UCMP V-4852: Late/Upper Oligocene, Puerto Rico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Caribosiren turneri
Reinhart 1959
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.3° North, 66.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.6° North, 65.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lares Limestone |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 56995 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-11-30 12:28:11 | Last modified: | 2019-09-19 21:18:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-30 12:28:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15365. | R. D. E. MacPhee and A. R. Wyss. 1990. Oligo-Miocene vertebrates from Puerto Rico, with a catalog of localities. American Museum Novitates 2965:1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |