Panuco: Holocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Monachus tropicalis
(Gray 1850)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Neomonachus tropicalis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Veracruz |
| Coordinates: | 22.1° North, 98.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.1° North, 98.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: modern specimen | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 125223 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 2012-03-07 02:54:19 | Last modified: | 2016-12-13 11:51:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-07 02:54:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60307. | R. M. Timm, R. M. Salazar, and A. T. Peterson. 1997. Historical distribution of the extinct tropical seal Monachus tropicalis (Carnivora: Phocidae). Conservation Biology 11(2):549-551 [M. Uhen/N. Jones/M. Uhen] |