NMB 18503 - Rio Chico [Tuira Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
collected by Jung & Heitz 1994

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Tricolia sp. Risso 1826
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Trochita sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 13 specimens
Crepidula (Ianacus) sp. (Mörch 1852)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Crepidula (Crepidula) sp. Lamack 1799
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. (Say 1824)
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Turritella abrupta (Spieker 1922)
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium sp. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sp. Lea 1843
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831
Jung 1989 13 specimens
Olivella (Minioliva) sp. Olsson 1956
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp. (Gray 1839)
Jung 1989 17 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) sp. Montfort 1810
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 41 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Hindsia sp. Adams 1853
Jung 1989 13 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Nassarius) sp. Duméril 1806
Jung 1989 17 specimens
Calophos sp. Woodring 1964
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Costoanachis sp. Sacco 1890
Jung 1989 14 specimens
spelled with current rank as Anachis (Costoanachis)
Sincola (Dorsina) sp. Jung 1989
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Sincola (Sincola) sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 24 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Euclia codazzii (Anderson 1929)
1 specimen
Pyruclia tweedledee Landau et al. 2012
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Ithycythara sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
Jung 1989 11 specimens
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Monoplex panamensis n. sp. Beu 2010
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Anticlimax (Anticlimax) sp. Pilsbry and McGinty 1946
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita (Glossaulax) sp. (Pilsbry 1929)
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Natica (Naticarius) sp. (Dumeril 1806)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
original and current combination Naticarius
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 19 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Chemnitzia sp. d'Orbigny 1840
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Pyrgiscus sp. Philippi 1841
Jung 1989 2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp. (Sacco 1892)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Smaragdia sp. Issel 1869
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Lamellinucula) sp. (Schenck 1944)
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925
Jung 1989 21 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
Jung 1989 499 specimens
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chionopsis sp. Olsson 1932
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Lirophora (Lirophora) sp. Conrad 1863
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Dosinia (Dosinia) sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Lamelliconcha sp. Dall 1902
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Trachycardium (Mexicardia) sp. Stewart 1930
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Strigilla (Pisostrigilla) sp. ()
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Eurytellina sp. Fischer 1887
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella sp. Brown 1827
Jung 1989 218 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytiloconcha sp. Conrad 1862
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Sectiarca) sp. (Olsson 1961)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. (Iredale 1939)
Jung 1989 15 specimens
Lunarca sp. Gray 1857
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Anadara (Lunarca)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreola sp. Monterosato 1884
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten plurinomis
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Paradentalium sp. Cotton and Godfrey 1933
Jung 1989 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Darien
Coordinates: 8.2° North, 77.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.0° North, 76.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Age estimate:11.2 to 8.3 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Lara Formation:Tuira
Local section:Lower and Upper Chico River Local bed:393 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not reported in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine fauna.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMB
Collectors:Jung & Heitz Collection dates:1994
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Peter Jung, Antoine Heitz et al., 7.3.1994. REPOSITORY: NMB, Basel, Switzerland.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to gastropoda mentioned in text. Does not include other mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and including systematic revision of other neighboring Caribbean assemblages.
Metadata
Also known as: PPP# 1565; PJ 2169; 94-17-01
Database number:136104
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-11-18 03:48:51 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-11-18 03:48:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43491. B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]