Cayara (MNHN collection) (Cretaceous to of Bolivia)

Where: Bolivia (19.6° S, 65.9° W: paleocoordinates 22.1° S, 52.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: El Molino Formation, Maastrichtian to Maastrichtian (72.1 - 61.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; lithified, gray, green shale

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: G. Marramà and G. Carnevale. 2017. The relationships of Gasteroclupea branisai Signeux, 1964, a freshwater double-armored herring (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene of South America. Historical Biology 29(7):904-917 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219905: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.04.2021

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Ellimmichthyiformes - Gasteroclupeidae