PPP# 227 - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Solenosteria sp.
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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39 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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? Eulimastoma sp.
Bartsch 1916
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Turbonillinae indet.
Bronn 1849
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Pyramidellinae indet.
Gray 1840
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Pseudotorinia sp.
Sacco 1892
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp.
(Sacco 1892)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon sp.
Montfort 1810
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium sp.
Bolten 1798
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittiolum sp.
Cossmann 1906
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Alabina sp.
Dall 1902
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bittium sp.
Gray 1847
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48 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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100 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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? Eulimidae indet.
Philippi 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Niso sp.
Risso 1826
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24 specimens | |||||||||
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Balcis sp.
Leach 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp.
Schumacher 1817
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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? Cerithiopsis sp.
Hanley 1849
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21 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio decussata
(Valenciennes 1832)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Subcancilla sp.
Olsson and Harbison 1953
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva (Oliva) sp.
Bruguière 1789
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Olivella (Niteoliva) sp.
Olsson 1956
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86 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius sp.
Duméril 1806
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69 specimens | |||||||||
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Calophos sp.
Woodring 1964
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cymatophos sp.
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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29 specimens | |||||||||
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Antillophos (Antillophos) sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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? Strombinophos sp.
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Nicema sp.
Woodring 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Anachis sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Sincola (Dorsina) sp.
Jung 1989
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Strombina (Strombina) sp.
Mörch 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp.
Woodring 1928
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp.
Dall 1918
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Cruziturricula sp.
Marks 1951
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) | ||||||||||
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Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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52 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Euclia codazzii
(Anderson 1929)
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Landau et al. 2012 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Euclia dinota
(Woodring 1970)
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Jung 1989 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Narona barystoma
(Woodring 1970)
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Landau et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Aphera aphrodite
Landau et al. 2012
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Landau et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Pyruclia tweedledee
Landau et al. 2012
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Landau et al. 2012 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica (Naticarius) sp.
(Dumeril 1806)
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70 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Naticarius | ||||||||||
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? Stigmaulax sp.
Morch 1852
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Sinum sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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40 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Solariorbis sp.
Conrad 1865
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Volvulella (Volvulella) sp.
Newton 1891
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichnella sp.
Gabb 1873
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23 specimens | |||||||||
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Acteocina sp.
Gray 1847
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Saccella sp.
Woodring 1925
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella sp.
Brown 1827
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina sp.
Gray 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Flabellipecten sp.
Sacco 1897
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Leptopecten sp.
Verrill 1897
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39 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara sp.
Gray 1847
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Cunearca) sp.
(Dall 1898)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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32 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) sp.
(Olsson 1932)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Hexacorbula | ||||||||||
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Caryocorbula sp.
(Gardner 1926)
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27 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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? Mactrellona sp.
Marks 1915
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp.
(Grant and Gale 1931)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Lirophora sp.
Conrad 1863
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Chionopsis sp.
Olsson 1932
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Lamelliconcha sp.
Dall 1902
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Arcinella sp.
Schumacher 1817
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia sp.
Dall 1900
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66 specimens | |||||||||
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Trachycardium sp.
Mörch 1853
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Eurytellina sp.
Fischer 1887
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Ervilia sp.
Turton 1822
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191 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) sp.
Stewart 1930
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23 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Panama | State/province: | Colon |
| Coordinates: | 9.4° North, 79.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.1° North, 78.5° 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: | 10.9 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. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: The Middle Gatun Fm is early Late Miocene (8.8-8.3 MA) according to Collins et al. (1999). Local section name: Sabanita to Payardi. AGE: Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 10.9 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation unlithified siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | bioturbation unlithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: From Collins et al. (1999), the Middle Gatun Fm consists of alternating siltstone and sandstone with occasional 4-5 m units of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate. Pervasive bioturbation is extensive. LITHIFICATION: lithification data not reported, but assumed to be unlithified based on observation of specimens in Woodring (1957-1982). | |
| 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 on 8/21/87. 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. 17645 | ||
| Database number: | 79791 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller, A. Hendy | Enterer: | K. Bulinski, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-24 12:20:03 | Last modified: | 2012-12-03 17:41:15 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-03-24 12:20:03 |
| 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] |