Quebrada Collazo: Chattian, 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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Callistosiren boriquensis n. gen., n. sp.
Velez-Juarbe and Domning 2015
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Puerto Rico | County: | San Sebastian |
| Coordinates: | 18.3° North, 66.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.6° North, 66.0° West |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lares Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Oligocene (27.17–24.70 Ma; Velez-Juarbe et al., 2014).
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Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 165748 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-01-27 19:44:43 | Last modified: | 2015-01-27 19:44:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-01-27 19:44:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54185. | J. Velez-Juarbe and D. P. Domning. 2015. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. XI. Callistosiren boriquensis, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e885034 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |