NMB Loc. 17442 - Rio Rabo de Puerco [Armuelles Fm] (Pleistocene of Panama)

Also known as PPP# 1762

Where: Panama (8.3° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 81.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-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; green lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but likely from a shallow marine siliciclastic facies.
• LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown, but circa 1984-1985. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 130891: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Sincola (Dorsina) gibberula Sowerby 1832 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Linatella caudata Gmelin 1791 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio decussata Valenciennes 1832 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea ringens Swainson 1822 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis centiquadrata Valenciennes 1832 snail