Where: Jamaica (18.3° N, 77.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Stettin Member (Chapelton Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• "early middle Eocene"
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: R. J. G. Savage, D. P. Domning, and J. G. M. Thewissen. 1994. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. V. The most primitive known sirenian, Prorastomus sirenoides Owen, 1855. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3):427-449 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49874: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Prorastomus sirenoides n. gen. n. sp.
Prorastomus sirenoides n. gen. n. sp. Owen 1855 sirenian |