PPP 3221 (Miocene of Panama)
Where: Panama (9.2° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 78.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Toro Point Member (Chagres Sandstone Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep-water; silty sandstone
• upper bathyal
• massive, homogeneous, fine-grained, silty sandstone
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 219220: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.03.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Actinopteri | |
"Diaphus pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus
"Diaphus pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus Robba 1970 toadfish | |
Diaphus multiserratus Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Myctophum degraciai Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish |