Bowden Formation

Bowden Formation
Stratigraphic range: Neogene
TypeFormation
Location
CountryJamaica

The Bowden Formation is a geologic formation in Jamaica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

Fossil content

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text
crossed out taxa are discredited.

Fish

Fishes from the Bowden Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationMemberMaterialNotesImages
Cataetyx C. stringeri An viviparous brotula
Diaphus D. aequalis An lanternfish
D. depressifrons
D. paxtoni
Ophidion O. bowdenensis An cusk-eel

Bryozoans

Bryozoans from the Bowden Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationMemberMaterialNotesImages
Cupuladria C. collyrida A cupuladriid cheilostomatidan

Cnidarians

Cnidarians from the Bowden Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationMemberMaterialNotesImages
Antillia A. coatesi A mussine mussid

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Werner Schwarzhans; Orangel Aguilera (2016). "Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 14: 91–124.
  2. ↑ Werner Schwarzhans; Orangel Aguilera (2013). "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 13: 83–150.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.