AMNH PR 88-3 (Miocene of the United States)

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
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Bairdemys hartsteini n. sp. Gaffney and Wood 2002 sideneck turtle
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle