Also known as Aktiogavialis puertoricensis type
Where: Puerto Rico (18.4° N, 67.0° W: paleocoordinates 17.6° N, 66.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: San Sebastián Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• Lower San Sebastian Formation
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•Ortega-Ariza et al. 2015: Results indicate ages of middle to late Oligocene for the San Sebastian Formation (ca. 29.78– 26.51 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deltaic; medium-grained, coarse sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: chemical
Primary reference: J. Vélez-Juarbe, C. A. Brochu, and H. Santos. 2007. A gharial from the Oligocene of Puerto Rico: transoceanic dispersal in the history of a non-marine reptile. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274:1245-1254 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 143057: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 19.04.2013, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aktiogavialis puertoricensis n. gen. n. sp.
Aktiogavialis puertoricensis n. gen. n. sp. Vélez-Juarbe et al. 2007 crocodilian UPRMP 3094 - holotype (incomplete skull including the braincase and skull table behind the orbits)
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