Where: Panama (9.0° N, 79.6° W: paleocoordinates 8.4° N, 77.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cucaracha Formation, Early/Lower Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• early Hemingfordian in age, from the early Miocene (MacFadden et al., 2014).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. J. MacFadden, M. X. Kirby, A. Rincon, C. Montes, S. Moron, N. Strong, and C. Jaramillo. 2010. Extinct peccary "Cynorca" occidentale (Tayassuidae, Tayassuinae) from the Miocene of Panama and correlations to North America. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):288-298 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89444: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.05.2009, edited by Philip Mannion, Jonathan Marcot and Juan Carrillo
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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""Cynorca" occidentale" = Tedfordhyus occidentalis
""Cynorca" occidentale" = Tedfordhyus occidentalis Woodburne 1969 peccary | |
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"Podocnemidae indet." = Podocnemididae1
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Staurotypus moschus n. sp.1
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cf. Centenariosuchus gilmorei2 Hastings et al. 2013 crocodilian UF 245593 (nearly complete right angular)
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