Woodring Loc. 138c - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama

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Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus (Platyschides) epetrion
Woodring 1973 A category
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Dentalium) armillatum
Woodring 1973 C category
SUBSPECIES: Dentalium (Dentalium) armillatum armillatum
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculella) semistriata (d'Orbigny 1841)
Woodring 1970 F category
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Rictaxis oryza (Gabb 1872)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Euclathurella (Miraclathurella) eucharis Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 C category
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella abrupta (Spieker 1922)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Niso (Niso) mesata Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 A category
Balcis (Balcis) lipara Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 F category
Balcis (Balcis) cetia Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 F category
Balcis (Balcis) jacululum (Maury 1917)
Woodring 1970 R category
Eulima sarissiformis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Woodring 1970 R category
Eulima nobilis Guppy 1896
Woodring 1970 C category
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum (Mircrospira) gatunense (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1970 C category
recombined as Prunum gatunense
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pterynotus (Subterynotus) textilis (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1970 R category
recombined as Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula (Rabicea) couviana (Maury 1925)
Woodring 1970 R category
synonym of Persicula propeobesa
SUBSPECIES: Persicula (Rabicea) couviana stenygra
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Tiara) dariensis (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1964 C category
recombined as Subcancilla dariensis
Mitra (Tiara) longa (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1964 R category
recombined as Subcancilla longa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis (Toula 1908)
Woodring 1964 A category
original and current combination Oliva gatunensis
Olivella (Niteoliva) terryi Olsson 1956
Woodring 1964 A category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia testacea (Lamarck 1811)
Woodring 1964 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena melongena (Linnaeus 1758)
Woodring 1964 F category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Uzita) praeambiguus (Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
Woodring 1964 A category
Nassarius (Nassarius) parapristus (Gardner 1944)
Woodring 1964 A category
Calophos ectyphus Woodring 1964
Woodring 1964 A category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Metula gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Woodring 1964 R category
Cymatophos veatchi (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1964 A category
SUBSPECIES: Cymatophos veatchi veatchi
Antillophos (Antillophos) candei (d'Orbigny 1842)
Woodring 1964 A category
recombined as Antillophos candeanus
Strombinophos mimicus Woodring 1964
Woodring 1964 C category
Hanetia dalli (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1964 A category
SUBSPECIES: Hanetia dalli dalli & protera
Nicema amara Woodring 1964
Woodring 1964 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria gorgasiana Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Woodring 1964 F category
recombined as Pleuroploca gorgasiana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Costoanachis) mira (Dall 1896)
Woodring 1964 C category
SUBSPECIES: Anachis (Costoanachis) mira mira & fugax
Strombina (Sincola) amphidyma Woodring 1964
Woodring 1964 R category
Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1964 A category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) characta Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 F category
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) acaria (Mansfield 1925)
Woodring 1970 C category
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) enneacyma (Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
Woodring 1970 R category
Agladrillia (Eumetadrillia) isthmica (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1970 F category
Drillia (Neodrillia) riogurabonis (Maury 1917)
Woodring 1970 R category
original and current combination Drillia riogurabonis
SUBSPECIES: Drillia (Neodrillia) riogurabonis eurysoma
Clathrodrillia gatunensis (Toula 1909)
Woodring 1970 C category
Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors (Sowerby 1850)
Woodring 1970 C category
recombined as Hindsiclava consors
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Cytharella cf. compsacosta (Gardner 1938)
Woodring 1970 R category
Dolostoma anorhepes Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 R category
Ithycythara defuniak Gardner 1938
Woodring 1970 R category
Ithycythara cf. elongata (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1970 R category
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) pagella Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Microdrillia trina Mansfield 1925
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1970 A category
recombined as Cruziturricula fusinus
Pleurolira (Polystira) tenagos Gardner 1947
Woodring 1970 A category
    = Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
Todd and Johnson 2013
Gemmula machapoorensis (Maury 1925)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gemmula vaningeni (Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum indocayapum Olsson 1964
Woodring 1970 A category
Strioterebrum aff. raptum (Gardner 1938)
Woodring 1970 R category
Strioterebrum monidum (Woodring 1928)
Woodring 1970 R category
Strioterebrum spiriferum (Dall 1895)
Woodring 1970 A category
Terebra (Oreoterebra) subsulcifera (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1970 C category
Terebra (Panaterebra) cucurrupiensis (Oinomikado 1939)
Woodring 1970 A category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) dentiferum (Gabb 1872)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus multilineatus
Woodring 1970 C category
Conus aemulator Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Woodring 1970 R category
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850
Woodring 1970 R category
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Woodring 1970 C category
Conus burckhardti Bose 1906
Woodring 1970 C category
Conus acolus Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 F category
Conus bravoi (Spieker 1922)
Woodring 1970 C category
Woodring 1970 C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) anomala
Woodring 1970 F category
Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii (Anderson 1929)
Woodring 1970 A category
recombined as Euclia codazzii
Cancellaria (Euclia) dinota Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 A category
recombined as Euclia dinota
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera (Guppy 1876)
Woodring 1970 A category
    = Bivetiella dariena Toula 1908
Landau et al. 2012
Cancellaria (Narona) barystoma Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 R category
recombined as Narona barystoma
Aphera islacolonis (Maury 1917)
Woodring 1970 R category
    = Aphera aphrodite Landau et al. 2012
Landau et al. 2012
Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola (Anderson 1929)
Woodring 1970 A category
Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi Olsson 1942
Woodring 1970 C category
recombined as Massyla terryi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Xancus validus (Sowerby 1850)
Woodring 1964 F category
recombined as Turbinella valida
Xancus dodonaius
Woodring 1973 F category
replaced by Turbinella
SUBSPECIES: Xancus dodonaius praelaevigatus
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Roxania chipolana (Dall 1895)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvulella (Volvulella) phoinicoides
Woodring 1970 R category
Volvulella (Volvulella) oxytata (Bush 1885)
Woodring 1970 C category
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnella atacata Woodring 1928
Woodring 1970 A category
SUBSPECIES: Cylichnella atacata stibara
Acteocina rusa
Woodring 1970 R category
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Adrana sp. Adams and Adams 1858
Woodring 1973 R category
Saccella acrita (Dall 1908)
Woodring 1973 A category
SUBSPECIES: Saccella acrita epacra
Saccella balboae (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1973 C category
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella divaricata (d'Orbigny 1853)
Woodring 1973 C category
synonym of Crenella decussata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha frons (Linnaeus 1758)
R category
recombined as Dendostrea frons
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
C category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria inornata (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1973 C category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
R category
    = Lindapecten buchivcanoanus
Waller 2011
SUBSPECIES: Lindapecten buchivcanoanus falconensis
Leptopecten ecnomius Woodring 1982
A category
Flabellipecten gatunensis (Toula 1909)
C category
recombined as Leopecten gatunensis
SUBSPECIES: Flabellipecten gatunensis gatunensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) carbasina Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Woodring 1973 R category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia (Noetia) reversa (Sowerby 1833)
Woodring 1973 C category
recombined as Noetia reversa
SUBSPECIES: Noetia (Noetia) reversa macdonaldi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Cunearca) eumeces
Woodring 1973 R category
Anadara (Potiarca) chavezi
Woodring 1973 A category
Anadara (Rasia) fissicosta (Spieker 1922)
Woodring 1973 A category
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1973 A category
Anadara (Rasia) sechurana (Olsson 1932)
Woodring 1973 C category
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Bellucina actinus (Dall 1903)
A category
Lucinisca bocasensis (Olsson 1922)
R category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Martesia sanctipauli Maury 1917
R category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) gatunensis (Toula 1909)
A category
Caryocorbula oropendula (Olsson 1922)
A category
SUBSPECIES: Caryocorbula oropendula stena
Caryocorbula prenasuta (Olsson 1964)
C category
Varicorbula disparilis (d'Orbigny 1853)
F category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia aff. lateralis (Say 1822)
C category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Alveinus rotundus Dall 1900
A category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia costaricensis (Olsson 1922)
A category
Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
A category
recombined as Macrocallista maculata
Tivela mactroides (Born 1778)
F category
recombined as Tivela (Tivela) mactroides
Clementia (Clementia) dariena (Conrad 1855)
A category
Parastarte psila Woodring 1982
R category
Nioche (Antinioche) dolicha Woodring 1982
R category
recombined as Leukoma dolicha
Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis (Hodson et al. 1927)
A category
Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis (Conrad 1855)
A category
Dosinia (Dosinia) aff. ponderosa (Gray 1838)
F category
recombined as Dosinia ponderosa
SUBSPECIES: Dosinia (Dosinia) aff ponderosa titan
Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
A category
Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis (Dall 1903)
C category
recombined as Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis
Pitar (Hyphantosoma) centangulatus (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
R category
Lamelliconcha cora (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
C category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella arcinella (Linnaeus 1767)
C category
Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927
F category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) aminensis (Dall 1900)
A category
recombined as Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) baiterum Woodring 1982
A category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Psammacoma gatunensis (Toula 1909)
F category
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
R category
Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea (Born 1778)
C category
recombined as Eurytellina punicea
Tellina (Eurytellina) angulosa (Gmelin 1791)
F category
SUBSPECIES: Tellina (Eurytellina) angulosa costaricana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele laevis (Sowerby 1833)
F category
SUBSPECIES: Semele laevis costaricensis
Ervilia valhosierr Gardner 1928
A category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus (Mesopleura) divisus (Spengler 1794)
R category
Solecurtus broggii Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
R category
SUBSPECIES: Solecurtus broggii gatunensis
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea parawhitfieldi (Gardner 1928)
R category
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen (Solena) obliquus (Spengler 1794)
F category
SUBSPECIES: Solen (Solena) obliquus rudis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) elassa Woodring 1982
A category
Crassinella martinicensis (d'Orbigny 1853)
C category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Glyptoactis) aversa (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
R category
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama
Coordinates: 9.3° 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:11.1 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gatun Member:lower Gatun
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Same stratigraphic position as previous collection (52173). Lower part of the Gatun Formation. The Gatun Formation is sibdivided into three faunal zones (proposed by Thomson and Keen, 1946): lower, middle, and upper. AGE: Late Miocene, on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy (see Collins and Coates, 1999), refined by enterer to Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 11.1 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine unlithified silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Soft, silty fine-grained sandstone.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: No specific environmental data presented.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publications, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:USGS 21956
Database number:93145
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-01-05 21:07:45 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-05 21:07:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13359. W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

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]
48647 J. A. Todd and K. G. Johnson. 2013. Dissecting a marine snail species radiation (Conoidea: Turridae: Polystira) over 12 million years in the southwestern Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science 89(4) [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
37262 T. R. Waller. 2011. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology (381)1-198 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13232 W. P. Woodring. 1964. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Columbellidae to Volutidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(C):241-297 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13236 W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299-452 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13235 W. P. Woodring. 1973. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(E):453-539 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]