Where: Panama (9.1° N, 79.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 77.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Culebra Formation, Arikareean to Arikareean (29.5 - 12.5 Ma)
• Ar4 to Ba1
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; glauconitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. J. MacFadden, M. X. Kirby, A. Rincon, C. Montes, S. Moron, N. Strong, and C. Jaramillo. 2010. Extinct peccary "Cynorca" occidentale (Tayassuidae, Tayassuinae) from the Miocene of Panama and correlations to North America. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):288-298 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 106005: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.03.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Podocnemidae indet." = Podocnemididae
"Podocnemidae indet." = Podocnemididae Cope 1868 sideneck turtle | |
Mammalia | |
""Cynorca" occidentale" = Tedfordhyus occidentalis
""Cynorca" occidentale" = Tedfordhyus occidentalis Woodburne 1969 peccary |