Where: Panama (9.2° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 81.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cayo Agua Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• 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).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal, gray, blue, argillaceous, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Olsson; reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Olsson, A. REPOSITORY: PRI.
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134663: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846 oyster | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Spondylus chiriquiensis n. sp., "Pecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis, "Pecten (Chlamys) levicostatus" = Argopecten levicostatus
Spondylus chiriquiensis n. sp. Olsson 1922 scallop
"Pecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis Toula 1909 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) levicostatus" = Argopecten levicostatus Toula 1909 calico scallop | |
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898 clam | |
"Arca (Scapharca) dariensis" = Anadara (Rasia) dariensis, "Arca (Scapharca) actinophora" = Anadara (Rasia) actinophora, "Arca (Scapharca) henekeni" = Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni, "Arca (Scapharca) veatchi" = Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi
"Arca (Scapharca) dariensis" = Anadara (Rasia) dariensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) actinophora" = Anadara (Rasia) actinophora Dall 1898 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) henekeni" = Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni Maury 1917 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) veatchi" = Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi Olsson 1922 ark | |
"Crassatellites reevei" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei, "Crassatellites (Crassinella) midiensis" = Crassinella midiensis
"Crassatellites reevei" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei Gabb 1873 clam
"Crassatellites (Crassinella) midiensis" = Crassinella midiensis Olsson 1922 clam | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) stiriatum" = Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) stiriatum, "Protocardia (Lophocardium) gurabica" = Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabicum
"Cardium (Trachycardium) stiriatum" = Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) stiriatum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cockle
"Protocardia (Lophocardium) gurabica" = Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabicum Maury 1917 cockle | |
"Tellina rovala n. sp." = Tellinella rovala, "Tellina (Eurytellina) dariena" = Eurytellina punicea
"Tellina rovala n. sp." = Tellinella rovala Olsson 1922 tellin clam
"Tellina (Eurytellina) dariena" = Eurytellina punicea Born 1778 tellin clam | |
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box | |
"Antigona multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata, "Chione chiriquiensis n. sp." = Lirophora (Lirophora) chiriquiensis
"Antigona multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata Sowerby 1835 venus clam
"Chione chiriquiensis n. sp." = Lirophora (Lirophora) chiriquiensis Olsson 1922 venus clam | |
"Diplodonta insula n. sp." = Felaniella insula
"Diplodonta insula n. sp." = Felaniella insula Olsson 1922 clam | |
"Corbula vieta" = Varicorbula vieta
"Corbula vieta" = Varicorbula vieta Guppy 1866 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Strombus gatunensis Toula 1908 conch | |
"Murex messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius
"Murex messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail | |
Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912 volute | |
"Cancellaria mauryae" = Cancellaria (Cancellaria) mauryae, "Cancellaria dariena" = Bivetiella dariena
"Cancellaria mauryae" = Cancellaria (Cancellaria) mauryae Olsson 1922 snail
"Cancellaria dariena" = Bivetiella dariena Toula 1908 snail | |
"Ancillaria aquaensis" = Ancilla (Eburna) aquaensis
"Ancillaria aquaensis" = Ancilla (Eburna) aquaensis Olsson 1922 snail | |
"Ancistrosyrinx dalli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) dalli
"Ancistrosyrinx dalli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) dalli Olsson 1922 snail | |
Drillia aquaensis n. sp., Drillia aquanica n. sp.
Drillia aquaensis n. sp. snail
Drillia aquanica n. sp. Olsson 1922 snail | |
"Conus multistriatus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus, "Conus molis" = Conus molis, "Conus concavitectum" = Conus molis, Conus veatchi, "Conus proteus" = Conus spurius, Conus imitator, Conus burckhardti
"Conus multistriatus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus Olsson 1922 cone shell
"Conus molis" = Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
"Conus concavitectum" = Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus veatchi Olsson 1922 cone shell
"Conus proteus" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus burckhardti Bose 1906 cone shell | |
"Terebra spirifera" = Strioterebrum spiriferum, "Terebra gausapata" = Strioterebrum gausapatum
"Terebra spirifera" = Strioterebrum spiriferum Dall 1895 auger snail
"Terebra gausapata" = Strioterebrum gausapatum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 auger snail | |
Scobinella morierei Cossmann 1913 turrid | |
Strombina chrirquiensis n. sp., "Strombina cricamola n. sp." = Strombina (Lirastrombina) cricamola
Strombina chrirquiensis n. sp. snail
"Strombina cricamola n. sp." = Strombina (Lirastrombina) cricamola Olsson 1922 snail | |
Solenosteira vaughani, Solenosteira chiriquiensis n. sp., "Phos mexicanus" = Antillophos (Antillophos) mexicanus
Solenosteira chiriquiensis n. sp. Olsson 1922 true whelk
"Phos mexicanus" = Antillophos (Antillophos) mexicanus Bose 1906 true whelk | |
"Fasciolaria gorgasiana" = Pleuroploca gorgasiana, Peristernia insula n. sp.
"Fasciolaria gorgasiana" = Pleuroploca gorgasiana Brown and Pilsbry 1913 snail
Peristernia insula n. sp. Olsson 1922 snail | |
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"Cypraea almirantensis" = Siphocypraea almirantensis
"Cypraea almirantensis" = Siphocypraea almirantensis Olsson 1922 cowry | |
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846 worm shell | |
"Natica guppyana" = Stigmaulax guppiana
"Natica guppyana" = Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail | |
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira, Turritella gatunensis
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell SUBSPECIES: Turritella altilira costaricensis
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857 turret shell |