Bowden Formation, fishes: Pliocene, Jamaica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Rhyncoconger flava
Leophidium cervinum
"Dinematichthyinorum" smithvanizi
"Dinematichthyinorum" sp.
Prisitgenys cf. altus
Ubrina sp.
Uranosopidae indet.
Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Paraconger sp. Kanazawa 1961
Gnathophis sp. Kaup 1860
Ariosoma balearica (Delaroche 1809)
Rhechias tysanochila Reid 1934
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Heterenchelyidae
Pythonichthys sp. Poey 1868
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula sp. Gronow 1763
Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae
Prionotus cf. carolinus Linnaeus 1771
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Polyipnus sp. Günther 1887
Valenciennellus sp. Jordan and Evermann 1895
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros sp. Thompson 1840
Actinopteri - Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Holocentrus sp. Gronovius 1763
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Bathyclupeidae
Bathyclupea sp. Alcock 1891
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Serranidae
Diplectrum sp. Holbrook 1855
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Scorpaenidae indet. Risso 1827
Actinopteri - Gerreidae
Eucinostomus sp. Baird and Girard 1855
cf. Moharra sp. Poey 1875
Actinopteri - Lutjanidae
Pristipomoides sp. Bleeker 1852
Rhomboplites aurorubens (Cuvier 1829)
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Protosciaena trewavasae Chao and Miller 1975
Actinopteri - Haemulidae
Haemulon sp. Cuvier 1829
Actinopteri - Acropomatidae
Parascombrops cf. spinosus Schultz 1940
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Pleuronectidae indet.
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Bothidae indet.
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
Soleidae indet.
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Cynoglossidae
Cynoglossidae indet. Jordan 1963
Actinopteri - Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Mugil sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Opistognathidae
Lonchopisthus micrognathus Poey 1860
Actinopteri - Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
Atherinomorus stipes Müller and Troschel 1848
Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Hemiramphidae
Hyporhamphus sp. Gill 1860
Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Belonidae
Belonidae indet.
Caldwell 1965
Actinopteri - Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832
Actinopteri - Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Apogon sp. Lacépède 1802
sp. 1-4
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Carapus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Echiodon sp. Thompson 1837
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Lepophidium sp.
Lepophidium latesulcatum Nolf and Stringer 1992
Otophidium robustum Nolf and Stringer 1992
Otophidium robinsi Nolf and Stringer 1992
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes
Brotula aff. clarkae
Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Porichthys sp. Girard 1854
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Bolinichthys sp. Paxton 1972
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Hygophum sp. Bolin 1939
Hygophum aff. benoiti (Cocco 1838)
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890
Diaphus depressifrons Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Diaphus brachycephalus Taning 1928
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Diaphus dumerilii Bleeker 1856
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Diaphus problematicus Parr 1928
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Myctophum sp. Rafinesque 1810
Myctophum affine (Lütken 1892)
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Notoscopelus caudispinosus (Johnson 1863)
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Lobianchia sp. Gatt 1904
Lobianchia dofleini (Zugmayer 1911)
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Symbolophorus aff. veranyi (Moreau 1888)
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Engraulidae indet.
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Plotosus sp. Bloch 1794
Trachichthyiformes - Anomalopidae
Phthanophaneron sp. Johnson and Rosenblatt 1998
unclassified
Gadiculus labiatus (Schubert 1905)
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]