PPP# 2172 - Escudo de Veraguas Island [Escudo de Veraguas Fm]: Piacenzian, Panama
collected by Jung et al 1995
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Jung 1989 | 43 specimens | |||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Gadilopsis sp.
(Woodring 1925)
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Jung 1989 | 131 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia (Barbatia) sp.
Gray 1842
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Anadara (Sectiarca) sp.
(Olsson 1961)
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Jung 1989 | 66 specimens | |||||
Arca (Arca) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Leopecten coraliphilla
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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Jung 1989 | 32 specimens | |||||
Spathochlamys sp.
Waller 1993
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Jung 1989 | 16 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Cyclopecten sp.
Verrill 1897
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardites sp.
Link 1807
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Jung 1989 | 68 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Varicorbula sp.
Grant and Gale 1931
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula) | |||||||
Caryocorbula sp.
(Gardner 1926)
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Jung 1989 | 82 specimens | |||||
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | |||||||
Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) sp.
(Olsson 1932)
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Jung 1989 | 5 specimens | |||||
spelled with current rank as Hexacorbula | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Laevicardium sp.
Swainson 1840
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Jung 1989 | 6 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra sp.
Lamarck 1818
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Jung 1989 | 54 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Eurytellina sp.
Fischer 1887
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina) | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Ventricolaria sp.
Keen 1954
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
synonym of Globivenus | |||||||
Gouldia sp.
Adams 1847
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Jung 1989 | 45 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Jung 1989 | 12 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Costelloleda sp.
Hertlein and Strong 1940
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Saccella sp.
Woodring 1925
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Jung 1989 | 6 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Leionucula sp.
Quenstedt 1930
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Jung 1989 | 6 specimens | |||||
Nucula (Lamellinucula) sp.
(Schenck 1944)
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora sp.
Gray 1821
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma sp.
Swainson 1840
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bulla sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Scaphander sp.
Monfort 1810
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Jung 1989 | 5 specimens | |||||
Cylichnella sp.
Gabb 1873
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Acteocina sp.
Gray 1847
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Volvulella (Volvulella) sp.
Newton 1891
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Haminoeidae
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Atys (Aliculastrum) sp.
(Pilsbry 1896)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
original and current combination Aliculastrum | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Styliola sp.
Gray 1850
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Jung 1989 | 4 specimens | |||||
Creseis sp.
Rang 1828
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Clio sp.
Linnaeus 1767
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Jung 1989 | 9 specimens | |||||
Cavolinia sp.
Avilgaard 1791
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Jung 1989 | 59 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Callolongchaeus sp.
Dall 1903
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
Chemnitzia sp.
d'Orbigny 1840
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Pyrgiscus sp.
Philippi 1841
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
spelled with current rank as Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon sp.
Montfort 1810
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Jung 1989 | 4 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp.
(Sacco 1892)
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Jung 1989 | 16 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Niso sp.
Risso 1826
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Stigmaulax sp.
Morch 1852
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Natica (Naticarius) sp.
(Dumeril 1806)
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Jung 1989 | 5 specimens | |||||
original and current combination Naticarius | |||||||
Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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Jung 1989 | 19 specimens | |||||
Sinum sp.
Röding 1798
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoina (Rissoina) sp.
d'Orbigny 1840
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Folinia sp.
Crosse 1868
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Zebina (Zebina) sp.
Adams and Adams 1854
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Jung 1989 | 44 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis sp.
Sasso 1827
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Jung 1989 | 5 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Triviidae
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Trivia sp.
Broderip 1837
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Knefastia sp.
Dall 1919
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Subcancilla sp.
Olsson and Harbison 1953
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) sp.
Olsson 1942
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
Cosmioconcha sp.
(Dall 1913)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mitrella sp.
Risso 1826
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Jung 1989 | 7 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Metula sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 105 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius sp.
Duméril 1806
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Jung 1989 | 31 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Aphera cf. lindae
Petuch 1987
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Landau et al. 2012 | 4 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ancillariidae
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Ancilla (Eburna) sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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Jung 1989 | 9 specimens | |||||
original and current combination Eburna | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella sp.
Swainson 1831
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Olivella (Niteoliva) sp.
Olsson 1956
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Olivella (Minioliva) sp.
Olsson 1956
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Jung 1989 | 6 specimens | |||||
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp.
Olsson 1956
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Jung 1989 | 102 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Globidrillia sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Jung 1989 | 8 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Syntomodrillia sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
Leptadrillia sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Hindsiclava sp.
Hertlein and Strong 1955
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Jung 1989 | 9 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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Jung 1989 | 8 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Raphitomidae
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Pleurotomella sp.
Verrill 1872
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Jung 1989 | 9 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clathurellidae
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Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) sp.
Gabb 1872
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Vitricythara sp.
Fargo 1953
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Jung 1989 | 8 specimens | |||||
Granoturris sp.
Fargo 1953
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Ithycythara sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Saccharoturris sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Voluta sp.
Linnaeaus 1758
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Granulina sp.
Jousseaume 1888
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
Persicula sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Jung 1989 | 7 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Volvarina sp.
(Hinds 1844)
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Jung 1989 | 111 specimens | |||||
Dentimargo sp.
Cossmann 1899
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Jung 1989 | 29 specimens | |||||
Prunum sp.
Swainson 1840
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Jung 1989 | 6 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Haustellum sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Jung 1989 | 19 specimens | |||||
Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) sp.
(Woodring 1959)
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Jung 1989 | 7 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus (Strombus) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Jung 1989 | 6 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio clathrata
(Lamarck 1816)
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Onustus sp.
(Swainson 1840)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Lioglyphostoma sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Miraclathurella sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 6 specimens | |||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Panama | State/province: | Bocas |
Coordinates: | 9.1° North, 81.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 9.0° North, 81.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 2.9 Ma (other)3.6 to 2.1 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Bocas del Toro | Formation: | Escudo de Veraguas | ||
Local section: | Escudo de Veraguas, Northern Coast | Local bed: | 78.5 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The upper and lower contacts of the formation are not exposed. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999), not specified to Early or Late Pliocene; direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999); age range also provided by Bybell (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From a height of 78.5 m in section 10 of Collins et al. (1999). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | burrows,bioturbation,fine poorly lithified argillaceous sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | burrows,bioturbation poorly lithified argillaceous siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: from Collins et al. (1999), lower part of formation at the stratotype is moderately indurated, fine, silty sandstone and clayey siltstone, pervasively bioturbated and containing frequent, cemented, irregular burrow-concentrations and horizons with dense thalassinoid burrow systems. | |
Environment: | deep-water indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 94), mixed middle neritic and outer nertic/upper bathyal, estimated depth of 125 m. |
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 | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | BMNH,NMB,USNM | ||
Collectors: | Jung et al | Collection dates: | 1995 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS:coll. P. Jung, A. Heitz, J. Todd et al., 2/22/95. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB). | |||
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature, though only identified to subgenus resolution. IDENTIFIER: presumably identified by J. Jackson, J. Todd, H. Fortunato, and P. Jung. |
Metadata
Also known as: | NMB Loc. 18671; 95-05-11; mislabelled as PPP# 2127 in Landau et al (2012) | ||
Database number: | 135885 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-11-12 04:03:18 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-11-12 04:03:18 |
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] |