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Aipe
Aipe is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. It is located on the west bank of the Magdalena River in the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes at altitudes between . Aipe borders Natagaima, Ataco and Planadas of the department of Tolima in the north and west, Villavieja and Tello in the east, and the departmental capital Neiva in the south. History In early 1741, Doña Teresa and Don Enríque Cortés, descendants of Mr. Jacinto Cortés, gave 80 hectares to establish a new town, and are considered the founders of the Aipe. In 1770, the church hierarchy and government in Neiva records the construction of the church of Our Lady of Sorrows. In 1874, Aipe acquired autonomy from Neiva, as a member of the canton district of Villavieja and on 8 April 1912 by Ordinance No. 26, was created as a municipality by the Departmental Assembly. Geography The municipality of Aipe is located on the left bank of the Magdalena River. It is located in the northwest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hondita Formation
The Hondita Formation ( es, Formación Hondita, Ksh) is a List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia, fossiliferous formation (geology), geological formation of the Upper Magdalena Valley (VSM) and surrounding Cordillera Central (Colombia), Central and Cordillera Oriental (Colombia), Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, extending from Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca in the north to Huila Department, Huila and easternmost Tolima Department, Tolima in the south. The lowermost unit of the Güagüaquí Group, a sequence of sandstone, sandy limestones and shales, dates to the Late Cretaceous period; Turonian epoch, and has a maximum thickness of . Fossils of ''Yaguarasaurus, Yaguarasaurus columbianus'', said to be found in the time-equivalent La Frontera Formation (listed as "La Frontera Member"), were actually recovered from the Hondita Formation as the stratigraphic unit present in the Quebradas El Ocal and Itaibe, Huila. Etymology The formation was named in 1966 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loma Gorda Formation
The Loma Gorda Formation ( es, Formación Loma Gorda, Kl, Kslg) is a fossiliferous geological formation of the Upper Magdalena Valley (VSM) and surrounding Central and Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, extending from Cundinamarca in the north to Huila and easternmost Tolima in the south. The uppermost unit of the Güagüaquí Group, a sequence of laminated siltstones and shales, dates to the Late Cretaceous period; Turonian to Coniacian epochs, and has a maximum thickness of . Etymology The formation was named in 1966 by De Porta, named Loma Gorda ("Fat Hill") in Ricaurte, Cundinamarca.Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.23 Description Lithologies The Loma Gorda Formation is characterised by laminated siltstones and shales with calcareous concretions.Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.24 The formation has provided fossils of '' Ankinatsytes venezolanus'', '' Barroisiceras onilahyense'', '' Codazziceras ospinae'', '' Eulophoceras jacobi'', ''Fagesia catinus'', '' Hauericeras madagascaren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morrowites
''Morrowites'', named by Cobban and Hook, 1983, is a moderate to large-sized ammonite with quadrangular to depressed whorls, broadly rounded to depressed venter, low ribs, umbilical and inner and outer ventrolateral tubercles and smooth early whorls except for occasional ribs along weak constrictions. The suture is moderately simple and has an unusually broad bifid first lateral lobe. It is so far restricted to the Lower Turonian stage, in the mid Cretaceous. ''Morrowites'' closely resembles ''Mammites'', however ''Morrowites'' has a broad first lateral lobe, ''Mammites'' has a narrow one. The very early whorls of ''Morrowites'' are smooth except for distantly placed ribs and constrictions, those of ''Mammites'' have normal ribs and tubercles. Etymology ''Morrowites'' is named in honor of A. L. Morrow who made a pioneering study of Cenomanian and Turonian ammonites of Kansas. Distribution Fossils of ''Morrowites'' have been found in Colombia (Loma Gorda Formation, Aipe, Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neoptychites
''Neoptychites'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus from the Turonian stage of the Upper Cretaceous (around 94 to 89 Ma), with a worldwide distribution. Description Neoptychites includes extremely involute Ammonitida whose outer whorls have a high triangular section with a moderately rounded venter (the outer rim). Tho body chamber in adults is generally smooth, with a constricted aperture. The earliest whorls are smooth except for periodic constrictions; later juvenile whorls have numerous low ribs without tubercles. Taxonomy ''Neoptychites'' belongs to the ammonite family Vascoceratidae and is included in the subfamily Vasoceratinae. The genus was named by Kossmat in 1895. Its type species is ''Ammonites telinga'' Stoliczka, 1865 (= ''Ammonites cephalotus'' Courtiller, 1860). It is probably derived from '' Paravascoceras''. Distribution Fossils of ''Neoptychites'' have been found in Austria, Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia ( La Frontera (Huila, Cundinamarca, Boyacá) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fagesia
''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago. The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 cm (3.47 in) in diameter, typically with blunt umbilical tubercles from which spring 2 or three ribs each, but which are lost in the late growth stage. The suture is ammonitic with long spikey lobes and saddles with rounded subelements. Species * †''Fagesia catinus'' Mantell 1822 - Loma Gorda Formation, Colombia * †''Fagesia fleuryi'' Pervinquière 1907 * †''Fagesia peroni'' Pervinquière 1907 * †''Fagesia pervinquieri'' Bose 1920 * †''Fagesia rudra'' Stoliczka 1865 * †''Fagesia spheroidalis'' Pervinquière 1907 * †''Fagesia superstes'' Kossmat 1897 * †''Fagesia tevesthensis'' Peron 1896 Distribution Fossils of ''Fagesia'' have been found in Brazil, Colombia (El Colegio, Cundinamarca, La Frontera ( Cund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Colombia
The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,122 municipalities (''municipios''). Each one of them is led by a mayor (''alcalde'') elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in the department; municipalities are grouped to form departments. The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called the ''Federación Colombiana de Municipios'' (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under the private law and under the constitutional right to free association to defend their common interests. Categories Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 Article 7 http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=48267 the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huila Department
Huila () is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva. Demography and Ethnography Huila is a department that has a population of 1,122,622 inhabitants, of which 679,667 (60.54%) people live in municipal capitals and 442,955 (39.46%) in the rest of the Huilense territory. This corresponds to 2.5% of the total Colombian population. The majority of the population is settled in the Magdalena valley, with epicenters in Neiva and Garzón due to the possibilities offered by the commercial-type agricultural economy, oil exploitation, the best provision of services and the road axes connected to the central axis that borders the Magdalena. The rest of the populations are located on the coffee belt, standing out Pitalito and La Plata, the North Subregion presents a decrease in its rural population, mainly attributable to the alterations of agricultural and oil activities on the landscape. The average population density ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natagaima
Natagaima () is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia, on the shore of the Magdalena River, at above sea level. The population of the municipality was 21,324 as of the 1993 census, and its average temperature is . Natagaima was founded in 1606 by Spanish conqueror Juan de Borja y Armendia. Etymology Some believe the name of Natagaima comes from the words Nataga ("Cacique", Tribal Chief) and Ima (land), while others state that the name was created because there was an Indian named Nataga, who was the chief of this region, and married Queen Ima, ruler of the Tribal Chiefs of the center of Tolima. Limits North: Coyaima and Prado, East: Dolores and Alpujarra, West: Ataco and Coyaima, South: Aipe(Huila). Distance from Ibagué(capital of Tolima): . Population and economic activities Approximately 26,600 inhabitants reside in the of Natagaima. Its economy consists mainly in agriculture, an activity induced by its hot weather. The main agricultural products ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthoceras (ammonite)
''Acanthoceras'' is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to the subclass Ammonoidea and family Acanthoceratidae that lived from the Albian to early Coniacian stages of the Cretaceous.''Acanthoceras'' at .org Description Their shells had ornate ribs whose function is unknown, although some scientists have speculated that these ribs helped strengthen the animals' shells to allow them to live at greater depths where the water pressure is higher. An adult had a shell diameter of approximately .Species * ''A. athabascense'' Warren and Stelck, 1955 * ''A. chasca'' Benavides-Caceres, 1956 * ''A. compital ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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