Bowden Formation, fishes (Pliocene of Jamaica)

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

• Environment interpreted as protected, muddy environment, perhaps associated with sea grass flats
• No details available

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
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Actinopteri
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Valenciennellus sp. Jordan and Evermann 1895
Polyipnus sp. Günther 1887
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros sp. Thompson 1840
 Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Holocentrus sp. Gronovius 1763
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Carapus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Echiodon sp. Thompson 1837
 Ophidiiformes -
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Lepophidium latesulcatum Nolf and Stringer 1992
Otophidium robustum Nolf and Stringer 1992
Otophidium robinsi Nolf and Stringer 1992
 Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Porichthys sp. Girard 1854 toadfish
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Apogon sp. Lacépède 1802 Cardinalfish
sp. 1-4
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 goby
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
 Acanthomorphata - Gerreidae
Eucinostomus sp. Baird and Girard 1855
cf. Moharra sp. Poey 1875
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
Haemulon sp. Cuvier 1829
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Protosciaena trewavasae Chao and Miller 1975
 Acanthomorphata - Lutjanidae
Rhomboplites aurorubens Cuvier 1829 vermilion snapper
Pristipomoides sp. Bleeker 1852
 Perciformes - Bathyclupeidae
Bathyclupea sp. Alcock 1891 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Diplectrum sp. Holbrook 1855 sand perch
 Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Scorpaenidae indet. Risso 1827 perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Opistognathidae
 Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Mugil sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Beloniformes - Belonidae
 Beloniformes - Hemiramphidae
Hyporhamphus sp. Gill 1860
 Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
Atherinomorus stipes Müller and Troschel 1848 silverside
 Pleuronectiformes - Cynoglossidae
Cynoglossidae indet. Jordan 1963 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
 Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
Diaphus problematicus2 Parr 1928 lanternfish
Diaphus brachycephalus Taning 1928 lanternfish
Diaphus dumerilii2 Bleeker 1856 lanternfish
Diaphus paxtoni2 Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Diaphus depressifrons2 Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Diaphus aequalis2 Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
Lobianchia sp. Gatt 1904 lanternfish
Lobianchia dofleini2 Zugmayer 1911 Dofleini's lanternfish
Notoscopelus caudispinosus2 Johnson 1863 lanternfish
Hygophum sp. Bolin 1939 lanternfish
Hygophum aff. benoiti Cocco 1838 Benoit's lanternfish
Myctophum sp. Rafinesque 1810 lanternfish
Myctophum affine2 Lütken 1892 lanternfish
Bolinichthys sp.2 Paxton 1972 lanternfish
Symbolophorus aff. veranyi Moreau 1888 lanternfish
 Siluriformes - Ariidae
Plotosus sp. Bloch 1794 Ariid catfish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
 Anguilliformes - Heterenchelyidae
Pythonichthys sp. Poey 1868 eel
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Rhechias tysanochila Reid 1934 conger eel
Ariosoma balearica Delaroche 1809 conger eel
Paraconger sp. Kanazawa 1961 conger eel
Gnathophis sp. Kaup 1860 conger eel
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula sp. Gronow 1763 bonefish
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda
 Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae
Prionotus cf. carolinus Linnaeus 1771 sea robin
Osteichthyes
 Trachichthyiformes - Anomalopidae
Phthanophaneron sp. Johnson and Rosenblatt 1998
 Life -
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus Schubert 1905