Where: Sri Lanka (8.6° N, 81.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 80.0° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Mala beds Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. R. Bellwood and O. Schultz. 1991. A review of the fossil record of the parrotfishes (Labroidei: Scaridae) with a description of a new Calotomus species from the Middle Miocene (Badenian) of Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, A 92:55-71 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 187033: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Bolbometopon sp. Smith 1956 |