Also known as USGS 8358; WG176
Where: Colon, Panama (9.3° N, 79.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: upper Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the upper part of the Gatun Formation. The Gatun Formation is subdivided 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 Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 9.5 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).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 Olsson in 1918; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Olsson. 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 145341: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella (Torcula) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell SUBSPECIES: Turritella (Torcula) altilira altilira
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"Paziella (Panamurex) gatunensis" = Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis2, "Murex (Murex) recurvirostris" = Vokesimurex recurvirostris2, Typhis (Pilsbrytyphis) woodringi2
"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
Typhis (Pilsbrytyphis) woodringi2 Gertman 1969 murex snail Typhis (Pilsbrytyphis) gabbi in Woodring (1959); Typhis (Pilsbrytyphis) woodringi in Woodring (1973)
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Hanetia dalli3, "Antillophos (Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus3, Antillophos (Ripophos) metuloides3, Metula gabbi3
"Antillophos (Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus3 d'Orbigny 1842 true whelk SUBSPECIES: Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis
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"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera4
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera4 Guppy 1876 snail SUBSPECIES: Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera dariena
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Gemmula vaningeni4, "Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus" = Cruziturricula fusinus4, Polystira sp.1
"Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus" = Cruziturricula fusinus4 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 turrid SUBSPECIES: Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus fusinus
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"Conus tortuosostriatus" = Conasprella (Dalliconus) sauros4, "Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus4
"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus4 Olsson 1922 cone shell SUBSPECIES: Conus multiliratus multiliratus
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"Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors" = Hindsiclava consors4 Sowerby 1850 snail SUBSPECIES: Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors consors
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Terebra (Oreoterebra) subsulcifera4 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 auger snail SUBSPECIES: Terebra (Oreoterebra) subsulcifera subsulcifera
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"Semicassis (Tylocassis) reclusa" = Semicassis reclusa2
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Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail
Sinum gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1913 moon snail | |
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis2
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis2 Röding 1798 sundial SUBSPECIES: Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis nobilis
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Bivalvia | |
Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis5, "Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis5
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