Bowden Formation
| Bowden Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Neogene | |
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Country | Jamaica |
The Bowden Formation is a geologic formation in Jamaica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.
Fossil content
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Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text
crossed out taxa are discredited.
Fish
[edit]| Fishes from the Bowden Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Member | Material | Notes | Images |
| Cataetyx[1] | C. stringeri | An viviparous brotula | ||||
| Diaphus[2] | D. aequalis | An lanternfish | ||||
| D. depressifrons | ||||||
| D. paxtoni | ||||||
| Ophidion[1] | O. bowdenensis | An cusk-eel | ||||
Bryozoans
[edit]| Bryozoans from the Bowden Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Member | Material | Notes | Images |
| Cupuladria[3] | C. collyrida | A cupuladriid cheilostomatidan | ||||
Cnidarians
[edit]| Cnidarians from the Bowden Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Member | Material | Notes | Images |
| Antillia[4] | A. coatesi | A mussine mussid | ||||
See also
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References
[edit]- 1 2 Werner Schwarzhans; Orangel Aguilera (2016). "Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 14: 91–124.
- ↑ Werner Schwarzhans; Orangel Aguilera (2013). "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 13: 83–150.
- ↑ Amalia Herrera-Cubilla; Jeremy B. C. Jackson (2014). "Phylogeny of Genus Cupuladria (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) in the Neogene of Tropical America". Journal of Paleontology. 88 (5): 851–894. doi:10.1017/S0022336000057553.
- ↑ Ann F. Budd; James D. Woodell; Danwei Huang; James S. Klaus (2019). "Evolution of the Caribbean subfamily Mussinae (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Faviidae): transitions between solitary and colonial forms". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (18): 1581–1616. Bibcode:2019JSPal..17.1581B. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1541932. S2CID 92225764. Archived from the original on 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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