Where: Jamaica (17.9° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 75.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Bowden Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Multistratigraphy suggests 3.8-2.7 Ma
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. L. Stringer. 1998. Otolith-based fishes form the Bowden Shell Bed (Pliocene) of Jamaica: Systematics and Palaeoecology. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 35(1-4):147-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 186673: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.06.2017, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Albula sp. Gronow 1763 bonefish | |
Pythonichthys sp. Poey 1868 eel | |
Ariosoma balearica Delaroche 1809 conger eel
Rhechias tysanochila Reid 1934 conger eel
Paraconger sp. Kanazawa 1961 conger eel
Gnathophis sp. Kaup 1860 conger eel | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Prionotus cf. carolinus Linnaeus 1771 sea robin | |
Valenciennellus sp. Jordan and Evermann 1895
Polyipnus sp. Günther 1887 | |
Bolinichthys sp.2, Hygophum sp., Hygophum aff. benoiti, Symbolophorus aff. veranyi, Lobianchia sp., Lobianchia dofleini2, Notoscopelus caudispinosus2, Myctophum sp., Myctophum affine2, Diaphus sp., Diaphus problematicus2, Diaphus depressifrons2, Diaphus brachycephalus, Diaphus paxtoni2, Diaphus dumerilii2, Diaphus aequalis2
Hygophum sp. Bolin 1939 lanternfish
Hygophum aff. benoiti Cocco 1838 Benoit's lanternfish
Symbolophorus aff. veranyi Moreau 1888 lanternfish
Lobianchia sp. Gatt 1904 lanternfish
Myctophum sp. Rafinesque 1810 lanternfish
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
Diaphus brachycephalus Taning 1928 lanternfish | |
Haemulon sp. Cuvier 1829 | |
Protosciaena trewavasae Chao and Miller 1975 | |
Bathyclupea sp. Alcock 1891 perch-like fish | |
Diplectrum sp. Holbrook 1855 sand perch | |
Scorpaenidae indet. Risso 1827 perch-like fish | |
cf. Moharra sp. Poey 1875
Eucinostomus sp. Baird and Girard 1855 | |
Parascombrops cf. spinosus Schultz 1940 | |
Pristipomoides sp. Bleeker 1852
Rhomboplites aurorubens Cuvier 1829 vermilion snapper | |
Porichthys sp. Girard 1854 toadfish | |
Otophidium robustum Nolf and Stringer 1992
Otophidium robinsi Nolf and Stringer 1992
Lepophidium latesulcatum Nolf and Stringer 1992 | |
Echiodon sp. Thompson 1837
Carapus sp. Rafinesque 1810 | |
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 goby | |
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Lonchopisthus micrognathus Poey 1860 | |
Mugil sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Hyporhamphus sp. Gill 1860 | |
Atherinomorus stipes Müller and Troschel 1848 silverside | |
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish | |
Bothidae indet. flatfish | |
Cynoglossidae indet. Jordan 1963 flatfish | |
Soleidae indet. flatfish | |
Pleuronectidae indet. flatfish | |
Holocentrus sp. Gronovius 1763 | |
Bregmaceros sp. Thompson 1840 | |
Plotosus sp. Bloch 1794 Ariid catfish | |
Engraulidae indet. herring | |
Osteichthyes | |
Phthanophaneron sp. Johnson and Rosenblatt 1998 | |
Otolithes | |
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus Schubert 1905 |