PPP# 477 - Finger Island [Nancy Point Fm] (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as NMB Loc. 17824; 88-00-46

Where: Bocas, Panama (9.1° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 81.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NN11 nannofossil zone, Nancy Point Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: the Nancy Point Fm is conformable with the Tobabe Fm below and the Shark Hole Point Fm above. AGE: from Collins et al. (1999), an age range of 8.2-5.6 Ma, Late Miocene, though PPP dataset indicates an age of 6.5-5.6 Ma; contains Discoaster quinqueramus, Globigerinoides conglobatus, Globigerinoides seigliei, and Globorotalia plesiotumida. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 48.6 m in section 14 of Collins et al. (1999).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal, silty sandstone and poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, carbonaceous siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 94), outer neritic, estimated depth of 175 m.
• GENERAL LITHOLOGY: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 27), consists of massive, pervasively bioturbated, shelly, muddy, and silty sandstone, muddy siltstone, with scattered molluscs, leaves, and plant fragments.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Jung et al. in 1988; reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 6/6/88. REPOSITORIES:collections presumably held at USNM, BMNH and Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB),

Primary reference: L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135944: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.11.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature, though only identified to subgenus resolution.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Solariorbis sp.1 Conrad 1865 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Microgaza sp.1 Dall 1881 top snail
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Niso sp.1 Risso 1826 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp.1 Say 1824 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) sp.1 Woodring 1928 cerith snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Compsodrillia sp.1 Woodring 1928 snail
Miraclathurella sp.1 Woodring 1928 snail
Lioglyphostoma sp.1 Woodring 1928 snail
Carinodrillia sp.1 Dall 1919 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus (Strombus) sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla sp.1 Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell
Mitra sp.1 Lamarck 1798 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp.1 Gray 1839 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Olivella) sp.1 Swainson 1831 olive snail
Oliva (Strephonella) sp.1 Dall 1909 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Solenosteira sp.1 Dall 1890 true whelk
Metula sp.1 Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
Metaphos sp.1 Olsson 1964 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp.1 Woodring 1928 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Hinia) sp.1 Gray 1847 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria sp.1 Lamarck 1799 tulip snail
Latirus (Polygona) sp.1 Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombinella sp.1 Dall 1896 snail
Mitrella sp.1 Risso 1826 snail
Parametaria sp.1 Dall 1916 snail
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis)1 Sacco 1890 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Aforia sp.1 Dall 1889 aforia
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia sp.1 Dall 1918 snail
Hindsiclava sp.1 Hertlein and Strong 1955 snail
Cerodrillia sp.1 Bartsch and Rehder 1939 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Cytharella sp.1 Monterosato 1875 snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Phymorhynchus sp.1 Dall 1908 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Oreoterebra) sp.1 Olsson 1967 auger snail
Strioterebrum sp.1 Sacco 1891 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Scobinella sp.1 Conrad 1848 turrid
Gemmula sp.1 Weinkauff 1875 turrid
Lepicythara sp.1 Olsson 1964 turrid
Polystira sp.1 Woodring 1928 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Fusiturricula sp.1 Woodring 1928 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum sp.1 Swainson 1840 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula sp.1 Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) sp.1 Montfort 1810 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Euclia leuzingeri2 Rutsch 1934 snail
Ventrilia plummeri2 Olsson 1922 snail
Massyla cumingiana2 Petit de la Saussaye 1844 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus sp.1 Röding 1798 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
"Distorsio gatunensis" = Distorsio decussata1
"Distorsio gatunensis" = Distorsio decussata1 Valenciennes 1832 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Sconsia sublaevigata" = Sconsia grayi1, Echinophoria hadra1
"Sconsia sublaevigata" = Sconsia grayi1 Adams 1855 snail
Echinophoria hadra1 Woodring and Olsson 1957 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Bursa rugosa1 Sowerby 1835 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp.1, "Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius1, Natica (Natica) sp.1, Stigmaulax sp.1
Polinices sp.1 Monfort 1810 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius1 Dumeril 1806 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp.1 Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp.1 Morch 1852 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix sp.1 Defrance 1819 hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Teinostoma (Aepystoma) sp.1 Woodring 1957 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
Caecum sp.1 Fleming 1813 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Callolongchaeus sp.1 Dall 1903 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp.1 Röding 1798 sundial
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvulella (Volvulella) sp.1 Newton 1891 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Potiarca) sp.1 Iredale 1939 ark
Anadara (Sectiarca) sp.1 Olsson 1961 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona sp.1 Iredale 1939 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Amusium mimyum1 Woodring 1982 scallop
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina sp.1 Dall 1901 clam
Myrtea sp.1 Turton 1822 clam
"Pleurolucina sp." = Linga (Pleurolucina)1 Dall 1901 clam
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Trigonulina sp.1 d'Orbigny 1946 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp.1 Gardner 1926 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp.1 Römer 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia sp.1 Turton 1822 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardites sp.1 Link 1807 clam
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Tellidorella sp.1 Berry 1963 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp.1 Guppy 1874 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila sp.1 Adams and Adams 1858 divaricate nutclam
Nucula (Nucula) sp.1 Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp.1 Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Gadila sp.1 Gray 1847 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Tesseracme sp.1 Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell
Paradentalium sp.1 Cotton and Godfrey 1933 tusk shell