PPP# 177 - Escudo de Veraguas [Escudo de Veraguas Fm]: Piacenzian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Asterosmilia profunda
(Duncan 1864)
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira (Crassispira) sp.
Swainson 1840
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis sp.
Sasso 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva (Oliva) sp.
Bruguière 1789
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Olivella sp.
Swainson 1831
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2 specimens | |||||||||
sensu lato | ||||||||||
Olivella (Minioliva) sp.
Olsson 1956
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96 specimens | |||||||||
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp.
Olsson 1956
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Volvarina sp.
(Hinds 1844)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Subcancilla sp.
Olsson and Harbison 1953
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Antillophos (Antillophos) sp.
Woodring 1928
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Metula sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Scobinella sp.
Conrad 1848
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica (Naticarius) sp.
(Dumeril 1806)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Naticarius | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Atlantidae
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Atlanta sp.
Lesueur 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Limacinidae
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Limacina sp.
Bosc 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Leionucula sp.
Quenstedt 1930
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Saccella sp.
Woodring 1925
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18 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinisca sp.
Dall 1901
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1 specimen | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Lucina (Lucinisca) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona sp.
Iredale 1939
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
sensu lato | ||||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lepraliellidae
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Celleporaria albirostris
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Mamilloporidae
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Mamillopora informal n. sp. 1
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Celleporidae
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Turbicellepora sp.
Ryland 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Discoporella informal n. sp. 6
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cupuladria aff. canariensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cupuladria aff. biporosa
Canu and Bassler 1923
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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 | ||
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). |
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: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | BMNH,NMB,USNM |
Collection method comments: COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 8/7/87. 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 Loc. 17625 | ||
Database number: | 79771 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller, A. Hendy | Enterer: | K. Bulinski, A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-03-23 13:17:19 | Last modified: | 2012-12-06 22:23:42 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-03-23 13:17:19 |
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] |