Pina 1: Tortonian, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kogiidae
Nanokogia isthmia n. gen., n. sp. Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
1 specimen
UF 280000
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Colon
Coordinates: 9.3° North, 80.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.0° North, 78.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chagres Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: late Miocene (latest Tortonian-early Messinian). Elsewhere in the paper, the authors describe the age as Tortonian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:UF YPA089
Database number:144795
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Ceballos, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-05-18 00:22:11 Last modified:2021-05-14 11:10:33
Access level:the public Released:2013-05-18 00:22:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55198. J. Velez-Juarbe, A. R. Wood, C. Gracia and A. J. W. Hendy. 2015. Evolutionary patterns among living and fossil kogiid sperm whales: Evidence from the Neogene of Central America. PLoS One 10(4):e0123909 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]