PPP# 196 - Cayo Agua [Cayo Agua Fm: Piacenzian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Volvullela sp.
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2 specimens | |||||||||
? Turbonillidae indet.
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Turbonillidae indet.
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30 specimens | |||||||||
originally entered as "Turbonillidae sp." | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Septastrea altispina
Cairns 1995
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Antillocyathus gracilis
Cairns 1995
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Paracyathus adetos n. sp.
Cairns 1995
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Cairns 1995 | |||||||||
Oxysmilia pliocenica
Cairns 1995
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Mamilloporidae
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Mamillopora tuberosa
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Cupuladria aff. canariensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cupuladria biporosa
Canu and Bassler 1923
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Cupuladria aff. biporosa
Canu and Bassler 1923
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Discoporella informal n. sp. 6
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Discoporella informal n. sp. 7
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Phidoloporidae
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Hippoporella gorgonensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Schizoporellidae
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Characodoma contractum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Schizoporella cornuta
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Smittinidae
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Parasmittina crosslandi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Tesseracme sp.
Pilsbry 1898
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
sensu-lato | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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32 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella sp.
Brown 1827
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Eontia sp.
MacNeil 1937
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2 specimens | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Noetia (Eontia) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona sp.
Iredale 1939
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234 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Hyotissa sp.
Stenzel 1971
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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97 specimens | |||||||||
Flabellipecten sp.
Sacco 1897
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula sp.
Lamarck 1801
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37 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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? Limaria sp.
Link 1807
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Cyclopecten sp.
Verrill 1897
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66 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella sp.
Guppy 1874
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36 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Carditidae indet.
Fleming 1820
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Varicorbula sp.
Grant and Gale 1931
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380 specimens | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula) | ||||||||||
Caryocorbula sp.
(Gardner 1926)
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129 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
Juliacorbula sp.
Olsson 1953
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Martesia sp.
Sowerby 1824
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Trigoniocardia sp.
Dall 1900
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41 specimens | |||||||||
Laevicardium sp.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Trachycardium sp.
Mörch 1853
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5 specimens | |||||||||
sensu-lato | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Phyllodina) sp.
Dall 1900
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Lirophora sp.
Conrad 1863
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Ventricolaria sp.
Keen 1954
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5 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Globivenus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea sp.
(Menard 1807)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Trigonulina sp.
d'Orbigny 1946
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Saccella sp.
Woodring 1925
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26 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Leionucula sp.
Quenstedt 1930
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma sp.
Swainson 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina sp.
Gray 1847
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Sulcoretusa sp.
Burch 1945
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Styliola sp.
Gray 1850
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Creseis sp.
Rang 1828
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Hyalocylis sp.
Fol 1875
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cavolinia sp.
Avilgaard 1791
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27 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Spirolaxis sp.
Monterosato 1913
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Eulimastoma sp.
Bartsch 1916
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6 specimens | |||||||||
"Odostomia" sp.
Fleming 1817
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon sp.
Montfort 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium sp.
Bolten 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Amaea (Scalina) sp.
(Conrad 1865)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Scalina | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Modulidae
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Modulus sp.
Gray 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Alabina sp.
Dall 1902
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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69 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Stigmaulax sp.
Morch 1852
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Cyclostremiscus sp.
Pilsbry and Olsson 1945
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecidae indet.
Gray 1850
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Meioceras sp.
Carpenter 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus sp.
(Lea 1843)
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64 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Petaloconchus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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? Cypraeidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius sp.
Duméril 1806
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5 specimens | |||||||||
sensu-lato | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Agatrix sp.
Petit 1967
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella (Macgintiella) sp.
Olsson 1956
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Olivella (Dactylidella) sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Olivella (Olivella) sp.
Swainson 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ancilla sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Oliva (Oliva) sp.
Bruguière 1789
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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? Kurtziella sp.
Dall 1918
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Voluta sp.
Linnaeaus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Volvarina sp.
(Hinds 1844)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Marginella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Dentimargo sp.
Cossmann 1899
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Haustellum sp.
Schumacher 1817
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Typhinae indet.
Cossmann 1903
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Phalium (Tylocassis) sp.
(Woodring 1928)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Semicassis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea sp.
Valenciennes 1833
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Miraclathurella sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Carinodrillia sp.
(Dall 1919)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp.
Schumacher 1817
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Calyptraea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Panama | State/province: | Bocas del Toro |
Coordinates: | 9.2° North, 82.1° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 9.1° North, 81.6° 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: | 3.5 Ma (other)3.6 to 3.5 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Bocas del Toro | Formation: | Cayo Agua | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: the Cayo Agua Fm is equivalent in age to the upper part of the Shark Hole Point Fm and the lower part of the Escudo de Veraguas Fm, no contacts are known. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999), 3.5 MY; direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | bioturbation,shelly/skeletal,gray,blue poorly lithified argillaceous,silty sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 29), pervasively bioturbated gray blue, muddy, silty, lithic sandstone with comon horizons of abundant thick shelled mollusks and ahermatypic corals. | |
Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 94), open inner neritic, estimated depth of 30 m. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | BMNH,NMB,USNM |
Collection method comments: COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 8/11/87. REPOSITORIES:collections presumably held at USNM, BMNH and Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB), | |
Taxonomic list comments: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# 17631; 87-29-02 | ||
Database number: | 61339 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-06-05 20:46:16 | Last modified: | 2022-11-14 23:00:04 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-06-05 20:46:16 |
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:
30941 | S. D. Cairns. 1995. New records of azooxanthellate stony corals (Cnidaria: Scleractinia and Stylasteridae) from the Neogene of Panama and Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3):533-550 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] | |
43588 | A. H. Cheetham and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of tropical America: Comparison and contrast between the Central American Isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (357)159-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |