Punta Judas: Middle Miocene, Costa Rica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Larimus sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1830
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus obscurus (Le Sueur 1818)
see common names

Geography
Country:Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9.5° North, 84.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.6° North, 81.9° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Middle Miocene
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Punta Judas
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:91357
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-09-16 08:01:46 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-16 08:01:46
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
30733. C. L. Mora. 2004. Ictiofauna de la Formacion Punta Judas, Mioceno Medio, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Brensia 62:57-74 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]