Also known as Urbanization Alborada
Where: Colon, Panama (9.3° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.4° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: lower Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gatun Fm, which regionally overlies the Caimito Fm or Mesozoic basement. AGE: Tortonian, on the basis of revised chronostratigraphy (Hendy, unpublished data); direct date is extrapolated from sequence of 87Sr/86Sr data calibrated to stratigraphic height. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower member of the Gatun Formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by Hendy in 2011; reposited in the FLMNH
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 1/30/2011. REPOSITORY: FLMNH, Gainsville, Florida.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy. 2013. Spatial and stratigraphic variation in marine paleoenvironments in the Late Miocene Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama. Palaios [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142943: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 ark | |
"Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis
"Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis Dall 1903 venus clam | |
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900 cockle | |
Psammacoma gatunensis Toula 1909 tellin clam | |
Caryocorbula prenasuta Olsson 1964 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cymatophos veatchi Olsson 1922 true whelk | |
Strioterebrum spiriferum Dall 1895 auger snail | |
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Niteoliva terryi Olsson 1956 olive snail | |
Malea camura Guppy 1866 tun shell |