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Brucemacfaddenia fossil map

Where fossils of Brucemacfaddenia have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 30 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 30 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly mammals
Lived29–21 million years ago (Rupelian to Aquitanian)
PeriodsPaleogene, Neogene
FamilyInteratheriidae
Named byHitz et al. 2008
Fossil records8 occurrences at 3 locations (PBDB)
Found inBolivia
Rock formationstxn:43409, Salla beds, Salla

About Brucemacfaddenia

Brucemacfaddenia is an extinct genus of interatheriine notoungulates that lived during the Late Oligocene in what is now Bolivia. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Salla Formation of Bolivia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brucemacfaddenia (revision 1291884148), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q115315665.

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