PBDB Collection

Centenario Bridge (Miocene of Panama)

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

• highly fossiliferous sand unit. It consists of dark greenish brown, slightly silty, fine-grained, well-sorted quartz sand with much fine-grained light green glauconite and abundant shell grit.

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

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Anchitherium clarencei³ Anchitherium clarencei³ Simpson 1932 anchitheriine horse
Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae	Paratoceras coatesi⁴ Paratoceras coatesi⁴ Rincón et al. 2015 protoceratid
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	""Cynorca" occidentale" = Tedfordhyus occidentalis ""Cynorca" occidentale" = Tedfordhyus occidentalis Woodburne 1969 peccary
Reptilia
Testudines - Podocnemididae	"Podocnemidae indet." = Podocnemididae¹ "Podocnemidae indet." = Podocnemididae¹ Cope 1868 sideneck turtle
Testudines - Trionychidae	Trionychidae indet.¹ Trionychidae indet.¹ Gray 1825 softshell turtle
Testudines - Geoemydidae	Rhinoclemmys sp.¹, Rhinoclemmys panamaensis n. sp.¹ Rhinoclemmys sp.¹ Fitzinger 1835 turtle Rhinoclemmys panamaensis n. sp.¹ Cadena et al. 2012 turtle
Testudines - Kinosternoidea	Staurotypus moschus n. sp.¹ Staurotypus moschus n. sp.¹ Cadena et al. 2012 Mexican musk turtle
Crocodylia -	Crocodylia indet.² Crocodylia indet.² Owen 1842 crocodilian UF 259874 (right proximal radius)
Crocodylia - Alligatoridae	cf. Centenariosuchus gilmorei² cf. Centenariosuchus gilmorei² Hastings et al. 2013 crocodilian UF 245593 (nearly complete right angular)

¹Cadena et al. 2012; ²Hastings et al. 2013; ³MacFadden 2009; ⁴Rincón et al. 2015