Cayara (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous to of Bolivia)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

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

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: B. Schaeffer. 1963. Cretaceous fishes from Bolivia, with comments on pristid evolution. American Museum Novitates 2159:1-20 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229878: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.04.2023

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Ellimmichthyiformes - Gasteroclupeidae