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Table 2 Vertebrate palaeodiversity from Iquitos assemblage

From: A historical vertebrate collection from the Middle Miocene of the Peruvian Amazon

Taxonomy

No. Ts

No. Tt

Layer numbers and colours

Higher ranking

Family

Genus

Species

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Pink

Indet

Chondrichthyes

              

 Myliobatiformes

Myliobatidae/Rhinopteridae

Myliobatis/Rhinoptera

indet

1

1

 

X

       
 

Potamotrygonidae

Potamotrygon

aff. †P. rajachloeae

2

1

X

        
 

Potamotrygonidae

Potamotrygon

P. canaanorum

2

1

X

        
 

Potamotrygonidae

Indet

Indet

1

 

X

        

 Osteichthyes

              

 Characiformes

?Bryconidae/Characidae

Indet

Indet

1

1

X

        
 

Cynodontidae

Indet

Indet

9

1

X

  

X

     
 

Erythrinidae

cf. Hoplias

sp.

2

1

      

X

  
 

Hemiodontidae

Hemiodus

sp.

4

1

X

        
 

Serrasalmidae

Colossoma

cf. C. macropomum

3

1

  

X

   

X

 

X ?

 

Serrasalmidae

cf. Mylossoma

sp.

1

1

X

        
 

Serrasalmidae

“pacu” or “Myleus” clades

Indet

25

 

X

 

X

X

  

X

  
 

Serrasalmidae

cf. Serrasalmus

sp.

2

1

X

        

 Cichliformes

Cichlidae

Indet

Indet

2

1

X

        

 Perciformes

?Sciaenidaea

Indet.a

Indet.a

20

4

X

    

X

   
 

indet

Indet

Indet

101

 

X

        

 ?Cichliformes or Perciformes

Indet

Indet

Indet

33

 

X

X

X

X

  

X

  

 Siluriformes

Ariidaea

Indet.a

Indet.a

2

1

X

    

X

   
 

Callichthyidae

Indet

Indet

3

1

X

 

X

      
 

Doradidae

Indet

Morphotype 1

1

1

X

        
 

Doradidae

Indet

Morphotype 2

1

1

X

        
 

Doradidae

Indet

Indet

6

 

X

        
 

Loricariidae

Indet

Morphotype 1

25

1

X

        
 

Loricariidae

Indet

Morphotype 2

1

1

X

        
 

Loricariidae

Indet

Indet

3

 

X

        
 

Pimelodidae

Indet

Indet

1

1

X

        
 

Indet

Indet

Indet

44

 

X

 

X

   

X

  

 Osteoglossiformes

?Osteoglossoidei

Indet

Indet

42

1

X

        

 incertae sedis

?†Acregoliathidae

?†Acregoliath

sp.

1

1

X

        

 Indet

Indet

Indet

Indet

2297

 > 2

X

X

X

X

  

X

 

X

Reptilia

              

 Testudines

Chelidae

Chelus

colombianus

1

1

        

X

 

Podocnemididae

Indet

Indet

14

1

  

X

X

    

X

 Squamata—Serpentes

Indet

Colombophis

portai

1

1

  

X

      
 

Colubroidea

Indet

Indet

1

1

   

X

     

 Crocodylia—Alligatoridae

Caimaninae

Purussaurus

sp.

14

1

  

X

X

    

X

 

Caimaninae

cf. †Gnatusuchus

pebasensis

2

1

  

X

X

     
 

Caimaninae

Indet

Indet

23

   

X

      
 

Indet

Indet

Indet

15

 

X

  

X

  

X

  

 Crocodylia—Gavialidae

Gryposuchinae

Indet

Indet

4

1

        

X

 Crocodylia

Indet

Indet

Indet

7

   

X

X

    

X

 Reptilia (?lizard)

Indet

Indet

Indet

1

1

  

X

      

 Reptilia

Indet

Indet

Indet

5

 

X

 

X

X

     

 Indet. (Coprolites)

Indet

Indet

Indet

14

       

X

  
  1. Total number of specimens (No. Ts). Total estimated taxa (No. Tt)
  2. aSpecimen under study. For more details, see Additional file 1. For the layer numbers and colours see Table 1