AMNH PR 88-3: Burdigalian, Puerto Rico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Podocnemididae
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Bairdemys hartsteini n. sp.
Gaffney and Wood 2002
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Gaffney and Wood 2002 | 1 specimen | |||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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synonym of Testudines | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Puerto Rico |
Coordinates: | 18.4° North, 66.2° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 18.2° North, 65.0° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cibao |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Metadata
Database number: | 56978 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-11-30 07:03:10 | Last modified: | 2019-09-19 21:17:37 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-30 07:03:10 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
15365. | R. D. E. MacPhee and A. R. Wyss. 1990. Oligo-Miocene vertebrates from Puerto Rico, with a catalog of localities. American Museum Novitates 2965:1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
44201 | E. S. Gaffney and R. C. Wood. 2002. Bairdemys, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Podocnemididae) from the Miocene of the Caribbean. 3359:1-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |