Locality 630059 (Panama Canal): Hemingfordian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Dadagavialis gunai n. gen., n. sp.
Salas-Gismondi et al. 2019
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| UF312850 - holotype | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.1° North, 79.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.4° North, 77.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Hemingfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 18.50000 - 16.30000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 19.05 to 18.78 Ma (paleomagnetic) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cucaracha | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: basal levels of the Cucaracha Formation
Magnetostratigraphical and radiometric dating of a marker tuff bed of the Cucaracha Formation indicate an age between 19.05 and 18.78Ma (early Miocene) for both the uppermost Culebra and Cucaracha formations | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | delta plain |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 196739 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-10-03 08:47:57 | Last modified: | 2022-03-15 09:19:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-10-03 08:47:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66986. | R. Salas-Gismondi, J. W. Moreno-Bernal, T. M. Scheyer, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, and C. Jaramillo. 2019. New Miocene Caribbean gavialoids and patterns of longirostry in crocodylians. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17(12):1049-1075 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |