Carboneras River (Miocene of Guatemala)

Where: Guatemala (15.6° N, 88.9° W: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 88.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Herreria Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. G. Lucas and G. E. Alvarado. 1995. El proboscideo Rhynchotherium blicki (Mioceno tardio) del oriente de Guatemala. Title translated: The proboscidean Rhynchotherium blicki (upper Miocene) from eastern Guatemala. Revista Geologica de America Central 18:19-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18716: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

• material reidentified from Mota-Viadaurre 1989 and Madden and Mota-Vidaurre 1989
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Rhynchotherium blicki Frick 1933 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Neohipparion cf. affine Leidy 1869 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratheriinae indet. Dollo 1885 rhinoceros