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
Mammalia | |
Rhynchotherium blicki Frick 1933 gomphothere | |
Neohipparion cf. affine Leidy 1869 hipparionine horse | |
Aceratheriinae indet. Dollo 1885 rhinoceros |