Water Cay [Cayo Agua Fm]: Piacenzian, Panama
collected by Olsson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris jamaicensis
Dall 1898
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recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Scapharca) veatchi
(Olsson 1922)
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recombined as Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi | ||||||||||
Arca (Scapharca) henekeni
(Maury 1917)
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recombined as Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni | ||||||||||
Arca (Scapharca) dariensis
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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recombined as Anadara (Rasia) dariensis | ||||||||||
Arca (Scapharca) actinophora
(Dall 1898)
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recombined as Anadara (Rasia) actinophora | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea megodon
Hanley 1846
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recombined as Undulostrea megodon | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten gatunensis
(Toula 1909)
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recombined as Leopecten gatunensis | ||||||||||
Pecten (Chlamys) levicostatus
(Toula 1909)
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recombined as Argopecten levicostatus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus chiriquiensis n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites (Crassinella) midiensis
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Crassinella midiensis | ||||||||||
Crassatellites reevei
Gabb 1873
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recombined as Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula vieta
Guppy 1866
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recombined as Varicorbula vieta | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia (Lophocardium) gurabica
(Maury 1917)
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recombined as Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabicum | ||||||||||
Cardium (Trachycardium) stiriatum
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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recombined as Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) stiriatum | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Eurytellina) dariena
Conrad 1855
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synonym of Eurytellina punicea | ||||||||||
Tellina rovala n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Tellinella rovala | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta insula n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Felaniella insula | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione chiriquiensis n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) chiriquiensis | ||||||||||
Antigona multicostata
(Sowerby 1835)
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recombined as Periglypta multicostata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama congregata
Conrad 1833
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica granulata
(Lamarck 1822)
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synonym of Architectonica nobilis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella gatunensis
Conrad 1857
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Turritella altilira
Conrad 1857
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recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Turritella altilira costaricensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica guppyana
(Toula 1909)
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recombined as Stigmaulax guppiana | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus sculpturatus
Lea 1846
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea almirantensis
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Siphocypraea almirantensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina chrirquiensis n. sp.
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Strombina cricamola n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Strombina (Lirastrombina) cricamola | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Solenosteira vaughani
Dall 1903
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SUBSPECIES: Solenosteira vaughani medioamericana | ||||||||||
Solenosteira chiriquiensis n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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Phos mexicanus
Bose 1906
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recombined as Antillophos (Antillophos) mexicanus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fasciolaria gorgasiana
Brown and Pilsbry 1913
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recombined as Pleuroploca gorgasiana | ||||||||||
Peristernia insula n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria dariena
Toula 1908
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recombined as Bivetiella dariena | ||||||||||
Cancellaria mauryae
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Cancellaria (Cancellaria) mauryae | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ancillariidae
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Ancillaria aquaensis
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Ancilla (Eburna) aquaensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Scobinella morierei
(Cossmann 1913)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus imitator
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Conus molis
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Conus concavitectum
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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synonym of Conus molis | ||||||||||
Conus burckhardti
Bose 1906
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Conus veatchi
Olsson 1922
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Conus proteus
Hwass 1792
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synonym of Conus spurius | ||||||||||
Conus multistriatus
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Conasprelloides multiliratus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Drillia aquaensis n. sp.
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Drillia aquanica n. sp.
Olsson 1922
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cochlespiridae
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Ancistrosyrinx dalli
Olsson 1922
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recombined as Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) dalli | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra gausapata
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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recombined as Strioterebrum gausapatum | ||||||||||
Terebra spirifera
(Dall 1895)
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recombined as Strioterebrum spiriferum | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Voluta alfaroi
Dall 1912
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex messorius
Sowerby 1841
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recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus gatunensis
Toula 1908
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia laevigata
(Guppy 1850)
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SUBSPECIES: Sconsia laevigata gabbi | ||||||||||
= Sconsia grayi
Adams 1855
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Beu 2010 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Panama |
Coordinates: | 9.2° North, 82.0° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 9.1° North, 81.6° 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 |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | PRI |
Collectors: | Olsson |
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Olsson, A. REPOSITORY: PRI. | |
Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: antiquated nomenclature, with species-level identifications. COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. |
Metadata
Database number: | 134663 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-10-12 06:23:22 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-10-12 06:23:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
43229. | A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309 [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] |