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Table 1 References of fossil fish records by authors, formations, and age for each country-basin

From: The Neogene tropical America fish assemblage and the paleobiogeography of the Caribbean region

Country-basin

Reference

Age (formation)

Cuba

Sánchez, 1920

Iturralde-Vinent et al., 1996, 1998

Iturralde-Vinent & Case, 1998

Días-Franco & Rojas-Consuegra, 2009

Eocene (Universidad and Consuelo)

Early Miocene (Husillo)

Early to Middle Miocene (Cojimar)

Middle Miocene (Guines)

Late Miocene to Pliocene (Canímar)

Jamaica

Purdy et al., 1996

Stringer, 1998

Donovan & Gunter, 2001

Ch. Underwood & Mitchell, 2004

Middle Eocene (Chapelton)

Miocene (Montpelier)

Pliocene (Bowden Shell Bed)

Dominican

Nolf & Stringer, 1992

Late Miocene (Cercado)

Republic

Schwarzhans, 1997

Late Miocene to Early Pliocene (Gurabo)

Early to middle Pliocene (Mao)

Puerto Rico

Nieves-Rivera, 1999

Nieves-Rivera et al., 2003

Middle Miocene (Aymamón)

Venezuela

Casier, 1958

Leriche, 1938

Nolf & Aguilera, 1998

Sánchez-Villagra et al., 2000

Aguilera & Rodrigues de Aguilera, 2001, 2004a, b, c

Aguilera, 2004, 2010

Aguilera et al., 2008

Aguilera & Lunddberg, 2010

Late Eocene to Early Miocene (Castillo)

Early Miocene (Cantaure)

Late Miocene (Socorro, Codore and Urumaco)

Late Miocene to Early Pliocene (Cubagua)

Pliocene (San Gregorio, Paraguaná, Tortuga and Cumaná)

Costa Rica

Aguilera & Rodrigues de Aguilera, 1999

Collins et al., 1999

Laurito, 1996, 1999, 2004

Laurito & Valerio, 2008

Laurito et al., 2008

Late Miocene (Río Banano, Curré and Punta Judas)

Late Miocene to Early Pliocene (Uscari)

Panama

Blake, 1862

Gillette, 1984

Aguilera & Rodrigues de Aguilera, 1999

Collins et al., 1999

Pimiento et al., 2010

Early Miocene (Tuira)

Middle Miocene (Chucunaque and Valiente)

Middle Miocene to Late Miocene (Gatun)

Late Miocene (Nancy Point, Chagre and Uscari)

Late Miocene to Early Pliocene (Shark Hole Point)

Pliocene (Cayo Agua and Escudo de Veraguas)

Late Pliocene to Pleistocene (Swan Cay)

Trinidad

Nolf, 1976

Schwarzhans, 1993, 1997

Early to Middle Miocene (Brasso)

Middle Miocene (Tamana)

Late Miocene to Early Pliocene (Morne L`Enfer)

Tobago

Donovan et al., 2001

Pliocene (Rockly Bay formation)

Grenada

Portell et al., 2008

Early to Middle (Kendeace)

Middle Miocene (Grand Bay)

Ecuador

Landini et al., 1991

Landini et al., 2002a, b

Bianucci et al., 1993, 1997

Early Miocene (Viche)

Middle Miocene (Angostura)

Pliocene (Onzole and Canoa)

Early Pleistocene (Jama formation)

Brazil

Santos & Travassos, 1960

Santos & Salgado, 1971

Malabarba, 1991

Reis, 2005

Oliveira et al., 2008

Ramos et al., 2009

Costa et al., 2004, 2009

Távora et al., 2010b

Costa, 2011

Early Miocene (Pirabas formation)