Isla de Juventud (Pinos): Holocene, Cuba
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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| recombined as Neomonachus tropicalis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Cuba |
| Coordinates: | 22.1° North, 82.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.1° North, 82.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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. |
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: | 181678 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Joo |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-09-26 00:11:45 | Last modified: | 2016-12-14 11:41:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-09-26 00:11:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34444. | P. J. Adam and G. G. Garcia. 2003. New information on the natural history, distribution, and skull size of the extinct (?) West Indian monk seal, Monachus tropicalis. Marine Mammal Science 19(2):297-317 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |