Where: Hidalgo, Mexico (20.0° N, 99.3° W: paleocoordinates 20.1° N, 98.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Jebel Qatrani Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone and claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by O. Carranza-Castaneda and G. Alvarez-Reyes in 2000-2006

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Instituto Geologico de Mexico (IMG) Collection

Primary reference: J. Alvarado-Ortega, O. Carranza-Castañeda, and G. Alvarez-Reyes. 2006. A New Fossil Species of Ictiobus (Teleostei: Catostomidae) from Pliocene Lacustrine Sediments near Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 80(5):993-1008 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133341: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 10.09.2012

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