Where: Boyacá, Colombia (6.6° N, 75.7° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° S, 54.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cuche Formation, Late/Upper Devonian (382.7 - 358.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: SGC-MGJRG, Servicio Geológico Colombiano, Museo Geológico José Royo y Gómez, Bogotá, Colombia.
•UN-DG, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Departa- mento de Geociencias, Bogotá, Colombia.
Primary reference: S. Olive, A. Pradel, C. Martinez-Pérez, P. Janvier, J. C. Lamsdell, P. Gueriau, N. Rabet, P. Duranleau-Gagnon, A. L. Cardenas-Rozo, P. A. Zapata Ramirez, and H. Botella. 2019. New insights into Late Devonian vertebrates and associated fauna from the Cuche Formation (Floresta Massif, Colombia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1-18 [S. Gouiric-Cavalli/S. Gouiric-Cavalli/S. Gouiric-Cavalli]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 211928: authorized by Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli, entered by Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli on 31.07.2020, edited by Sophie Fasey
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Placodermi | |
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Bothriolepis sp. Eichwald 1840 armour-plated fish | |
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Asterolepis sp. Eichwald 1840 armour-plated fish | |
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? Groenlandaspis indet. Heintz 1932 armour-plated fish | |
| Gnathostomata | |
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Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Nostolepis cf. gaujensis spiny fish | |
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Florestacanthus morenoi Burrow et al. 2003 spiny fish | |
| Osteichthyes | |
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Rhizodontiformes indet. Andrews and Westoll 1970 lobe-finned fish | |
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? Megalichthyidae indet. Hay 1902 lobe-finned fish | |
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? Tristichopteridae indet. Cope 1887 lobe-finned fish | |
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Holoptychiidae indet. Owen 1859 lobe-finned fish | |
Colombialepis villarroeli n. gen. n. sp.
Colombialepis villarroeli n. gen. n. sp. Olive et al. 2019 | |