La Goleta (Neogene to of Mexico)

Where: Michocan, Mexico (19.7° N, 101.1° W: paleocoordinates 20.0° N, 99.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Hemphillian to Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• approximately 10 feet below diatomite stratum; middle or late Pliocene (Hemphillian or early Blancan)

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Howard. 1965. A new species of cormorant from the Pliocene of Mexico. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 64(4):50-55 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176342: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax goletensis n. sp. Howard 1965 cormorant