Pina (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as 4143 I Palmas Bellas

Where: Colon, Panama (9.3° N, 80.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 78.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Chagres Sandstone Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Age after Velez-Juarbe et al 2015

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; gray, silty sandstone

• Gray volcanic quartzose grains and silty-sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float),

• Sharks deposited in the Palaeontological Institute and Museum at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (PIMUZ A/I catalogue)

Primary reference: D. I. Vigil and C. A. Laurito. 2014. Nuevos restos de un Odontoceti fósil (Mammalia: Cetacea, Physeteroidea) para el Mioceno tardio de Panama, America Central. Revista Geologica de America Central 50:213-217 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 160781: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.08.2014, edited by Catalina Pimiento

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Sharks collected via screen washing and surface prospecting
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Chondrichthyes
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp.1
Heterodontus sp.1 de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
 Squaliformes - Centrophoridae
Centrophorus granulosus1
Centrophorus granulosus1 Bloch and Schneider 1801 gulper shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus sp.1
Squalus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
 Squaliformes - Dalatiidae
Isistius sp.1, Dalatias licha1
Isistius sp.1 Gill 1864 shark
Dalatias licha1 Bonnaterre 1788 shark
 Squaliformes - Etmopteridae
Trigonognathus sp.1
Trigonognathus sp.1 Mochizuki and Ohe 1990 shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp.1
Squatina sp.1 Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp.1
Myliobatis sp.1 Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra1
Hemipristis serra1 Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Rhizoprionodon sp.1, Carcharhinus cionei1, Carcharhinus signatus1, Carcharhinus spp.1, Carcharhinus plumbeus1, Carcharhinus obscurus1, Carcharhinus brachyurus1
Rhizoprionodon sp.1 Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Carcharhinus cionei1 requiem shark
Carcharhinus signatus1 requiem shark
Carcharhinus spp.1 de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus plumbeus1 Nardo 1827 requiem shark
Carcharhinus obscurus1 Le Sueur 1818 requiem shark
Carcharhinus brachyurus1 Gunther 1870 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Mustelus sp.1, Galeorhinus galeus1
Mustelus sp.1 hound shark
Galeorhinus galeus1 Linnaeus 1758 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna lewini1
Sphyrna lewini1 Griffith and Smith 1834 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo cuvier1
Galeocerdo cuvier1 Peron and LeSueur 1822 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Premontreia sp.1
Premontreia sp.1 Cappetta 1992 cat shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Carcharodon plicatilis" = Cosmopolitodus plicatilis1
"Carcharodon plicatilis" = Cosmopolitodus plicatilis1 Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias superciliosus1
Alopias superciliosus1 Lowe 1840 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudocarchariidae
Pseudocarcharias kamoharai1
Pseudocarcharias kamoharai1 Matsubara 1936 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon1
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon1 Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp.1
Pristiophorus sp.1 Bleeker 1859 saw shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Heptranchias perlo1
Heptranchias perlo1 Bonnaterre 1788 sevengill shark
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Panphyseteroidea indet.2, Inioidea indet.2
Panphyseteroidea indet.2 Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015 toothed whale
Inioidea indet.2 de Muizon 1988 toothed whale
1Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015; 2Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015