptive zone in terrestrial ecosystems was shared with other mammals; terror birds (Phorusrhacoidea), large crocodiles (Sebecidae), large snakes (Madsoiidae and Boidae), and even occasionally frogs.[40] The diversity of fossil freshwater fishes and crocodilians at La Venta is the richest assemblage of South America.[33][41] Fossilised trunks of Goupioxylon sp. have been identified in the Honda Group.[42]

The genus names Hondadelphys and Hondathentes, and the species epithets of Anadasypus hondanus and Scirrotherium hondaensis refer to the Honda Group. The giant sloth Brievabradys laventensis, the primate Stirtonia tatacoensis (originally described as Kondous laventicus), and the marsupial Micoureus laventicus were named after La Venta, while the primates Miocallicebus villaviejai and Stirtonia victoriae received their species epithets from the formations comprising the Honda Group.

Mammals
Group Fossils Image Notes
PrimatesAotus dindensis, Cebupithecia sarmientoi, Lagonimico conclucatus, Micodon kiotensis, Miocallicebus villaviejai, Mohanamico hershkovitzi, Neosaimiri annectens (syn. Laventiana annectens), Neosaimiri fieldsi, Nuciruptor rubricae, Patasola magdalenae, Stirtonia tatacoensis (syn. Kondous laventicus), Stirtonia victoriae
[43][44][45]
[46][47][48]
[49][50][51]
[52][53][54]
[55][56][57]
AstrapotheriaHilarcotherium castanedaii
[58]
Granastrapotherium snorki
[59][60][61]
Xenastrapotherium kraglievichi
[59]
Anteaters and slothsHapalops sp.
[62]
Brievabradys laventensis, Glossotheriopsis pascuali, Huilabradys magdaleniensis, Neonematherium flabellatum, Neotamandua borealis, Pseudoprepotherium confusum, Megalonychidae sp., Megatheriinae sp., Nothrotheriinae sp.
[63][62][64]
[65][66]
[67][68][69]
ArmadillosAnadasypus hondanus, Boreostemma acostae, B. gigantea, Nanoastegotherium prostatum, Neoglyptatelus originalis, Pedrolypeutes praecursor, Scirrotherium hondaensis, Dasypodidae sp.
[43][62][70]
[71][72][73]
[74][75]
LitopternaTheosodon sp.
[59]
Megadolodus molariformis, Pericotoxodon platignathus, Prolicaphrium sanalfolsensis, Prothoatherium colombianus, Villarroelia totoyoi, Proterotheriidae indet.
[59][76]
[77][78][79]
NotoungulataHuilatherium pluriplicatum
[80][59]
Miocochilius anomopodus
[81]
Cochilius sp., Leontiniidae sp., Toxodontidae sp.
[59][82][83]
SparassodontaAnachlysictis gracilis
[43]
Dukecynus magnus
[43]
Lycopsis longirostrus
[43][84]
Hondadelphys fieldsi
[43][85][86]
Microbiotheria marsupialsMicoureus laventicus, Pachybiotherium minor
[43][87]
OpossumsThylamys colombianus, Thylamys minutus
[43][88][89]
Shrew opossumsHondathentes cazador, Pithiculites chenche
[43][90][91]
RodentsAcarechimys minutissimus, Eodolichotis elachys, E. maddeni, Microscleromys cribiphilus, M. paradoxalis, Microsteiromys jacobsi, Neoreomys huilensis, Olenopsis sp., Prodolichotis guerreroi, P. pridiana, Rhodanodolichotis antepridiana, R. vucetichae, Ricardomys longidens, Scleromys colombianus, S. schurmanni, ?Steiromys sp., Dolichotinae sp., ?Echimyidae sp.
[44][62][92]
[93][94][95]
[96][97][98]
[99][100]
BatsDiclidurus sp., Eumops sp., Kiotomops lopezi, Mormopterus colombiensis, Notonycteris magdalenensis, N. sucharadeus, Palynephyllum antimaster, Potamops mascahehenes, Tonatia sp. or Lophostoma sp.
[101][102]
[103][104]
lesser bulldog bat (Noctilio albiventris), LaVal's disk-winged bat (Thyroptera lavali), Spix's disk-winged bat (Thyroptera tricolor), Thyroptera robusta
[101][105]
Sea cowsPotamosiren magdalenensis
[106]

Birds
Group Fossils Notes
GruiformesAramus paludigrus
[107]
PiciformesGalbula hylochoreutes
[107]
OpisthocomiformesHoazinoides magdalenae
[107][108]

Reptiles and amphibians
Group Fossils Image Notes
CrocodilesGryposuchus colombianus
[109]
Langstonia huilensis
[110]
Purussaurus neivensis
[111]
Balanerodus logimus, Charactosuchus fieldsi, Eocaiman sp., Gavialis sp., Mourasuchus atopus, Sebecus sp., Alligatoridae indet.
[61][112][113]
[114][115]
[116]
TurtlesMesoclemmys vanegasorum
[117]
Chelus colombiana
[118]
Podocnemis medemi
[119]
Geochelone hesterna
[120]
SnakesColombophis portai, ?Eunectes stirtoni
[121][122]
LizardsDracaena colombiana (syn. Paradracaena colombiana)
[123]
Frogscane toad (Bufo marinus)
[124]

Fish and crustaceans
Group Fossils Notes
FishColossoma macropomum, Lepidosiren paradoxa, cf. Acanthicus, Arapaima sp., Brachyplatystoma cf. B. vaillanti, Brachyplatystoma promagdalena, cf. Corydoras sp., Hoplias sp., cf. Hoplosternum, Hydrolycus sp., Phractocephalus hemiliopterus, Serrasalmus sp., Pygocentrus sp., or Pristobrycon sp. (cf. Myletes sp.), Ariidae gen. et. sp. Incertae sedis, Characidae cf. Tetragonopterinae gen. et. sp., Cichlidae gen. et. sp. Incertae sedis, Doradidae gen. et. sp. Incertae sedis 1-3, Loricariidae gen. et. sp. Incertae sedis 1 & 2, Potamotrygonidae
[41][125]
[126][127]
CrabsSylviocarcinus piriformis
[41]

Panorama
Panorama of the Tatacoa Desert, reassigned type section of the Honda Group

Regional correlations
Stratigraphy of the Llanos Basin and surrounding provinces
MaAgePaleomapRegional eventsCatatumboCordilleraproximal Llanosdistal LlanosPutumayoVSMEnvironmentsMaximum thicknessPetroleum geologyNotes
0.01Holocene
Holocene volcanism
Seismic activity		alluviumOverburden
1Pleistocene
Pleistocene volcanism
Andean orogeny 3
Glaciations		GuayaboSoatá
Sabana		NecesidadGuayaboGigante
Neiva		Alluvial to fluvial (Guayabo)550 m (1,800 ft)
(Guayabo)		[128][129][130][131]
2.6Pliocene
Pliocene volcanism
Andean orogeny 3
GABI		Subachoque
5.3MessinianAndean orogeny 3
Foreland		MarichuelaCaimánHonda[130][132]
13.5LanghianRegional floodingLeónhiatusCajaLeónLacustrine (León)400 m (1,300 ft)
(León)		Seal[131][133]
16.2BurdigalianMiocene inundations
Andean orogeny 2		C1Carbonera C1OspinaProximal fluvio-deltaic (C1)850 m (2,790 ft)
(Carbonera)		Reservoir[132][131]
17.3C2Carbonera C2Distal lacustrine-deltaic (C2)Seal
19C3Carbonera C3Proximal fluvio-deltaic (C3)Reservoir
21Early MiocenePebas wetlandsC4Carbonera C4BarzalosaDistal fluvio-deltaic (C4)Seal
23Late Oligocene
Andean orogeny 1
Foredeep		C5Carbonera C5OritoProximal fluvio-deltaic (C5)Reservoir[129][132]
25C6Carbonera C6Distal fluvio-lacustrine (C6)Seal
28Early OligoceneC7C7PepinoGualandayProximal deltaic-marine (C7)Reservoir[129][132][134]
32Oligo-EoceneC8UsmeC8onlapMarine-deltaic (C8)Seal
Source		[134]
35Late Eocene
MiradorMiradorCoastal (Mirador)240 m (790 ft)
(Mirador)		Reservoir[131][135]
40Middle EoceneRegaderahiatus
45
50Early Eocene
SochaLos CuervosDeltaic (Los Cuervos)260 m (850 ft)
(Los Cuervos)		Seal
Source		[131][135]
55Late PaleocenePETM
2000 ppm CO2		Los CuervosBogotáGualanday
60Early PaleoceneSALMABarcoGuaduasBarcoRumiyacoFluvial (Barco)225 m (738 ft)
(Barco)		Reservoir[128][129][132][131][136]
65Maastrichtian
KT extinctionCatatumboGuadalupeMonserrateDeltaic-fluvial (Guadalupe)750 m (2,460 ft)
(Guadalupe)		Reservoir[128][131]
72CampanianEnd of riftingColón-Mito Juan[131][137]
83SantonianVilleta/Güagüaquí
86Coniacian
89TuronianCenomanian-Turonian anoxic eventLa LunaChipaqueGachetáhiatusRestricted marine (all)500 m (1,600 ft)
(Gachetá)		Source[128][131][138]
93Cenomanian
Rift 2
100AlbianUneUneCaballosDeltaic (Une)500 m (1,600 ft)
(Une)		Reservoir[132][138]
113Aptian
CapachoFómequeMotemaYavíOpen marine (Fómeque)800 m (2,600 ft)
(Fómeque)		Source (Fóm)[129][131][139]
125BarremianHigh biodiversityAguardientePajaShallow to open marine (Paja)940 m (3,080 ft)
(Paja)		Reservoir[128]
129Hauterivian
Rift 1Tibú-
Mercedes		Las JuntashiatusDeltaic (Las Juntas)910 m (2,990 ft)
(Las Juntas)		Reservoir (LJun)[128]
133ValanginianRío NegroCáqueza
Macanal
Rosablanca		Restricted marine (Macanal)2,935 m (9,629 ft)
(Macanal)		Source (Mac)[129][140]
140BerriasianGirón
145TithonianBreak-up of PangeaJordánArcabucoBuenavista
Batá
SaldañaAlluvial, fluvial (Buenavista)110 m (360 ft)
(Buenavista)		"Jurassic"[132][141]
150Early-Mid Jurassic
Passive margin 2La Quinta
Montebel

Noreán		hiatusCoastal tuff (La Quinta)100 m (330 ft)
(La Quinta)		[142]
201Late Triassic
MucuchachiPayandé[132]
235Early Triassic
Pangeahiatus"Paleozoic"
250Permian
300Late Carboniferous
Famatinian orogenyCerro Neiva
()		[143]
340Early CarboniferousFossil fish
Romer's gap		Cuche
(355-385)		Farallones
()		Deltaic, estuarine (Cuche)900 m (3,000 ft)
(Cuche)
360Late Devonian
Passive margin 1Río Cachirí
(360-419)		Ambicá
()		Alluvial-fluvial-reef (Farallones)2,400 m (7,900 ft)
(Farallones)		[140][144][145][146][147]
390Early Devonian
High biodiversityFloresta
(387-400)
El Tíbet		Shallow marine (Floresta)600 m (2,000 ft)
(Floresta)
410Late SilurianSilurian mystery
425Early Silurianhiatus
440Late Ordovician
Rich fauna in BoliviaSan Pedro
(450-490)		Duda
()
470Early OrdovicianFirst fossilsBusbanzá
(>470±22)
Chuscales
Otengá		Guape
()		Río Nevado
()		Hígado
()
Agua Blanca
Venado
(470-475)
[148][149][150]
488Late Cambrian
Regional intrusionsChicamocha
(490-515)		Quetame
()		Ariarí
()		SJ del Guaviare
(490-590)		San Isidro
()		[151][152]
515Early CambrianCambrian explosion[150][153]
542Ediacaran
Break-up of Rodiniapre-Quetamepost-ParguazaEl Barro
()		Yellow: allochthonous basement
(Chibcha Terrane)
Green: autochthonous basement
(Río Negro-Juruena Province)		Basement[154][155]
600Neoproterozoic
Cariri Velhos orogenyBucaramanga
(600-1400)		pre-Guaviare[151]
800
Snowball Earth[156]
1000Mesoproterozoic
Sunsás orogenyAriarí
(1000)		La Urraca
(1030-1100)		[157][158][159][160]
1300Rondônia-Juruá orogenypre-AriaríParguaza
(1300-1400)		Garzón
(1180-1550)		[161]
1400
pre-Bucaramanga[162]
1600PaleoproterozoicMaimachi
(1500-1700)		pre-Garzón[163]
1800
Tapajós orogenyMitú
(1800)		[161][163]
1950Transamazonic orogenypre-Mitú[161]
2200Columbia
2530Archean
Carajas-Imataca orogeny[161]
3100Kenorland
Sources
Legend
  • group
  • important formation
  • fossiliferous formation
  • minor formation
  • (age in Ma)
  • proximal Llanos (Medina)[note 1]
  • distal Llanos (Saltarin 1A well)[note 2]

Laventan correlations
Laventan correlations in South America
FormationHondaHondaAisolCura-MallínPiscoIpururoPebasCapadareUrumacoInésParanáMap
BasinVSMHondaSan RafaelCalderaPiscoUcayaliAmazonFalcónVenezuelaParaná
Honda Group, Colombia (South America)
Country Colombia Bolivia Argentina Chile Peru Venezuela Argentina
Boreostemma
Hapalops
Miocochilius
Theosodon
Xenastrapotherium
Mylodontidae
Sparassodonta
Primates
Rodents
Birds
Terror birds
Reptiles
megalodon
Flora
Insects
EnvironmentsFluvialFluvio-deltaicFluvio-lacustrineFluvio-deltaicFluvial
Laventan volcanoclastics

Laventan fauna

Laventan flora
VolcanicYes

See also
  • Cretaceous stratigraphy of the central Colombian Eastern Ranges
  • Early Cretaceous stratigraphy of Iberia

Sources

Notes
  1. based on Duarte et al. (2019),[164] García González et al. (2009),[165] and geological report of Villavicencio[166]
  2. based on Duarte et al. (2019)[164] and the hydrocarbon potential evaluation performed by the UIS and ANH in 2009[167]

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  5. Villarroel et al., 1996, p.51
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  8. Plancha 188, 2009
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  18. Villarroel, 1996, p.53
  19. Villarroel et al., 1996, p.52
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  54. Miocallicebus villaviejai at Fossilworks.org
  55. Neosaimiri annectens at Fossilworks.org
  56. Stirtonia tatacoensis at Fossilworks.org
  57. Stirtonia victoriae at Fossilworks.org
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  60. Pardo Jaramillo, 2010
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  64. Kay & Madden, 1997, p.171
  65. Brievabradys laventensis at Fossilworks.org
  66. Huilabradys magdaleniensis at Fossilworks.org
  67. Neonematherium flabellatum at Fossilworks.org
  68. Neotamandua borealis at Fossilworks.org
  69. Pseudoprepotherium confusum at Fossilworks.org
  70. Anadasypus hondanus at Fossilworks.org
  71. Boreostemma acostae at Fossilworks.org
  72. Boreostemma gigantea at Fossilworks.org
  73. Neoglyptatelus originalis at Fossilworks.org
  74. Pedrolypeutes praecursor at Fossilworks.org
  75. Scirrotherium hondaensis at Fossilworks.org
  76. Prolicaphrium sanalfolsensis at Fossilworks.org
  77. Prothoatherium colombianus at Fossilworks.org
  78. Duke Locality 33 at Fossilworks.org
  79. Villarroelia totoyoi at Fossilworks.org
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  85. Marshall, 1976
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  87. Pachybiotherium minor at Fossilworks.org
  88. Thylamys colombianus at Fossilworks.org
  89. Thylamys minutus at Fossilworks.org
  90. Hondathentes cazador at Fossilworks.org
  91. Pithiculites chenche at Fossilworks.org
  92. Neoreomys huilensis at Fossilworks.org
  93. Rhodanodolichotis antepridiana at Fossilworks.org
  94. Scleromys colombianus at Fossilworks.org
  95. Scleromys schurmanni at Fossilworks.org
  96. Prodolichotis guerreroi at Fossilworks.org
  97. UCMP V4936 at Fossilworks.org
  98. Eodolichotis elachys at Fossilworks.org
  99. Eodolichotis maddeni at Fossilworks.org
  100. Rhodanodolichotis vucetichae at Fossilworks.org
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  102. Takai et al., 1991
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  104. Potamops mascahehenes at Fossilworks.org
  105. Thyroptera robusta at Fossilworks.org
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  107. Rasmussen, 1997
  108. Miller, 1953
  109. Gryposuchus colombianus at Fossilworks.org
  110. Sebecus huiensis at Fossilworks.org
  111. Purussaurus neivensis at Fossilworks.org
  112. Charactosuchus fieldsi at Fossilworks.org
  113. Mourasuchus atopus at Fossilworks.org
  114. UCMP Locality V4524 at Fossilworks.org
  115. Balanerodus logimus at Fossilworks.org
  116. Eocaiman at Fossilworks.org
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  123. Dracaena colombiana at Fossilworks.org
  124. Estes & Wassersug, 1963
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  126. Lundberg & Chernoff, 1992, p.5
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  155. Plancha 111, 2001, p.13
  156. Plancha 303, 2002, p.23
  157. Plancha 348, 2015, p.38
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  159. Toro Toro et al., 2014, p.22
  160. Plancha 303, 2002, p.21
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  166. Pulido & Gómez, 2001
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General
  • Villamil, Tomas. 2012. Chronology Relative Sea Level History and a New Sequence Stratigraphic Model for Basinal Cretaceous Facies of Colombia, 161–216. Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM).
  • García González, Mario; Ricardo Mier Umaña; Luis Enrique Cruz Guevara, and Mauricio Vásquez. 2009. Informe Ejecutivo - evaluación del potencial hidrocarburífero de las cuencas colombianas, 1–219. Universidad Industrial de Santander.
  • Barrero, Dario; Andrés Pardo; Carlos A. Vargas, and Juan F. Martínez. 2007. Colombian Sedimentary Basins: Nomenclature, Boundaries and Petroleum Geology, a New Proposal, 1–92. ANH.
  • Cooper, M.A.; F.T. Addison; R. Álvarez; M. Coral; R.H. Graham; A.B. Hayward; S. Howe; J. Martínez, and J. Naar, R. Penas, A.J. Pulham, A. Taborda. 1995. Basin development and tectonic history of the Llanos Basin, Eastern Cordillera and Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia. AAPG Bulletin 79. 1421–1443.

Llanos Basin

Basement
'Paleozoic'
'Jurassic'

Maps
National
Regional

Llanos Basin

Catatumbo Basin

Eastern Cordillera

Upper Magdalena Valley (VSM)
  • Fuquen M., Jaime Alberto, and José Fernando Osorno M. 2002. Geología de la Plancha 303 - Colombia - 1:100,000, 1–88. INGEOMINAS.
  • Rodríguez, Gabriel et al. 2002. Geología de las Planchas 367 Gigante, 368 San Vicente del Caguán, 389 Timaná, 390 Puerto Rico, 391 Lusitania (parte noroccidental) y 414 El Doncello, 1–164. INGEOMINAS.

Caguán-Putumayo Basin
  • Núñez Tello, Alberto. 2003. Cartografía geológica de las zonas Andina Sur y Garzón-Quetame (Colombia) - Memoria explicativa de las planchas 411 La Cruz, 412 San Juan de Villalobos, 430 Mocoa, 431 Piamonte, 448 Monopamba, 449 Orito y 465 Churuyaco, 1–298. INGEOMINAS.

See also

Notes

    References

      Regional geology

      Local geology

      Paleontology

      Maps
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