PPP# 376 Bruno Bluff [Shark Hole Fm]: Piacenzian, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Turbonillidae indet.
1 specimen
? Turbonillidae indet.
1 specimen
originally entered as "? Turbonillidae sp."
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Solariorbis (Hapalorbis) sp. ()
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Alabina sp. Dall 1902
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Compsodrillia sp. Woodring 1928
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956
3 specimens
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Solenosteira sp. Dall 1890
1 specimen
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Hindsiclava sp. Hertlein and Strong 1955
1 specimen
Syntomodrillia sp. Woodring 1928
2 specimens
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp. Woodring 1928
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
? Pleurotomoides sp. Bronn 1831
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp. Dall 1918
2 specimens
Bactrocythara sp. Woodring 1928
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Vaughanites sp. Woodring 1928
1 specimen
Lepicythara sp. Olsson 1964
1 specimen
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
? Prunum sp. Swainson 1840
2 specimens
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Narona decaptyx (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
1 specimen
Cancellaria petiti (Olsson 1967)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia grayi Adams 1855
Beu 2010 4 specimens
Semicassis granulata (Born 1778)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
1 specimen
Natica (Naticarius) sp. (Dumeril 1806)
2 specimens
original and current combination Naticarius
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoidae indet. Gray 1847
2 specimens
Alvania sp. Risso 1826
1 specimen
Microstelma sp. Adams 1861
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Meioceras sp. Carpenter 1858
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae indet. Gray 1840
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudotorinia sp. Sacco 1892
1 specimen
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Sheldonella sp. Maury 1917
1 specimen
Anadara (Rasia) sp. (Gray 1857)
12 specimens
Anadara (Cunearca) sp. (Dall 1898)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella sp. Brown 1827
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina sp. (Dall 1901)
1 specimen
sensu-lato
Lucinisca sp. Dall 1901
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Lucina (Lucinisca)
Callucina sp. (Dall 1901)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
7 specimens
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Juliacorbula sp. Olsson 1953
4 specimens
Varicorbula sp. Grant and Gale 1931
12 specimens
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Microcardium sp. Thiele 1934
1 specimen
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) sp. Stewart 1930
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Moerella sp. Fischer 1887
2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Moerella)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925
3 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885
2 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Discoporella informal n. sp. 5
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]