Also known as STRI Loc. 290545
Where: Panama, Panama (8.9° N, 79.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 79.7° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pacific Muck Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pacific Muck, which unconformably overlies various strata of Miocene age in the Panama Canal Basin, including the Culebra [+La Boca] and Panama formations. AGE: Late Pleistocene-Holocene, on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Ex-situ deposit, from at least two presumably closely-spaced subsurface horizons.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified, shelly/skeletal, black mudstone and poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with calcite, replaced with silica
Reposited in the FLMNH
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: A. Hendy, R. Portell, J. Luque, J. Christy. REPOSITORY: Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH).
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy. 2014. Quaternary invertebrate fossil assemblages from coastal marine ecosystems of Bahia de Panama, Panama. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 160394: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Nerita funiculata" = Nerita (Theliostyla) funiculata
"Nerita funiculata" = Nerita (Theliostyla) funiculata Menke 1851 snail | |
"Cerithideopsis pulchra" = Cerithidea (Cerithideopsis)
"Cerithideopsis pulchra" = Cerithidea (Cerithideopsis) horn snail | |
"Cerithium stercumuscarum" = Cerithium (Thericium) stercumuscarum
"Cerithium stercumuscarum" = Cerithium (Thericium) stercumuscarum Valenciennes 1833 snail | |
Nassarius nodicinctus Adams 1852 snail | |
"Strombina gibberula" = Sincola (Dorsina) gibberula
"Strombina gibberula" = Sincola (Dorsina) gibberula Sowerby 1832 snail | |
Strioterebrum glaucum Hinds 1844 auger snail | |
"Natica unifasciata" = Natica (Naticarius) unifasciata
"Natica unifasciata" = Natica (Naticarius) unifasciata Lamarck 1822 moon snail | |
Echinolittorina aspera periwinkle | |
Bivalvia | |
Politoleda polita Sowerby 1833 pointed nut clam | |
Mytella guyanensis Lamarck 1819 mussel
Brachidontes adamsianus Dunker 1857 mussel | |
Saccostrea palmula Carpenter 1857 oyster
Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846 oyster | |
Argopecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842 calico scallop | |
Noetia reversa Sowerby 1833 clam | |
Lucinisca centrifuga Dall 1901 clam | |
Foveadens panamensis Dall 1915 clam | |
Mulinia pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 clam
Harvella elegans Sowerby 1825 clam | |
Leukoma asperrima Sowerby 1835 venus clam
Chionopsis amathusia Philippi 1844 venus clam | |
Psammotreta dombei Hanley 1844 tellin clam
Moerella amianta Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
Cumingia lamellosa Sowerby 1833 clam | |
Gari maxima Deshayes 1855 clam | |
Tagelus peruanus Dunker 1862 clam | |
Carditamera affinis Sowerby 1823 clam |