Where: Puerto Rico (18.4° N, 66.2° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° N, 65.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Cibao Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. D. E. MacPhee and A. R. Wyss. 1990. Oligo-Miocene vertebrates from Puerto Rico, with a catalog of localities. American Museum Novitates 2965:1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56978: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Bairdemys hartsteini n. sp.
Bairdemys hartsteini n. sp. Gaffney and Wood 2002 sideneck turtle | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle |