Panama Canal Purussaurus: Early Hemingfordian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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cf. Purussaurus sp.
Barbosa Rodrigues 1892
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| UF259879 (isolated tooth) | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.0° North, 79.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| 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: | Early Hemingfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 18.5 - 16.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 142893 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-18 01:51:38 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-18 01:51:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46370. | A. K. Hastings, J. I. Bloch, C. A. Jaramillo, A. F. Rincon, and B. J. Macfadden. 2013. Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2):239-263 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |