Where: Jamaica (17.9° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 75.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Bowden Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Multistratigraphy suggests 3.8-2.7 Ma
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. L. Stringer. 1998. Otolith-based fishes form the Bowden Shell Bed (Pliocene) of Jamaica: Systematics and Palaeoecology. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 35(1-4):147-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 186673: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.06.2017, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Paraconger sp. Kanazawa 1961 conger eel
Gnathophis sp. Kaup 1860 conger eel
Ariosoma balearica Delaroche 1809 conger eel
Rhechias tysanochila Reid 1934 conger eel | |
Pythonichthys sp. Poey 1868 eel | |
Albula sp. Gronow 1763 bonefish | |
Prionotus cf. carolinus Linnaeus 1771 sea robin | |
Polyipnus sp. Günther 1887
Valenciennellus sp. Jordan and Evermann 1895 | |
Bregmaceros sp. Thompson 1840 | |
Holocentrus sp. Gronovius 1763 | |
Bathyclupea sp. Alcock 1891 perch-like fish | |
Diplectrum sp. Holbrook 1855 sand perch | |
Scorpaenidae indet. Risso 1827 perch-like fish | |
Eucinostomus sp. Baird and Girard 1855
cf. Moharra sp. Poey 1875 | |
Pristipomoides sp. Bleeker 1852
Rhomboplites aurorubens Cuvier 1829 vermilion snapper | |
Protosciaena trewavasae Chao and Miller 1975 | |
Haemulon sp. Cuvier 1829 | |
Parascombrops cf. spinosus Schultz 1940 | |
Pleuronectidae indet. flatfish | |
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish | |
Bothidae indet. flatfish | |
Soleidae indet. flatfish | |
Cynoglossidae indet. Jordan 1963 flatfish | |
Mugil sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Lonchopisthus micrognathus Poey 1860 | |
Atherinomorus stipes Müller and Troschel 1848 silverside | |
Hyporhamphus sp. Gill 1860 | |
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 goby | |
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Carapus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Echiodon sp. Thompson 1837 | |
Lepophidium latesulcatum Nolf and Stringer 1992
Otophidium robustum Nolf and Stringer 1992
Otophidium robinsi Nolf and Stringer 1992 | |
Porichthys sp. Girard 1854 toadfish | |
Bolinichthys sp.2, Hygophum sp., Hygophum aff. benoiti, Diaphus sp., Diaphus depressifrons2, Diaphus paxtoni2, Diaphus brachycephalus, Diaphus aequalis2, Diaphus dumerilii2, Diaphus problematicus2, Myctophum sp., Myctophum affine2, Notoscopelus caudispinosus2, Lobianchia sp., Lobianchia dofleini2, Symbolophorus aff. veranyi
Hygophum sp. Bolin 1939 lanternfish
Hygophum aff. benoiti Cocco 1838 Benoit's lanternfish
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
Diaphus brachycephalus Taning 1928 lanternfish
Myctophum sp. Rafinesque 1810 lanternfish
Lobianchia sp. Gatt 1904 lanternfish
Symbolophorus aff. veranyi Moreau 1888 lanternfish | |
Engraulidae indet. herring | |
Plotosus sp. Bloch 1794 Ariid catfish | |
Osteichthyes | |
Phthanophaneron sp. Johnson and Rosenblatt 1998 | |
Otolithes | |
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus Schubert 1905 |