Also known as ETE Locality 509, Barro Colorado Island,
Where: Panama (9.2° N, 79.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 79.8° W)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Modern ecosystem radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 412, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: E. G. Leigh and S.J. Wright. 1990. Barro Colorado Island and Tropical Biology. Gentry, A.H., ed., Four Neotropical Rainforests, Yale University Press, New Haven 28-47 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 21691: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 11.10.1995, edited by Richard Potts, John Damuth and John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Marmosa robinsoni, Philander opposum, Chironectes minumus, Didelphis marsupialis, Metachirus nudicaudatus, Caluromys derbianus
Marmosa robinsoni Bangs 1898 mouse opossum
Philander opposum Linnaeus 1758 four-eyed opossum
Chironectes minumus water opossum
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758 common opossum
Metachirus nudicaudatus Geoffroy 1803 brown four-eyed opossum
Caluromys derbianus woolly oppossum | |
Cabassous centralis, "Dasypus novemcinctus" = Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus
Cabassous centralis Miller 1899 Northern naked-tailed armadillo
"Dasypus novemcinctus" = Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus Linnaeus 1758 nine-banded armadillo | |
Choloepus hoffmanni Peters 1858 Hoffmann's two-toed sloth | |
Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825 brown-throated three-toed sloth | |
Cyclopes didactylus edentate | |
Tamandua mexicana Saussure 1860 Northern tamandua | |
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
Tapirus bairdii Gill 1865 Baird's tapir | |
Mazama americana Erxleben 1777 red brocket
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Tayassu pecari, "Tayassu tajacu" = Pecari tajacu
Tayassu pecari Link 1795 white-lipped peccary
"Tayassu tajacu" = Pecari tajacu Linnaeus 1758 collared peccary | |
Panthera onca, "Felis wiedii" = Leopardus wiedii, "Felis pardalis" = Leopardus pardalis, "Felis yagouaroundi" = Puma yagouaroundi, "Felis concolor" = Puma concolor
Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
"Felis wiedii" = Leopardus wiedii Schinz 1821 margay
"Felis pardalis" = Leopardus pardalis Linnaeus 1758 ocelot
"Felis yagouaroundi" = Puma yagouaroundi Geoffroy 1803 jaguarundi
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma | |
Eira barbara, "Lutra annectens" = Lontra longicaudis annectens
Eira barbara Linnaeus 1758 tayra
"Lutra annectens" = Lontra longicaudis annectens Forsyth Major 1897 neotropical otter | |
Bassaricyon gabbii Allen 1876 olingo
Nasua nasua Linneaus 1766 South American coati
Procyon cancrivorous raccoon
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
Potos flavus Schreber 1774 kinkajou | |
Sylvilagus brasiliensis Linnaeus 1758 tapeti | |
Sciurus granatensis squirrel
Microsciurus alfari dwarf squirrel | |
Diplomys labilis spiny rat | |
Proechimys semispinosus spiny rat | |
Dasyprocta punctata Gray 1842 Central American agouti | |
"Agouti paca" = Cuniculus paca
"Agouti paca" = Cuniculus paca Linnaeus 1766 lowland paca | |
"Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris" = Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
"Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris" = Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766 capybara | |
Coendou rothschildi prehensile-tailed porcupine | |
Oryzomys bicolor, Oryzomys capito, Oryzomys concolor, Oryzomys fulvescens, Zygodontomys brevicauda, Sigmodon hispidus
Oryzomys bicolor rice rat
Oryzomys capito rice rat
Oryzomys concolor rice rat
Oryzomys fulvescens Saussure 1860 fulvous pygmy rice rat
Zygodontomys brevicauda cane mice
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat | |
Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
Rattus rattus Linnaeus 1758 black rat
Heteromys desmarestianus forest spiny pocket mouse | |
Ateles geoffroyi, "Alouatta palliata" = Alouatta palliatus
Ateles geoffroyi Kuhl 1820 black-handed spider monkey
"Alouatta palliata" = Alouatta palliatus Gray 1849 mantled howler | |
Cebus capucinus, "Saguinus oedipus" = Jacchus oedipus
Cebus capucinus Linnaeus 1758 capuchin monkey
"Saguinus oedipus" = Jacchus oedipus Linnaeus 1758 monkey | |
Aotus trivirgatus Humboldt 1811 three-striped night monkey |