PPP# 294 - Cayo Agua [Cayo Agua Fm]: Piacenzian, Panama
collected 1988
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda
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Scaphopoda indet.
Bronn 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
sensu lato | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Eulimidae indet.
Philippi 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Alabina sp.
Dall 1902
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Atlantidae
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Atlanta sp.
Lesueur 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Triphoridae
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Triphoridae indet.
Gray 1847
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Knefastia sp.
Dall 1919
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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 (? Macgintiella) sp.
Swainson 1831
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Olivella (? Niteoliva) sp.
Swainson 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
sensu lato | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Antillophos (Antillophos) sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius sp.
Duméril 1806
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3 specimens | |||||||||
sensu lato | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Voluta sp.
Linnaeaus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Dentimargo sp.
Cossmann 1899
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Cystiscus sp.
Stimpson 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Kurtzia sp.
Bartsch 1934
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ithycythara sp.
Woodring 1928
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clathurellidae
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Nannodiella sp.
(Dall 1919)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecidae indet.
Gray 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Turbonillinae indet.
Bronn 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Heliacus sp.
d'Orbigny 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Volvulella (Volvulella) sp.
Newton 1891
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina sp.
Gray 1847
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Haminoeidae
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Atys sp.
Montfort 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Lottiidae
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? Acmaea sp.
Eschscholtz 1830
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus sp.
Guettard 1770
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Varicorbula sp.
Grant and Gale 1931
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2 specimens | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula) | ||||||||||
Caryocorbula sp.
(Gardner 1926)
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38 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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? Phlyctiderma sp.
Dall 1899
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1 specimen | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Gouldia sp.
Adams 1847
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Montacutidae
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? Pythinella sp.
Dall 1899
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra sp.
Lamarck 1818
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) sp.
Stewart 1930
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella sp.
Guppy 1874
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella sp.
Brown 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Flabellipecten sp.
Sacco 1897
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Cyclopecten sp.
Verrill 1897
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia (Barbatia) sp.
Gray 1842
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Anadara (? Rasia) sp.
Gray 1847
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Arca (Arca) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona sp.
Iredale 1939
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Smittinidae
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Parasmittina aff. areolata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Parasmittina parsevaliformis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Bitectiporidae
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Hippoporina informal n. sp. 1
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Stomachetosellidae
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Cycloperiella sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cigclisula porosa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Schizoporellidae
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Stylopoma informal n. sp. 13
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Schizoporella cornuta
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Cellariidae
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Cellaria bassleri
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Phidoloporidae
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Hippoporella gorgonensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Schedocleidochasma informal n. sp. 3
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Rhynchozoon rostratum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lepraliellidae
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Celleporaria brunnea
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Arachnopusiidae
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Tremogasterina mucronata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Onychocellidae
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Smittipora levinseni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Antroporidae
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Antropora leucocypha
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Mamilloporidae
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Mamillopora cavernulosa
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Mamillopora tuberosa
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Discoporella informal n. sp. 5
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Discoporella informal n. sp. 6
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Discoporella informal n. sp. 7
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Cupuladria aff. canariensis
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Cupuladria biporosa
Canu and Bassler 1923
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Cupuladria aff. biporosa
Canu and Bassler 1923
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Biflustra savartii
(Audouin 1826)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Asterosmilia exarata
Duncan 1867
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Paracyathus henekeni
(Duncan 1863)
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Antillocyathus gracilis
Cairns 1995
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Geography
Country: | Panama | State/province: | Bocas |
Coordinates: | 9.2° North, 82.0° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 9.1° North, 81.8° 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: | 3.6 Ma (other)3.6 to 3.5 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Bocas del Toro | Formation: | Cayo Agua | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: the Cayo Agua Fm is equivalent in age to the upper part of the Shark Hole Point Fm and the lower part of the Escudo de Veraguas Fm, no contacts are known. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | bioturbation,shelly/skeletal,gray,blue poorly lithified argillaceous,silty sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 29), pervasively bioturbated gray blue, muddy, silty, lithic sandstone with comon horizons of abundant thick shelled mollusks and ahermatypic corals. | |
Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 94), open inner neritic, estimated depth of 30 m. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
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 dates: | 1988 |
Collection method comments: COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 5/30/88. 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. 17809 | ||
Database number: | 79983 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | K. Bulinski, A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-03-31 14:22:16 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-03-31 14:22:16 |
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:
43588 | A. H. Cheetham and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of tropical America: Comparison and contrast between the Central American Isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (357)159-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |