Woodring Loc. 138f - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm] (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as USGS 23663

Where: Panama (9.3° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: lower Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Same stratigraphic position as previous collection (52173). Lower part of the Gatun Formation. The Gatun Formation is sibdivided into three faunal zones (proposed by Thomson and Keen, 1946): lower, middle, and upper. 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 Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 11.1 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, fine-grained, silty sandstone

• No specific environmental data presented.
• LITHOLOGY: Soft, silty fine-grained sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93148: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publications, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Balcis (Balcis) cetia3 Woodring 1970 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Engina turbinella4 Kiener 1836 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus bravoi3 Spieker 1922 cone shell
Conus imitator3 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus aemulator3 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia gatunensis3 Toula 1909 snail
"Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors" = Hindsiclava consors3 Sowerby 1850 snail
Agladrillia (Eumetadrillia) isthmica3 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Panaterebra) cucurrupiensis3 Oinomikado 1939 auger snail
Terebra (Oreoterebra) subsulcifera3 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 auger snail
SUBSPECIES: Terebra (Oreoterebra) subsulcifera cembra
Strioterebrum indocayapum3 Olsson 1964 auger snail
Strioterebrum spiriferum3 Dall 1895 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus" = Cruziturricula fusinus3, Polystira sp.2
"Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus" = Cruziturricula fusinus3 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 turrid
Polystira sp.2 Woodring 1928 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis (Talityphis) eucteanus3 Woodring 1970 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola3, Aphera aphrodite1, "Cancellaria (Euclia) dinota" = Euclia dinota3, "Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii3, Bivetiella dariena1
Aphera aphrodite1 Landau et al. 2012 snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) dinota" = Euclia dinota3 Woodring 1970 snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii3 Anderson 1929 snail
Bivetiella dariena1 Toula 1908 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina elachista3 barrel-bubble
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Noetia (Noetia) reversa" = Noetia reversa4
"Noetia (Noetia) reversa" = Noetia reversa4 Sowerby 1833 clam
SUBSPECIES: Noetia (Noetia) reversa macdonaldi
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) sechurana4 Olsson 1932 ark
Anadara (Rasia) fissicosta4 Spieker 1922 ark
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis4 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 ark
Anadara (Potiarca) cf. berjadinensis4 Hodson et al. 1927 ark
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Leptopecten ecnomius, "Flabellipecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis
Leptopecten ecnomius Woodring 1982 scallop
"Flabellipecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis Toula 1909 scallop
SUBSPECIES: Flabellipecten gatunensis gatunensis
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Bellucina actinus Dall 1903 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula prenasuta Olsson 1964 clam
Caryocorbula oropendula Olsson 1922 clam
SUBSPECIES: Caryocorbula oropendula stena
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Alveinus rotundus Dall 1900 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis Conrad 1855 venus clam
Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) aminensis" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis
"Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) aminensis" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis Dall 1900 cockle
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele laevis Sowerby 1833 clam
SUBSPECIES: Semele laevis costaricensis
Ervilia valhosierr Gardner 1928 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae