Where: Bocas del Toro, Panama (9.1° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 81.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cayo Agua Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: the Cayo Agua Fm is equivalent in age to the upper part of the Shark Hole Point Fm and the lower part of the Escudo de Veraguas Fm, no contacts are known. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999), no specific ages listed, but assumed to be similar to preceding and locally neighboring collections; direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal, gray, blue, argillaceous, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 8/11/87. REPOSITORIES: 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: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79982: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Kate Bulinski on 31.03.2008, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gymnolaemata | |
Cupuladria aff. canariensis, Cupuladria biporosa, Cupuladria aff. biporosa, Discoporella "n. sp. 5", Discoporella "n. sp. 6", Discoporella "n. sp. 7"
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Discoporella "n. sp. 5" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 6" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 7" d'Orbigny 1852 | |
Schedocleidochasma "n. sp. 3" Soule et al. 1991 | |
Scaphopoda | |
Tesseracme sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Pyramidellidae indet. Gray 1840 snail
Iselica sp. snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
? Ondina sp. de Folin 1870 snail
Turbonillinae indet. Bronn 1849 snail | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
Pseudotorinia sp. Sacco 1892 snail
Spirolaxis sp. Monterosato 1913 snail | |
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp. Sacco 1892 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail
? Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
? Parviturbo sp. Pilsbry and McGinty 1945 snail | |
Volvulella (Volvulella) sp. Newton 1891 snail
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945 snail | |
Cylichnella sp. Gabb 1873 snail
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
"Amaea (Scalina) sp." = Scalina
"Amaea (Scalina) sp." = Scalina Conrad 1865 wentletrap | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
Cochliolepis sp. Stimpson 1858 snail | |
Anticlimax (? Anticlimax) sp. Pilsbry and McGinty 1946 snail
Anticlimax sp. Pilsbry and McGinty 1946 snail
Anticlimax (Subclimax) sp. Pilsbry and McGinty 1946 snail | |
Caecidae indet. Gray 1850 snail
Meioceras sp. Carpenter 1858 snail | |
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell | |
Ithycythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail | |
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell
Dentimargo sp. Cossmann 1899 margin shell | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Malea sp. Valenciennes 1833 tun shell | |
"Phalium (Tylocassis) sp." = Semicassis
"Phalium (Tylocassis) sp." = Semicassis Mörch 1852 snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Eulimidae indet. Philippi 1853 snail
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam | |
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Amusium sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897 mud scallop | |
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835 oyster | |
Hyotissa sp. Stenzel 1971 oyster | |
Anadara (? Cunearca) sp. Gray 1847 ark
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle | |
Semelina sp. clam | |
Arcinella sp. Schumacher 1817 jewel box
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Pleiorytis sp. Conrad 1862 venus clam
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. Grant and Gale 1931 venus clam | |
Caryocorbula sp., "Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
Cardites sp. Link 1807 clam |