Object Details
- Geologic Age
- Cenozoic - Neogene - Miocene
- Record Last Modified
- 17 Oct 2024
- Skeletal Morphology
- Skull elements, partial skull, both mandibles, isolated teeth (3); appendicular elements, right scapula, carpals (2)
- Stratigraphy
- Chagres Fm
- Collection Date
- 23 Jun 2011
- Collector
- Dr. Jorge Velez-Juarbe
- Dioselina Vigil
- Place
- Panama, North America
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- Paleogeneral
- Types: Mammals Marine
- Mammalia Marine Type
- Paleobiology
- Published Name
- Isthminia panamensis Pyenson et al., 2015
- Data Source
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
- USNM Number
- PAL546125
- Type Citation
- Pyenson, N. D., Velez-Juarbe, J., et al. 2015. Isthminia panamensis, a new fossil inioid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Chargres Formation of Panama and the evolution of 'river dolphins' in the Americas. 10.7717/leerj.1227.
- Type Status
- holotype
- Taxonomy
- Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Cetacea Odontoceti Pan-inia
- Record ID
- nmnhpaleobiology_10369553
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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