Location 44 [Panamá Fm] (Oligocene of Panama)

Also known as USGS 17435; field #109

Where: Panama (9.1° N, 79.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Panama Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (27.3 - 23.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the marine facies of the Panamá Fm, which regionally overlies the Bohio Fm. AGE: Late Oligocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position in formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

• No paleoenvironmentald data reported.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Not stated in text.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, probably Woodring, c. 1940's. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92986: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.12.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with relatively modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Flabellipecten gatunensis protistus