Bowden Formation, fishes: Pliocene, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Rhyncoconger flava
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Leophidium cervinum
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"Dinematichthyinorum" smithvanizi
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"Dinematichthyinorum" sp.
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Prisitgenys cf. altus
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Ubrina sp.
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Uranosopidae indet.
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Actinopteri
- Acanthopteri
- Sphyraenidae
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Sphyraena sp.
Artedi 1793
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Actinopteri
- Anguilliformes
- Congridae
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Paraconger sp.
Kanazawa 1961
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Gnathophis sp.
Kaup 1860
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Ariosoma balearica
(Delaroche 1809)
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Rhechias tysanochila
Reid 1934
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Actinopteri
- Anguilliformes
- Heterenchelyidae
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Pythonichthys sp.
Poey 1868
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Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Albula sp.
Gronow 1763
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Actinopteri
- Scorpaeniformes
- Triglidae
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Prionotus cf. carolinus
Linnaeus 1771
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Actinopteri
- Stomiatiformes
- Sternoptychidae
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Polyipnus sp.
Günther 1887
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Valenciennellus sp.
Jordan and Evermann 1895
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Actinopteri
- Gadiformes
- Bregmacerotidae
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Bregmaceros sp.
Thompson 1840
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Actinopteri
- Holocentriformes
- Holocentridae
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Holocentrus sp.
Gronovius 1763
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Bathyclupeidae
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Bathyclupea sp.
Alcock 1891
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Serranidae
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Diplectrum sp.
Holbrook 1855
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Scorpaenidae
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Scorpaenidae indet.
Risso 1827
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Actinopteri
- Gerreidae
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Eucinostomus sp.
Baird and Girard 1855
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cf. Moharra sp.
Poey 1875
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Actinopteri
- Lutjanidae
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Pristipomoides sp.
Bleeker 1852
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Rhomboplites aurorubens
(Cuvier 1829)
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Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Protosciaena trewavasae
Chao and Miller 1975
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Actinopteri
- Haemulidae
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Haemulon sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Actinopteri
- Acropomatidae
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Parascombrops cf. spinosus
Schultz 1940
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Actinopteri
- Pleuronectiformes
- Pleuronectidae
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Pleuronectidae indet.
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Actinopteri
- Pleuronectiformes
- Paralichthyidae
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Citharichthys sp.
Bleeker 1862
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Actinopteri
- Pleuronectiformes
- Bothidae
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Bothidae indet.
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Actinopteri
- Pleuronectiformes
- Soleidae
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Soleidae indet.
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Actinopteri
- Pleuronectiformes
- Cynoglossidae
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Cynoglossidae indet.
Jordan 1963
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Actinopteri
- Mugiliformes
- Mugilidae
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Mugil sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Actinopteri
- Opistognathidae
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Lonchopisthus micrognathus
Poey 1860
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Actinopteri
- Atheriniformes
- Atherinidae
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Atherinomorus stipes
Müller and Troschel 1848
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Actinopteri
- Beloniformes
- Hemiramphidae
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Hyporhamphus sp.
Gill 1860
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Actinopteri
- Beloniformes
- Belonidae
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Belonidae indet.
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Caldwell 1965 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Gobiiformes
- Gobiidae
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Gobiidae indet.
Bonaparte 1832
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Actinopteri
- Kurtiformes
- Apogonidae
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Apogon sp.
Lacépède 1802
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Actinopteri
- Ophidiiformes
- Carapidae
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Carapus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Echiodon sp.
Thompson 1837
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Actinopteri
- Ophidiiformes
- Ophidiidae
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Lepophidium sp.
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Lepophidium latesulcatum
Nolf and Stringer 1992
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Otophidium robustum
Nolf and Stringer 1992
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Otophidium robinsi
Nolf and Stringer 1992
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Actinopteri
- Ophidiiformes
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Brotula aff. clarkae
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Actinopteri
- Batrachoidiformes
- Batrachoididae
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Porichthys sp.
Girard 1854
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Actinopteri
- Myctophiformes
- Myctophidae
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Bolinichthys sp.
Paxton 1972
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Hygophum sp.
Bolin 1939
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Hygophum aff. benoiti
(Cocco 1838)
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Diaphus sp.
Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890
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Diaphus depressifrons
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
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Diaphus paxtoni
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
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Diaphus brachycephalus
Taning 1928
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Diaphus aequalis
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
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Diaphus dumerilii
Bleeker 1856
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Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 | |||||||||
Diaphus problematicus
Parr 1928
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Myctophum sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Myctophum affine
(Lütken 1892)
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Notoscopelus caudispinosus
(Johnson 1863)
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Lobianchia sp.
Gatt 1904
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Lobianchia dofleini
(Zugmayer 1911)
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Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 | |||||||||
Symbolophorus aff. veranyi
(Moreau 1888)
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Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Engraulidae indet.
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ariidae
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Plotosus sp.
Bloch 1794
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Trachichthyiformes
- Anomalopidae
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Phthanophaneron sp.
Johnson and Rosenblatt 1998
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unclassified
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Gadiculus labiatus
(Schubert 1905)
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original and current combination Otolithus labiatus | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Jamaica |
Coordinates: | 17.9° North, 76.3° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 17.9° North, 75.9° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Bowden | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Multistratigraphy suggests 3.8-2.7 Ma |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: No details available | |
Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Geology comments: Environment interpreted as protected, muddy environment, perhaps associated with sea grass flats |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 186673 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Holroyd | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Subset of collection #: | 58522 | ||
Created: | 2017-06-29 13:39:49 | Last modified: | 2017-06-29 13:39:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-06-29 13:39:49 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
62602. | 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] |
Secondary references:
64012 | D. K. Caldwell. 1965. A Miocene needlefish from Bowden, Jamaica. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 28(4):339-344 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
76158 | W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera. 2013. Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Paleo Ichthyologica 13:83-150 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |