STRI 650002: Messinian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Panama | State/province: | Colon |
| Coordinates: | 9.3° North, 80.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.246 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,gray silty sandstone |
| Lithology description: massive, silty horizon | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Sharks deposited in the Palaeontological Institute and Museum at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (PIMUZ A/I catalogue) | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Sharks collected via screen washing and surface prospecting | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Piña beach | ||
| Database number: | 230674 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-07-11 09:21:03 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-07-11 09:21:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15534. | A. Benites-Palomino, J. Vélez-Juarbe, C. De Gracia and C. Jaramillo. 2023. Bridging two oceans: small toothed cetaceans (Odontoceti) from the Late Miocene Chagres Formation, eastern Caribbean (Colon, Panama). Biology Letters 19(20230124):1-7 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato/M. Uhen] |