Also known as San Rafael del Sur
Where: Nicaragua (11.8° N, 86.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.9° N, 86.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: El Salto Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; gray, yellow shale and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. G. Lucas, R. Garcia, E. Espinoza, G. E. Alvarado, L. Hde Mendoza and E. Vega. 2008. The fossil mammals of Nicaragua. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 44:417-429 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 86947: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale |