PPP# 376 Bruno Bluff [Shark Hole Fm]: Piacenzian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Turbonillidae indet.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
? Turbonillidae indet.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
originally entered as "? Turbonillidae sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Solariorbis (Hapalorbis) sp.
()
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Alabina sp.
Dall 1902
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Compsodrillia sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella (Macgintiella) sp.
Olsson 1956
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Oliva (Oliva) sp.
Bruguière 1789
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Solenosteira sp.
Dall 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp.
Woodring 1928
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Hindsiclava sp.
Hertlein and Strong 1955
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Syntomodrillia sp.
Woodring 1928
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clathurellidae
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? Pleurotomoides sp.
Bronn 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp.
Dall 1918
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bactrocythara sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Vaughanites sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Lepicythara sp.
Olsson 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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? Prunum sp.
Swainson 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Prunum sp.
Swainson 1840
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Scaphella sp.
Swainson 1832
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Narona decaptyx
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cancellaria petiti
(Olsson 1967)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia grayi
Adams 1855
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Beu 2010 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Semicassis granulata
(Born 1778)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticidae indet.
Guilding 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Natica (Naticarius) sp.
(Dumeril 1806)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Naticarius | ||||||||||
Stigmaulax sp.
Morch 1852
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoidae indet.
Gray 1847
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Alvania sp.
Risso 1826
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Microstelma sp.
Adams 1861
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Meioceras sp.
Carpenter 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Pyramidellidae indet.
Gray 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Pseudotorinia sp.
Sacco 1892
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Sheldonella sp.
Maury 1917
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Anadara (Cunearca) sp.
(Dall 1898)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona sp.
Iredale 1939
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella sp.
Brown 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Parvilucina sp.
(Dall 1901)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
sensu-lato | ||||||||||
Lucinisca sp.
Dall 1901
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1 specimen | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Lucina (Lucinisca) | ||||||||||
Callucina sp.
(Dall 1901)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula sp.
(Gardner 1926)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
Juliacorbula sp.
Olsson 1953
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Varicorbula sp.
Grant and Gale 1931
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12 specimens | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Gouldia sp.
Adams 1847
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Microcardium sp.
Thiele 1934
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) sp.
Stewart 1930
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Moerella sp.
Fischer 1887
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2 specimens | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Moerella) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella sp.
Guppy 1874
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Saccella sp.
Woodring 1925
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Fissidentalium sp.
Fischer 1885
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Discoporella informal n. sp. 5
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1 specimen | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Panama | State/province: | Bocas |
Coordinates: | 9.0° North, 81.7° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 9.3° North, 81.3° 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 | Nannofossil zone: | NN15 |
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 3.6 Ma (other)3.6 to 3.5 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Bocas del Toro | Formation: | Shark Hole Point | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: the Shark Hole Point Fm conformably overlies the Nancy Point Fm and is overlain by an unnamed sequence of volcaniclastics. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999), an age range of 5.3-3.5 Ma, Early Pliocene, though PPP dataset indicates an age of 3.5-3.6 Ma corresponding to nannofossil stage NN15. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | bioturbation,micaceous,shelly/skeletal poorly lithified argillaceous siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 28), micaceous, clayey siltstone that is pervasively bioturbated and rich in large scaphopods. | |
Environment: | offshore |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 94), outer neritic, estimated depth of 175 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: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | NMB |
Collection method comments: COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 6/5/88. REPOSITORIES: 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 Loc. 17850; 88-32-01 | ||
Database number: | 61343 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-06-05 21:58:10 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-06-05 21:58:10 |
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:
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] |