PPP# 47, 148 - Punta Burica [Armuelles Fm] (Pleistocene of Panama)

Also known as NMB Loc. 18366, NMB Loc. 18431

Where: Panama (8.2° N, 82.9° W: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 82.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Armuelles Formation (Charco Azul Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Armuelles Formation. AGE: Pleistocene, according to Ingle (1985) on the basis of microfossils; direct date estimated based on other collections from the Armuelles Formation. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Coates & Jackson in 1986; reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTORS: A. G. Coates & J. Jackson, 10.1.1986. REPOSITORY: NMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124262: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.02.2012, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Tethocyathus prahli2 Lattig and Cairns 2000 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis centiquadrata1 Valenciennes 1832 snail