Also known as USGS 16926; WG157
Where: Colon, Panama (9.3° N, 79.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 78.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: middle Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From middle part of the Gatun Formation. The Gatun Formation is sibdivided into three faunal zones (proposed by Thomson and Keen, 1946): lower, middle, and upper. AGE: Late Miocene, on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy (see Collins and Coates, 1999), refined by enterer to Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 10.1 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siltstone and poorly lithified, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by Woodring in 1947; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: W.P. Woodring, 1947. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1957. Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(A) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 145278: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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"Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis6, "Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata6, Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis6
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Anadara (Rasia) dariensis5 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 ark SUBSPECIES: Anadara (Rasia) dariensis dariensis
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Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis2
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis2 Röding 1798 sundial SUBSPECIES: Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis nobilis
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"Bursa (Colubrellina) caelata" = Bursa corrugata2
"Bursa (Colubrellina) caelata" = Bursa corrugata2 Perry 1811 frog shell SUBSPECIES: Bursa (Colubrellina) caelata amphitrites
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"Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis" = Oliva gatunensis3
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"Xancus dodonaius" = Turbinella3
"Xancus dodonaius" = Turbinella3 snail Xancus validus falconensis in Woodring (1964); Xancus dodonaius praelavigatus in Woodring (1973)
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Cymatophos subsemicostatus3, "Antillophos (Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus3, Metula gabbi3, Hanetia dalli3
"Antillophos (Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus3 d'Orbigny 1842 true whelk SUBSPECIES: Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis
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"Fusinidae indet." = Fusininae3
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Polystira sp.1, "Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus" = Cruziturricula fusinus4, Lepicythara heptagona4
"Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus" = Cruziturricula fusinus4 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 turrid SUBSPECIES: Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus fusinus
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"Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors" = Hindsiclava consors4, "Crassispira (Crassispira) henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni4, Clathrodrillia gatunensis4
"Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors" = Hindsiclava consors4 Sowerby 1850 snail SUBSPECIES: Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors consors
"Crassispira (Crassispira) henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni4 Sowerby 1850 snail SUBSPECIES: Crassispira (Crassispira) henekeni leptalea
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"Paziella (Panamurex) gatunensis" = Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis2, "Murex (Murex) recurvirostris" = Vokesimurex recurvirostris2
"Paziella (Panamurex) gatunensis" = Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis2 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 murex snail
"Murex (Murex) recurvirostris" = Vokesimurex recurvirostris2 Broderip 1832 murex snail SUBSPECIES: Murex (Murex) recurvirostris recurvirostris
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"Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi" = Massyla terryi4, "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera4
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera4 Guppy 1876 snail SUBSPECIES: Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera dariena
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Polinices stanislasmeunieri, Sinum gabbi, Stigmaulax guppiana, "Natica (Naticarius) stenopa" = Naticarius, Natica (Natica) bolus
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail
Sinum gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1913 moon snail
Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) stenopa" = Naticarius moon snail
Natica (Natica) bolus Brown and Pilsbry 1913 moon snail | |
Turritella gatunensis, "Turritella mimetes" = Turritella (Broderiptella) mimetes, Turritella (Torcula) altilira
"Turritella mimetes" = Turritella (Broderiptella) mimetes Brown and Pilsbry 1911 turret shell
Turritella (Torcula) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell SUBSPECIES: Turritella (Torcula) altilira altilira
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Crepidula cf. maculosa Conrad 1846 slipper shell | |
"Carinodrillia (Carinodrillia) zooki" = Carinodrillia zooki4
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