Woodring Loc. 116a - Canal Zone [upper Culebra Fm] (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as USGS Loc. 20956

Where: Panama (9.0° N, 79.6° 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; reassigned to La Boca Fm in subsequent publications of Woodring (e.g., 1973, 1982), but further emended by Kirby et al. (2009) to the lower member of the Culebra Formation. AGE: Early Miocene in text; direct date extrapolated from Kirby et al. (1999), =Burdigalian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Assumed to be from upper part of formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, pebbly conglomerate and conglomeratic sandstone

• No paleoenvironmental data reported.
• Small pebble conglomerate and conglomeratic sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by MacDonald (1911). 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. Locality now unaccessible (submerged).

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 49493: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.04.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for gastropoda.
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Trochita sp.3 Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella collazica3 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Tiara) sp.1 Swainson 1831 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp.1 Gray 1839 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp.1 Swainson 1831 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria sp.1 Lamarck 1799 tulip snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum cf. clethra2 Maury 1925 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Xancus cf. rex1, "Xancus cf. validus" = Turbinella valida3
Xancus cf. rex1 Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 snail
"Xancus cf. validus" = Turbinella valida3 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Heterostropha - Ellobiidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis3
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis3 Röding 1798 sundial
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
? Atys sp.2 Montfort 1810 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita (? Nerita) sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) athroa3 Woodring 1973 ark
Acar domingensis3 Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) carbasina3, "Glycymeris (Tucetona) secticostata" = Tucetona3, "Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata3
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) carbasina3 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam
"Glycymeris (Tucetona) secticostata" = Tucetona3 clam
Subspecies: Glycymeris (Tucetona) secticostata schencki
"Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata3 Gmelin 1791 clam
Subspecies: Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata canalis
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lepidopecten proterus4 Woodring 1982 scallop
Spondylus scotti4 Brown and Pilsbry 1913 scallop
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Hyotissa" tryoni4 Gabb 1881 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Crassostrea cahobasensis" = Striostrea cahobasensis4
"Crassostrea cahobasensis" = Striostrea cahobasensis4 Pilsbry and Brown 1910 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula fusca3 Gmelin 1791 mussel
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama strepta4 Woodring 1982 jewel box
Arcinella sp.4 Schumacher 1817 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Hyphantosoma) centangulatus4 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam
Pitar (Pitar) aff. quirosanus4 Hodson 1927 venus clam
Lamelliconcha cf. aequicincta4 Spieker 1922 venus clam
Clementia (Clementia) dariena4 Conrad 1855 venus clam
Subspecies: Clementia (Clementia) dariena dariena
Tivela (Tivela) mactroides4 Born 1778 venus clam
"Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata4 Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Lirophora (Panchione) "sp. a"4 Olsson 1964 venus clam
Chione (Chionopsis) propinqua4 Spieker 1922 venus clam
Ventricolaria harrisiana4 Olsson 1922 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactridae indet.4 Lamarck 1809 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtus aff. broggii4 Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 clam
Subspecies: Solecurtus aff. broggii gatunensis
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax aff. asper4 Olsson 1961 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Strigilla (Strigilla) aff. carnaria4 Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina (Eurytellina) vetula4 Brown and Pilsbry 1913 tellin clam
Psammacoma diphas4 Woodring 1982 tellin clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) mediamericana4 Brown and Pilsbry 1913 clam