Also known as NMB Loc. 17811
Where: Bocas, Panama (9.2° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 81.8° 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
Preservation: original calcite
Reposited in the BMNH, NMB, USNM
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• 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),
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: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79999: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Kate Bulinski on 31.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Adrana sp. Adams and Adams 1858 pointed nut clam
Costelloleda sp. Hertlein and Strong 1940 pointed nut clam | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) sp. Schenck 1944 nut clam | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
Caryocorbula sp., "Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
? Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831 clam | |
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. Grant and Gale 1931 venus clam
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam
Chionopsis sp. Olsson 1932 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam | |
Strigilla sp. Turton 1822 tellin clam | |
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822 clam | |
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle | |
Trigonulina sp. d'Orbigny 1946 clam | |
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Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Amusium sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
? Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
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Gastropoda | |
Cylichnella sp. Gabb 1873 snail
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945 snail
Volvulella (Volvulella) sp. Newton 1891 snail | |
Cavolinia sp. Avilgaard 1791 snail
Creseis sp. Rang 1828 snail | |
? Cocculina sp. Dall 1882 snail | |
Smaragdia sp. Issel 1869 snail
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Carinodrillia sp. Dall 1919 snail
Crassispira (Crassispira) sp. Swainson 1840 snail | |
Psammodulus sp. Collins 1934 snail | |
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Caecidae indet. Gray 1850 snail | |
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) sp. Pilsbry 1953 snail | |
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Bursa sp. Roding 1798 frog shell | |
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell | |
Erato sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Volvarina sp. Hinds 1844 margin shell
Dentimargo sp. Cossmann 1899 margin shell
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell | |
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail | |
Agatrix epomis Woodring 1928 nutmeg
? Aphera sp. Adams and Adams 1854 snail | |
? Fusiturricula sp. Woodring 1928 ribbed mitre
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887 ribbed mitre | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
Hastula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 auger snail | |
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Lepicythara sp. Olsson 1964 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell | |
Olivella (Dactylidella) sp. Woodring 1928 olive snail
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
"Ancilla (Eburna) sp." = Eburna
"Ancilla (Eburna) sp." = Eburna Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail | |
? Cantharus sp., Antillophos (Antillophos) sp., ? Metaphos sp., Strombinella sp., Mazatlania sp., Strombina (Lirastrombina) sp., Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) sp., Nassarius sp., Calophos sp.
? Cantharus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk
? Metaphos sp. Olsson 1964 true whelk
Strombinella sp. Dall 1896 true whelk
Mazatlania sp. Dall 1913 true whelk
Strombina (Lirastrombina) sp. Jung 1989 true whelk
Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 tulip snail
Calophos sp. Woodring 1964 true whelk | |
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 snail | |
Niso sp., Triphoridae indet., Polinices sp., Natica (Natica) sp., "Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius, Stigmaulax sp.
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847 snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852 moon snail | |
"Amaea (Scalina) sp." = Scalina
"Amaea (Scalina) sp." = Scalina Conrad 1865 wentletrap | |
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp. Sacco 1892 snail | |
Ugartea sp. Bartsch 1917 snail
Pyramidellinae indet. Gray 1840 snail
Eulimastoma sp. Bartsch 1916 snail
Turbonillinae indet. Bronn 1849 snail | |
Pseudotorinia sp., "Heliacus (Torinista) sp." = Torinista
Pseudotorinia sp. Sacco 1892 snail
"Heliacus (Torinista) sp." = Torinista Iredale 1936 snail |