Puente Ixcán (Neogene of Mexico)
Where: Mexico (16.1° N, 91.1° W: paleocoordinates 16.3° N, 89.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; silty sandstone
• coastal lagoon or overbank deposits
• silty sandstones
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. A. Brochu and G. Carbot-Chanona. 2015. Biogeographic and Systematic Implications of a Caimanine from the Late Miocene of Southern Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 49(1):138-142 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 181304: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 02.09.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Anchitheriinae indet. Leidy 1869 anchitheriine horse | |
Teleoceras cf. hicksi Cook 1927 rhinoceros | |
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Reptilia | |
Trionychidae indet. softshell turtle | |
Dermatemydidae indet. Baur 1888 mud turtle | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatoidei indet. Compagno 1973 stingray |