Woodring Loc. 112 - Canal Zone [upper Culebra Fm] (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as USGS Loc. 16910

Where: Panama (9.1° N, 79.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.4° N, 77.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (Culebra Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Culebra Formation, which unconformably overlies the Las Cascadas agglomerate; emended by Kirby et al. (2009) to the upper member of the Culebra Formation. AGE: Early Miocene in text; direct date extrapolated from Kirby et al. (1999), =Burdigalian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within member.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

• No paleoenvironmental data reported.
• Dirty sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by Schultz and Woodring (1947). Material is also held (but not specified for any specific collection) at Stanford University, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Corenell University, PRI, U. Cal. and Cal. Acad. Sci.

Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1957. Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(A) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42619: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for gastropoda.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (? Torcula) amaras" = Torcula, Turritella venezuelana
"Turritella (? Torcula) amaras" = Torcula turret shell
Turritella venezuelana Hodson 1926 turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium cf. guppyi Gabb 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
? Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Cymatophos cf. veatchi2, "? Antillophos (? Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus2
? Cymatophos cf. veatchi2 Olsson 1922 true whelk
"? Antillophos (? Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus2 d'Orbigny 1842 true whelk
Subspecies: Antillophos (Antillophos) cf. candei gatunensis
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Tiara) sp.2 Swainson 1831 mitre shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 conch
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis3 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 ark
Subspecies: Anadara (Rasia) dariensis progonica
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Eurytellina) ophiaca4 Woodring 1982 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Lirophora (? Panchione) sp.4 Olsson 1964 venus clam
Pitar (Pitar) quirosanus4 Hodson 1927 venus clam
Clementia (Clementia) dariena4 Conrad 1855 venus clam
Subspecies: Clementia (Clementia) dariena rabelli
"Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata4 Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp.4 Lamarck 1801 clam