Lomas de Siquirres: Middle Miocene, Costa Rica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Costa Rica | State/province: | Limon |
| Coordinates: | 10.1° North, 83.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.1° North, 80.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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: | Rio Banano |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 124711 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-02-22 07:38:35 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-22 07:38:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40349. | C. A. Laurito, A. L. Valerio, A. C. Hernandez and E. Ovares. 2011. Primer registro de un cetaceo fosil (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Squalodontidae) en la Formacion Rio Banano, Mioceno medio de Costa Rica, America Central. Revista Geologica de America Central 44:153-156 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |