PPP 2204 (Pliocene of Panama)

Where: Bocas, Panama (9.1° N, 81.8° W: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 81.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shark Hole Point Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: the Shark Hole Point Fm conformably overlies the Nancy Point Fm and is overlain by an unnamed sequence of volcaniclastics. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999), an age range of 5.3-3.5 Ma, Early Pliocene, though PPP dataset indicates an age of 5.2-3.6 Ma.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, bioturbated, micaceous, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 94), outer neritic, estimated depth of 175 m.
• GENERAL LITHOLOGY: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 28), micaceous, clayey siltstone that is pervasively bioturbated and rich in large scaphopods.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera. 2013. Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Paleo Ichthyologica 13:83-150 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219203: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.03.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus paxtoni n. sp., ? Diaphus hataii
Diaphus paxtoni n. sp. Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 lanternfish
? Diaphus hataii Ohe and Araki 1973 lanternfish