PPP# 295 - Cayo Agua - [Cayo Agua Fm): Piacenzian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Eulimid indet.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica (Naticarius) sp.
(Dumeril 1806)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Naticarius | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis sp.
Sasso 1827
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia sp.
Gray 1847
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Phalium (Tylocassis) sp.
(Woodring 1928)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Semicassis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea sp.
Valenciennes 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Knefastia sp.
Dall 1919
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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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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Ancilla sp.
Lamarck 1799
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Olivella (Dactylidella) sp.
Woodring 1928
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Olivella (Macgintiella) sp.
Olsson 1956
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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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
- Volutidae
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Voluta sp.
Linnaeaus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Dentimargo sp.
Cossmann 1899
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Prunum sp.
Swainson 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) sp.
(Swainson 1830)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Phyllonotus | ||||||||||
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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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Turridae indet.
Swainson 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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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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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Tugurium sp.
Fischer 1880
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Onustus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Eulimastoma sp.
Bartsch 1916
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Turbonillinae indet.
Bronn 1849
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringincula (Ringiculella) sp.
Sacco 1892
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Ringicula (Ringiculella) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Solariorbis sp.
Conrad 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Sulcoretusa sp.
Burch 1945
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina sp.
Gray 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Cavolinia sp.
Avilgaard 1791
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Styliola sp.
Gray 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Hyalocylis sp.
Fol 1875
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Limacinidae
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Limacina sp.
Bosc 1817
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Saccella sp.
Woodring 1925
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Trigonulina sp.
d'Orbigny 1946
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Cardiomya sp.
Adams 1864
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Varicorbula sp.
Grant and Gale 1931
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula) | ||||||||||
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Caryocorbula sp.
(Gardner 1926)
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32 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Hysteroconcha sp.
Dall 1902
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Dosinia sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gouldia sp.
Adams 1847
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra sp.
Lamarck 1818
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Laevicardium sp.
Swainson 1840
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) sp.
Stewart 1930
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella sp.
Guppy 1874
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella sp.
Brown 1827
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Flabellipecten sp.
Sacco 1897
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Cyclopecten sp.
Verrill 1897
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Isognomon sp.
Lightfoot 1786
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Hyotissa sp.
Stenzel 1971
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona sp.
Iredale 1939
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24 specimens | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Thalamoporellidae
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Thalamoporella chubbi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Bitectiporidae
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Hippoporina sp.
Neviani 1895
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Stomachetosellidae
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Cycloperiella sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Schizoporellidae
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Stylopoma informal n. sp. 13
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Schizoporella cornuta
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Cheiloporinidae
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Hippaliosina rostrigera
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Cellariidae
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Cellaria bassleri
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cellaria mandibulata
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Celleporidae
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Turbicellepora sp.
Ryland 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Phidoloporidae
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Hippoporella gorgonensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Schedocleidochasma informal n. sp. 3
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Rhynchozoon sp.
Hincks 1895
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Quadricellariidae
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Nellia tenella
(Lamarck 1816)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lepraliellidae
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Celleporaria brunnea
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Arachnopusiidae
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Tremogasterina mucronata
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Onychocellidae
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Smittipora levinseni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Candidae
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Scrupocellaria regularis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Antroporidae
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Antropora leucocypha
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Antropora typica
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Mamilloporidae
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Mamillopora cavernulosa
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100 specimens | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Discoporella informal n. sp. 3
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Discoporella informal n. sp. 5
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Discoporella informal n. sp. 6
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Discoporella informal n. sp. 7
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Cupuladria aff. canariensis
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Cupuladria biporosa
Canu and Bassler 1923
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100 specimens | |||||||||
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Cupuladria aff. biporosa
Canu and Bassler 1923
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100 specimens | |||||||||
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Vibracellina laxibasis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Biflustra savartii
(Audouin 1826)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Paracyathus henekeni
(Duncan 1863)
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Antillocyathus cristatus
(Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925)
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Antillocyathus gracilis
Cairns 1995
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Geography
| Country: | Panama | State/province: | Bocas del Toro |
| 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 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: | BMNH,NMB,USNM |
| Collection method comments: COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 5/30/88. 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. 17810 | ||
| Database number: | 79998 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | K. Bulinski, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-31 20:22:38 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-03-31 20:22:38 |
| 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] |