Also known as PRI Acc. 1267; GA-5
Where: Panama (9.3° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-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. AGE: Late Miocene, on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy (see Collins and Coates, 1999), refined by enterer to Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 11.5 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Pitt; reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTORS: B. & L. Pitt. REPOSITORIES: PRI, Ithaca.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82130: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850 oyster | |
Atrina serrata Sowerby 1825 oyster | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Leptopecten ecnomius Woodring 1982 scallop | |
Caryocorbula oropendula Olsson 1922 clam
Caryocorbula prenasuta Olsson 1964 clam | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis Dall 1900 cockle
Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum Dall 1900 cockle | |
"Tivela mactroides" = Tivela (Tivela) mactroides
"Tivela mactroides" = Tivela (Tivela) mactroides Born 1778 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Stigmaulax guppiana, Natica (Natica) bolus, Polinices stanislasmeunieri, "Neverita (Glossaulax) reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana
Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail
Natica (Natica) bolus Brown and Pilsbry 1913 moon snail
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail
"Neverita (Glossaulax) reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail | |
Cymatophos veatchi Olsson 1922 true whelk
Hanetia dalli Brown and Pilsbry 1911 true whelk | |
Trigonostoma sp., Bivetiella dariena, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp., "Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola
Trigonostoma sp. Blainville 1827 snail
Bivetiella dariena Toula 1908 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii Anderson 1929 snail
Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola Anderson 1929 snail | |
"Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis" = Oliva gatunensis
"Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis" = Oliva gatunensis Toula 1908 olive snail | |
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus aemulator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell | |
"Crassispira (Crassispira) consors" = Hindsiclava consors
"Crassispira (Crassispira) consors" = Hindsiclava consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
Eupleura thompsoni Woodring 1959 murex snail |