Also known as NMB Loc. 17641
Where: Colon, Panama (9.4° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: lower Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The Gatun Fm rests unconformably on formations of different ages in different parts of the Panama Canal Basin. To the east of Colon, the Gatun Fm rests nonconformably on unamed Cretaceous volcanics. To the west of Colon, including several islands in Lake Gatun, the Gatun Fm rests with angular unconformity on the upper Oligocene Caimito Fm. Locality: Sabanita to Payardi. AGE: Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 11.3 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, gray, green siltstone and unlithified, bioturbated sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff) collected 8/19/87. 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 79984: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Kate Bulinski on 31.03.2008, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) sp. Stewart 1930 clam
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
"Parvilucina (Cavilinga) sp." = Cavilinga
"Parvilucina (Cavilinga) sp." = Cavilinga Chavan 1937 clam | |
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Arcinella sp. Schumacher 1817 jewel box | |
Lamelliconcha sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Chionopsis sp. Olsson 1932 venus clam
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. Grant and Gale 1931 venus clam | |
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina)
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam | |
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822 clam | |
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"? Cyathodonta sp." = Thracia (Cyathodonta)
"? Cyathodonta sp." = Thracia (Cyathodonta) Conrad 1849 clam | |
Leptopecten sp. Verrill 1897 scallop
Flabellipecten sp. Sacco 1897 scallop | |
Noetia sp. Gray 1857 clam | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark | |
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Pyramidellidae indet. Gray 1840 snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) sp. Pilsbry 1953 snail | |
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Cymatophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk
Nicema sp. Woodring 1964 true whelk
Solenosteira sp. Dall 1890 true whelk | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Sincola (Dorsina) sp., "Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis)
Sincola (Dorsina) sp. Jung 1989 snail
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis) Sacco 1890 snail | |
Lepicythara sp. Olsson 1964 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
? Agladrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
? Kurtziella sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail
Eupleura sp. Adams and Adams 1853 murex snail
Typhis sp. Montfort 1810 murex snail | |
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Olivella (Niteoliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Olivella (Minioliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail | |
Eulimidae indet. Philippi 1853 snail
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Tesseracme sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Actinopteri | |
Umbrina sp.1 Cuvier 1817
Cynoscion sp.1 Gill 1861 |