NMB 18509 - Rio Chico [Tuira Fm] (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as PPP# 1578; 94-26-01

Where: Darien, Panama (8.2° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 76.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tuira Formation (Lara Group), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Tuira Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Middle Miocene, in text; subsequent publications suggest late Miocene or early Pliocene age; Coates et al. (2004) suggests a Tortonian age (11.2-8.3 Ma). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 395 m in the Lower and Upper Chico River section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine fauna.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not reported in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Jung & Heitz in 1994; reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Peter Jung, Antoine Heitz et al., 8.3.1994. REPOSITORY: NMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Primary reference: B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136033: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.11.2012

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to gastropoda mentioned in text. Does not include other mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and including systematic revision of other neighboring Caribbean assemblages.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Springvaleia sp. Rutsch 1934 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Solenosteira sp. Dall 1890 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Calophos sp. Woodring 1964 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Strombina) sp. Mörch 1858 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Euclia codazzii Anderson 1929 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphie)
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphie) Pilsbry 1922 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina sp. Gray 1842 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreola sp. Monterosato 1884 oyster
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium (Mexicardia) sp. Stewart 1930 cockle