Also known as USGS 5854; WG177b
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 Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 9.5 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).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
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by D.F. MacDonald in 1911; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: MacDonald. 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 145343: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Dentalium (Dentalium) armillatum4 tusk shell SUBSPECIES: Dentalium (Dentalium) armillatum armillatum
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"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis1
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis1 Röding 1798 sundial SUBSPECIES: Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis nobilis
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"Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata" = Distorsio decussata1
"Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata" = Distorsio decussata1 Valenciennes 1832 snail SUBSPECIES: Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata gatunensis
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Typhis (Pilsbrytyphis) woodringi1 Gertman 1969 murex snail Typhis (Pilsbrytyphis) gabbi in Woodring (1959); Typhis (Pilsbrytyphis) woodringi in Woodring (1973)
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Terebra (Oreoterebra) subsulcifera3 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 auger snail SUBSPECIES: Terebra (Oreoterebra) subsulcifera subsulcifera
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"Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors" = Hindsiclava consors3
"Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors" = Hindsiclava consors3 Sowerby 1850 snail SUBSPECIES: Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors consors
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"Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus" = Cruziturricula fusinus3
"Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus" = Cruziturricula fusinus3 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 turrid SUBSPECIES: Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus fusinus
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Hanetia dalli2, Cymatophos subsemicostatus2, Antillophos (Ripophos) metuloides2, "Antillophos (Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus2, Metula gabbi2
"Antillophos (Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus2 d'Orbigny 1842 true whelk SUBSPECIES: Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis
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"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera3
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera3 Guppy 1876 snail SUBSPECIES: Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera dariena
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"Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis" = Oliva gatunensis2
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Polinices canalizonalis, Polinices stanislasmeunieri, Stigmaulax guppiana, Natica (Natica) bolus, "Natica (Naticarius) stenopa" = Naticarius
Polinices canalizonalis moon snail
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail
Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail
Natica (Natica) bolus Brown and Pilsbry 1913 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) stenopa" = Naticarius moon snail | |
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Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis5, "Dosinia (Dosinia) aff. ponderosa" = Dosinia ponderosa5, Gouldia costaricensis5, "Agiopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis5
"Dosinia (Dosinia) aff. ponderosa" = Dosinia ponderosa5 Gray 1838 venus clam SUBSPECIES: Dosinia (Dosinia) aff. ponderosa titan
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"Glycymeris (Tucetona) secticostata" = Tucetona4 clam SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris (Tucetona) secticostata schencki
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Acila (Acila) isthmica4 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 divaricate nutclam SUBSPECIES: Acila (Acila) isthmica isthmica
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