River Mayo (Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago)
Also known as KR 25930, KR 25931, KR 25942
Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.4° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 58.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: N 7 nannofossil zone, Brasso Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; massive, brown, gray, sandy claystone
• massive gray to brown sandy claystone
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 219233: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.04.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Actinopteri | |
Diogenichthys sp., "Diaphus biatlanticus" = Diaphus angulatus, Diaphus poignantae, Hygophum pabloensis
Diogenichthys sp. Bolin 1839 lanternfish
"Diaphus biatlanticus" = Diaphus angulatus Ohe and Araki 1973 lanternfish
Diaphus poignantae Steurbaut 1979 lanternfish
Hygophum pabloensis Weiler 1959 lanternfish | |