Also known as PPP# 1566; PJ 2170; 94-18-01
Where: Darien, Panama (8.2° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 76.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tuira Formation (Lara Group), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Tuira Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Middle Miocene, in text; subsequent publications suggest late Miocene or early Pliocene age; Coates et al. (2004) suggests a Tortonian age (11.2-8.3 Ma). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 395 m in the Lower and Upper Chico River section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Jung & Heitz in 1994; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ), sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Peter Jung, Antoine Heitz et al., 7.3.1994. REPOSITORY: NMB, Basel, Switzerland.
Primary reference: B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136122: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Paradentalium sp. Cotton and Godfrey 1933 tusk shell
Tesseracme sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Polyschides sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831 clam | |
Transennella sp., Clementia (Clementia) sp., Cyclinella sp., Dosinia (Dosinia) sp., Chionista sp., Lirophora (Lirophora) sp., Lamelliconcha sp.
Transennella sp. Dall 1884 venus clam
Clementia (Clementia) sp. Gray 1842 venus clam
Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinia) sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Chionista sp. Keen 1958 venus clam
Lirophora (Lirophora) sp. Conrad 1863 venus clam
Lamelliconcha sp. Dall 1902 venus clam | |
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
Trachycardium (Mexicardia) sp. Stewart 1930 cockle
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900 cockle
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle | |
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822 clam
Semele sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Solecurtus sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
Juliacorbula sp. Olsson 1953 clam
Vokesula sp. Stenzel and J. T 1957 clam | |
Parvilucina sp. Dall 1901 clam | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
Aequipecten plurinomis scallop | |
Ostreola sp. Monterosato 1884 oyster
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835 oyster | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Anadara (Sectiarca) sp. Olsson 1961 ark | |
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Tricolia sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
"Pyrgiscus sp." = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus), Callolongchaeus sp.
"Pyrgiscus sp." = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) Philippi 1841 snail
Callolongchaeus sp. Dall 1903 snail | |
Miraclathurella sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Strombus (Strombus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Thelecythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Dolostoma sp. Woodring 1970 snail
Ithycythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Turbinella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Metaphos sp., Cantharus sp., Cymatophos sp., Metula sp., Antillophos (Antillophos) sp., Solenosteira sp.
Metaphos sp. Olsson 1964 true whelk
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
Cymatophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk
Solenosteira sp. Dall 1890 true whelk | |
Strombina (Strombina) ochyra Woodring 1964 snail
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis) Sacco 1890 snail
Sincola sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 snail | |
Nassarius (Nassarius) sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Fasciolaria sp. Lamarck 1799 tulip snail | |
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell | |
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute | |
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) sp. Montfort 1810 murex snail
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail | |
"Cancellaria (Euclia) sp." = Euclia Adams and Adams 1854 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
Massyla cumingiana Petit de la Saussaye 1844 snail | |
Olivella (Niteoliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
"Ancilla (Eburna) sp." = Eburna
"Ancilla (Eburna) sp." = Eburna Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Bursa rugosa Sowerby 1835 frog shell | |
Semicassis (Tylocassis) centiquadrata Valenciennes 1832 snail | |
Malea ringens Swainson 1822 tun shell | |
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) sp. Pilsbry 1953 snail
Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842 snail | |
Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) sp. Fischer 1857 snail | |
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Springvaleia sp. Rutsch 1934 turret shell | |
Crepidula (Crepidula) sp. Lamack 1799 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. Say 1824 slipper shell
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell |