Rancho Chapas (Pliocene of Mexico)
Where: Yucatan, Mexico (21.2° N, 87.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 87.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Carrillo Puerto Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• early Pliocene
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone
• hard gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: D. P. Domning. 1990. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region, IV. Corystosiren varguezi, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3):361-371 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58449: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.02.2006
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Taxonomic list
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Dioplotherium sp. Cope 1883 dugong
Corystosiren varguezi n. gen. n. sp. Domning 1990 dugong
Nanosiren cf. garciae Domning and Aguilera 2008 dugong | |