Fish Hole Promontory (Pleistocene of Panama)

Also known as PPP 1252, PPP 1254, PPP 1256

Where: Panama (9.3° N, 82.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 81.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bastimentos Formation, Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; bindstone

• reef

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 219244: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.04.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus dumerilii, Diaphus parri, Diaphus coatesi, Ceratoscopelus sp.
Diaphus dumerilii Bleeker 1856 lanternfish
Diaphus parri Taning 1932 lanternfish
Diaphus coatesi Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Ceratoscopelus sp. Günther 1864 lanternfish