Protoplotus beauforti type: Paleocene - Eocene, Indonesia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Protoplotidae
Protoplotus beauforti n. gen., n. sp. Lambrecht 1931
Geological Museum Bandung specimen - holotype (articulated partial skeleton)
unclassified
Hadromos sp.
Murray 2020
Hadromos sandersae
see common names

Geography
Country:Indonesia State/province:Sumatra
Coordinates: 0.6° South, 100.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.8° South, 117.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene - Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1 - Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval: Paleocene - Eocene
Age range of interval: 66 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Sumatra
Database number:142350
Authorizer:P. Mannion, M. Uhen Enterer:P. Mannion, H. Khan
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-04-09 23:15:57 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-09 23:15:57
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
46223. K. Lambrecht. 1931. Protoplotus beauforti n.g. n.sp., ein Schlangenhalsvogel aus dem Tertiär von W. Sumatra. Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandisch-Indie 17:15-24 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

83150 A. M. Murray. 2020. Early Cenozoic Cyprinoids (Ostariophysi: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae and Danionidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(1) [M. Uhen/H. Khan]
46224 G. F. van Tets, P. V. Rich, and H. R. Marino-Hadiwardoyo. 1989. A reappraisal of Protoplotus beauforti from the early Tertiary of Sumatra and the basis of a new pelecaniform family. Publication of the Geological Research and Development Centre, Indonesia. Paleontology Series 5:57-75 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]