Also known as Strasse Lorrimers-Christiana
Where: Jamaica (18.2° N, 77.5° W: paleocoordinates 16.7° N, 76.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Guys Hill Member (Chapelton Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected by P. Jung und E. Robinson in 1968
Primary reference: D. E. von Berg. 1969. Charactosuchus kugleri, eine neue Krokodilart aus dem Eozän von Jamaica. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 62(2):731-735 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144125: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.05.2013, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Charactosuchus kugleri n. sp.
Charactosuchus kugleri n. sp. von Berg 1969 crocodile Naturhist. Museum Basel, Osteol. Abt. Nr. A. a. 105 - type (mandibles)
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"Chelonia sp." = Testudines
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Mammalia | |
Prorastomus sirenoides Owen 1855 sirenian |