Where: Costa Rica (9.9° N, 83.6° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Río Banano Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. A. Laurito, C. Calvo, A. L. Valerio, A. Calvo, and R. Chacón. 2014. Ictiofauna del Mioceno inferior de localidad de Pacuare des Tres Equis, Formación Río Banao, Provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica, y descripción de un nuevo género y una Nueva Especie de Scaridae. Revista Geológica de América Central 50:153-192 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 187875: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.08.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Actinopteri | |
Scaridae indet., Pacuarescarus kussmauli n. gen. n. sp.
Pacuarescarus kussmauli n. gen. n. sp. Laurito et al. 2014 | |
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Pagrus pagrus perch-like fish
Dentex fossilis perch-like fish | |
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Acanthurus sp. Forskal 1775 | |
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Balistes sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
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Diplodus jomnitanus Valencienes 1844 | |
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Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Heptranchias perlo Bonnaterre 1788 sevengill shark | |
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Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
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Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark | |
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Carcharias acutissima Agassiz 1843 sand shark | |
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Megaselachus subauriculatus mackerel shark | |
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Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark | |
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Mitsukurina sp. Jordan 1898 goblin shark | |