Where: Colombia (15.8° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 79.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: D. W. Rice. 1973. Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis). Proceedings of a working meeting of seal specialists on threatened and depleted seals of the world, held under the auspices of the survival service commission of the IUCN 98-112 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 126601: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 09.04.2012, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis
"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis Gray 1850 Hawaiian monk seal |