Where: Limon, Costa Rica (10.1° N, 83.6° W: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 81.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Rio Banano Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. A. Laurito, A. L. Valerio, A. C. Hernandez and E. Ovares. 2011. Primer registro de un cetaceo fosil (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Squalodontidae) en la Formacion Rio Banano, Mioceno medio de Costa Rica, America Central. Revista Geologica de America Central 44:153-156 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 124711: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale |