PPP# 1975 - Valiente, Old Bess Point [Shark Hole Fm]: Zanclean, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Fissidentalium sp.
Fischer 1885
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Stigmaulax sp.
Morch 1852
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Antillophos (Rhipophos) sp.
Woodring 1964
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Hindsiclava sp.
Hertlein and Strong 1955
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp.
Woodring 1928
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 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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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella (Macgintiella) sp.
Olsson 1956
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Volvarina sp.
(Hinds 1844)
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Miltha sp.
(Adams and Adams 1857)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Panama | State/province: | Bocas |
| Coordinates: | 9.1° North, 81.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.5° North, 81.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 4.4 Ma (other)5.3 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 5.2-3.6 Ma. | |||||
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: | BMNH,NMB,USNM |
| Collection method comments: COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 6/5/88. 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. 17853 | ||
| Database number: | 79994 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | K. Bulinski |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-31 20:05:17 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-03-31 20:05:17 |
| 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] |