PPP 2206 (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as PPP 2208, PPP 2210, PPP 2211, PPP 2214

Where: Panama (9.1° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 81.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Nancy Point Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: slope or ramp reef; shelly/skeletal, muddy sandstone and muddy siltstone

• upper slope
• shelly, muddy and silty sandstone, and muddy siltstone with occasional coarse volcaniclastic and bioclastic sandstone beds

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera. 2013. Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Paleo Ichthyologica 13:83-150 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219199: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.03.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Myctophum affine, Diaphus depresifrons, Diaphus sp., Diaphus apalus n. sp., Diaphus rodriguezi, Diaphus aequalis
Myctophum affine Lütken 1892 lanternfish
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
sp. 3
Diaphus apalus n. sp. Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Diaphus rodriguezi Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Diaphus aequalis Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish