Also known as Playa Don Bernardo, PDB
Where: Panama (8.4° N, 79.1° W: paleocoordinates 8.4° N, 79.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic, midden
Primary reference: R. G. Cooke, T. A. Wake, M. F. Martinez-Polanco, M. Jimenez-Acosta, F. Bustamante, I. Holst, A. Lara-Kraudy, J. G. Martin, and S. Redwood. 2016. Exploitation of dolphins (Cetacea: Delphinidae) at a 6000 yr old Preceramic site in the Pearl Island archipelago, Panama. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 6:733-756 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 179577: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.06.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
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Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
cf. Stenella sp. Gray 1866 dolphin
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 short-beaked common dolphin
Tursiops truncatus Gray 1866 common bottlenose dolphin | |