PPP# 220 - Sabanita [lower Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Solenosteria sp.
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25 specimens | |||||||||
Typhine sp.
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella sp.
Guppy 1874
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula sp.
(Gardner 1926)
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35 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Clementia sp.
Gray 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp.
(Grant and Gale 1931)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Chione sp.
von Mühlfield 1811
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Ervilia sp.
Turton 1822
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122 specimens | |||||||||
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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32 specimens | |||||||||
sensu lato | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Cunearca) sp.
(Dall 1898)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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41 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Leptopecten sp.
Verrill 1897
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Tesseracme sp.
Pilsbry 1898
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira (Crassispira) sp.
Swainson 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp.
Schumacher 1817
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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191 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa rugosa
(Sowerby 1835)
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Beu 2010 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Persicula sp.
Schumacher 1817
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Eupleura sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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17 specimens | |||||||||
Haustellum sp.
Schumacher 1817
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria sp.
Lamarck 1799
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36 specimens | |||||||||
sensu lato | ||||||||||
Cancellaria mixta
Landau et al. 2012
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Landau et al. 2012 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Bivetiella dariena
(Toula 1908)
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Landau et al. 2012 | 30 specimens | ||||||||
Aphera aphrodite
Landau et al. 2012
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Landau et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Narona barystoma
(Woodring 1970)
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Landau et al. 2012 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Euclia dinota
(Woodring 1970)
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Landau et al. 2012 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
Euclia codazzii
(Anderson 1929)
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Landau et al. 2012 | 49 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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36 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra (Panaterebra) sp.
Olsson 1967
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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98 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp.
Woodring 1928
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Agladrillia (Eumetadrillia) sp.
(Woodring 1928)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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? Dolostoma sp.
Woodring 1970
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella (Niteoliva) sp.
Olsson 1956
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168 specimens | |||||||||
Oliva (Oliva) sp.
Bruguière 1789
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Perissityidae
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? Antillophos sp.
Woodring 1928
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cymatophos sp.
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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658 specimens | |||||||||
? Metaphos sp.
Olsson 1964
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Sincola sp.
Olsson and Harbison 1953
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Strombina (Strombina) sp.
Mörch 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Costoanachis sp.
Sacco 1890
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17 specimens | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Anachis (Costoanachis) | ||||||||||
Nassarius sp.
Duméril 1806
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10 specimens | |||||||||
sensu lato | ||||||||||
Calophos sp.
Woodring 1964
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Eulimidae indet.
Philippi 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Niso sp.
Risso 1826
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Neverita sp.
Risso 1826
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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31 specimens | |||||||||
Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Natica (Naticarius) sp.
(Dumeril 1806)
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31 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Naticarius | ||||||||||
? Tectonatica sp.
Sacco 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
? Sinum sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Solariorbis sp.
Conrad 1865
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22 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon sp.
Montfort 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Pyramidellinae indet.
Gray 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Turbonillinae indet.
Bronn 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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26 specimens | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Calappidae
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Calappa flammea
(Herbst 1794)
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Todd and Collins 2005 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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Neocallichirus scotti
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Todd and Collins 2005 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Panama | State/province: | Colon |
Coordinates: | 9.4° North, 79.8° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 9.1° North, 78.4° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
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: | 11.3 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Gatun | Member: | lower Gatun | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The Gatun Fm rests unconformably on formations of different ages in different parts of the Panama Canal Basin. To the east of Colon, the Gatun Fm rests nonconformably on unamed Cretaceous volcanics. To the west of Colon, including several islands in Lake Gatun, the Gatun Fm rests with angular unconformity on the upper Oligocene Caimito Fm. Locality: Sabanita to Payardi. AGE: Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 11.3 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray,green unlithified siltstone |
Secondary lithology: | bioturbation unlithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: The lower 5m of the lower Gatun Formation consists of volcanic conglomerate, with 1-5cm clasts and a tuffaceous, arkoskic matrix, cross-bedded, laminated, tuffaceous siltstone and alternating laminated sandstone and siltstone, mostly deeply weathered. The overlying 40m (Section 1) consists of massive, grey-green, clayey siltstone, with minor claystone and fine sandstone units. zones of densely packed large concretions, pervasive bioturbation, and extensive thalassinoid burrow systems, as well as simple vertical and lateral hash-filled burrows. Shell hash of varying grain size and density is almost ubiquitous, as are units packed with diverse, whole mollusks. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. (1999), open, inner neritic. |
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) collected 8/19/87. 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. 17638 | ||
Database number: | 79783 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller, A. Hendy | Enterer: | K. Bulinski, A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-03-24 11:16:10 | Last modified: | 2012-12-03 17:37:11 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-03-24 11:16:10 |
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] | |
42438 | P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
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] | |
32674 | J. A. Todd and J. S. H. Collins. 2005. Neogene and Quaternary crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) collected from Costa Rica and Panama by members of the Panama Paleontology Project. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 32:53-85 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |