Bordón (Miocene of Ecuador)

Also known as PPP 3484, PPP 3486, PPP 3493, PPP 3494

Where: Ecuador (0.9° N, 79.7° W: paleocoordinates 0.6° N, 78.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: NN 11b nannofossil zone, Onzole Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: basinal (); mudstone

• mud turbidites

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera. 2013. Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Paleo Ichthyologica 13:83-150 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219224: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.03.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus sp., Diaphus ecuadorensis n. sp., Diaphus rodriguezi, Diaphus crassus
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
sp. 2
Diaphus ecuadorensis n. sp. Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Diaphus rodriguezi Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Diaphus crassus Schwarzhans 1978 lanternfish