PPP# 4 - Sabanita [lower Gatun Fm] (Miocene of Panama)

Where: Colon, Panama (9.4° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.4° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: lower Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• LITHOSRATIGRAPHY: From the Gatun Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Late Miocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower part of the Gatun Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, silty sandstone

• No specific environmental data presented.
• LITHOLOGY: Silty sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of observed specimens.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1986; reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: 1/3/86. REPOSITORY: NMB.

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: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145530: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs and fish. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature. Subgenus-resolution identifications.
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Equetus sp. Rafinesque 1815
Cynoscion sp. Gill 1861
Umbrina sp. Cuvier 1817
Larimus sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1830
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
Pomadasys sp. Lacépède 1802
 Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840 Ariid catfish
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Discoporella "n. sp. 7"1 d'Orbigny 1852
Cupuladria aff. biporosa1 Canu and Bassler 1923
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Leptopecten ecnomius2 Woodring 1982 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Sectiarca) sp.2 Olsson 1961 ark
Anadara (Diluvarca) sp.2 Woodring 1925 ark
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardites sp.2 Link 1807 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca)2
"Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca)2 Dall 1901 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp.2 Grant and Gale 1931 venus clam
Lirophora (Lirophora) sp.2 Conrad 1863 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia sp.2 Gray 1837 clam
Harvella sp.2 Gray 1853 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia sp.2, "Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sp." = Dallocardia2
Trigoniocardia sp.2 Dall 1900 cockle
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sp." = Dallocardia2 Stewart 1930 cockle
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Martesia sp.2 Sowerby 1824 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Gadila sp.2 Gray 1847 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Asperiscala) sp.2 de Boury 1909 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.2 Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphie)2
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphie)2 Pilsbry 1922 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.2, Polinices sp.2, "Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius2
Naticidae indet.2 Guilding 1834 moon snail
Polinices sp.2 Monfort 1810 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius2 Dumeril 1806 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) sp.2 Bruguière 1789 olive snail
Olivella (Niteoliva) sp.2 Olsson 1956 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Eupleura sp.2 Adams and Adams 1853 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Nanarius) sp.2 Woodring 1964 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Callolongchaeus sp.2 Dall 1903 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp.2 Röding 1798 sundial