Lomas de Siquirres (Miocene of Costa Rica)

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale