PPP# 1276 - Popa Island [Valiente Fm]: Serravallian, Panama
collected 1993

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Gadila sp. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Polyschides sp. Pilsbry 1898
Jung 1989 11 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Paradentalium sp. Cotton and Godfrey 1933
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Gadilinidae
Episiphon sp. Pilsbry 1897
Jung 1989 18 specimens
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Niso sp. Risso 1826
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. (Say 1824)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Alabina sp. Dall 1902
Jung 1989 18 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Natica (Naticarius) sp. (Dumeril 1806)
Jung 1989 11 specimens
original and current combination Naticarius
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Tectonatica sp. Sacco 1890
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia sublaevigata (Guppy 1866)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
synonym of Sconsia grayi
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea ringens (Swainson 1822)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Muracypraea sp. Woodring 1957
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Olivella (Niteoliva) sp. Olsson 1956
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria petiti (Olsson 1967)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Cancellaria apimela (Woodring 1970)
Landau et al. 2012 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Nassarina (Ciglirina) sp. Dall 1889
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarina sp. (Hinds 1844)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) sp. Montfort 1810
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 8 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp. Dall 1918
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Hindsiclava sp. Hertlein and Strong 1955
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Nannodiella sp. (Dall 1919)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus (Strombus) sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Chrysallida sp. Carpenter 1856
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Pyrgiscus sp. Philippi 1841
Jung 1989 2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus)
Chemnitzia sp. d'Orbigny 1840
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Seguenziidae
Basilissa sp. Watson 1879
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvulella (Volvulella) sp. Newton 1891
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Cylichnella sp. Gabb 1873
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula sp. Grant and Gale 1931
Jung 1989 1185 specimens
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula)
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
Jung 1989 586 specimens
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Pitar) sp. Römer 1857
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. (Grant and Gale 1931)
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Lirophora (Panchione) sp. (Olsson 1964)
Jung 1989 45 specimens
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847
Jung 1989 67 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Radiolucina sp. Britton 1972
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardites sp. Link 1807
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) sp. Stewart 1930
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella sp. Brown 1827
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten levicostatus (Toula 1909)
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreola sp. Monterosato 1884
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Tosarca) sp. Noda 1965
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Anadara (Sectiarca) sp. (Olsson 1961)
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. (Iredale 1939)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939
Jung 1989 20 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Bocas del Toro
Coordinates: 9.2° North, 82.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.8° North, 80.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Bocas del Toro Formation:Valiente
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Valiente Fm, which underlies the Nancy Point Fm. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: Middle Miocene (Serravalian) in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Not stated in text, but known to be poorly lithified by enterer; figured specimens appear to have been cleaned of sediment.
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMB
Collection dates:1993
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Unknown (PPP staff), 1993. REPOSITORIES: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB),
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature, though only identified to subgenus resolution.
Metadata
Also known as:NMB Loc. 18377
Database number:135818
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-11-10 06:41:38 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-11-10 06:41:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17667. 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]

Secondary references:

42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43469 B. D. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama, with the description of seven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(2):311-339 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]