Cayes de Seal (Holocene of Turks and Caicos Islands)
Where: Turks and Caicos Islands (21.2° N, 71.6° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° N, 71.6° W)
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When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 183388: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.12.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Mammalia | |
"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis
"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis Gray 1850 Hawaiian monk seal |