Huarachani, Lake Titicaca (Cretaceous to of Bolivia)

Where: Bolivia (15.3° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° S, 55.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian to Maastrichtian (72.1 - 61.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black mudstone

• Black, horizontal lutites

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Argollo, E. Buffetaut, H. Cappetta, M. Fornari, G. Herail, G. Laubacher, B. Sigé and G. Vizcarra. 1987. Découverte de vertébrés aquatiques présumés Paléocénes dans les Andes Septentrionales de Bolivie (Rio Suches, Sinclinorium de Putina). Geobios 20:123-127 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 123343: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 19.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Dyrosauridae
Dyrosauridae indet. crocodilian
Two teeth, two osteoderms, and an anterior dorsal vertebra
Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae
Brychaetus sp. Agassiz 1845 arowana
Portion of premxilla with teeth