Also known as YPA021

Where: Panama (9.4° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lower Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the FLMNH

• Screenwashing and surface prospecting

Primary reference: C. Pimiento, D. J. Ehret, B. J. MacFadden and G. Hubbell. 2010. Ancient Nursery Area for the Extinct Giant Shark Megalodon from the Miocene of Panama. PloS One 5(5):1-9 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 118105: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.10.2011, edited by Catalina Pimiento

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