Where: Darien, Panama (8.3° N, 78.1° W: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 76.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tuira Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Tuira Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Middle Miocene, in text; subsequent publications suggest late Miocene or early Pliocene age; Coates et al. (2004) suggests a Tortonian age (11.2-8.3 Ma). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Smithsonian (USNM)
Primary reference: R. L. Gertman. 1969. Cenozoic Typhinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Western Atlantic region. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7(4):143-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92704: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Melongena colombiana" = Torquifer colombiana1
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"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus1
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Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) darienensis n. sp. Gertman 1969 murex snail | |
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"Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis1
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