Also known as NMB Loc. 18666
Where: Panama (9.4° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-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: Late Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From middle member of the Gatun Formatio according to the author; the enterer considers this to be the lower member of the Gatun Formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected in 1999; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,
• COLLECTOR: 1999. REPOSITORY: NMB, Basel, Switzerland.
Primary reference: O. Aguilera and D. R. de Aguilera. 1999. Bathymetric distribution of Miocene to Pleistocene Caribbean teleostean fishes from the coast of Panama and Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:251-269 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 145519: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Ariosoma sp. Swainson 1838 conger eel
Rhynchoconger sp. Jordan and Hobbs 1925 conger eel
Rhechias sp. Jordan 1922 conger eel
Paraconger sp. Kanazawa 1961 conger eel | |
Anchoa sp. Jordan and Evermann 1927 herring | |
Porichthys sp. Girard 1854 toadfish | |
Trachurus sp. Lacépède 1802 | |
Bothidae indet. flatfish | |
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish | |
Lonchopisthus sp. Myers 1935 | |
Apogon sp. Lacépède 1802 Cardinalfish | |
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 goby | |
Otophidium sp. Gill 1885 | |
Lutjanidae indet. Gill 1861 | |
Lactarius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1833 perch-like fish | |
Haemulidae indet. Gill 1885
Pomadasys sp. Lacépède 1802 | |
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam | |
Nucinella sp. Wood 1850 Nut Clam | |
Nucula (Nucula) sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Lepidopecten scissuratus Dall 1898 scallop | |
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 ark | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
Parvilucina sp. Dall 1901 clam | |
Caryocorbula oropendula, "Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
Caryocorbula oropendula Olsson 1922 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam | |
Arcinella sp. Schumacher 1817 jewel box
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis Conrad 1855 venus clam | |
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina)
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Episiphon sp. Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell | |
Polyschides epetrion tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Solenosteira sp. Dall 1890 true whelk | |
Columbellidae indet. Swainson 1840 snail
Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana Brown and Pilsbry 1911 snail | |
Olivella (Niteoliva) terryi, "Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis" = Oliva gatunensis
Olivella (Niteoliva) terryi Olsson 1956 olive snail
"Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis" = Oliva gatunensis Toula 1908 olive snail | |
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
Bivetiella dariena Toula 1908 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
Strioterebrum spiriferum Dall 1895 auger snail
Terebra (Panaterebra) sp. Olsson 1967 auger snail | |
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphie), Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) sp.
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphie) Pilsbry 1922 snail
Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) sp. Fischer 1857 snail | |
Solariorbis (Solariorbis) sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp. Sacco 1892 snail | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
"Pyrgiscus sp." = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus)
"Pyrgiscus sp." = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) Philippi 1841 snail | |
Roxania sp. Leach In Gray 1847 snail | |
Cylichnella sp. Gabb 1873 snail |