Woodring Loc. 114 - Canal Zone [lower Culebra Fm] (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as USGS Loc. 5860

Where: Panama (9.0° N, 79.6° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 77.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: lower Member (Culebra Formation), Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Culebra Formation, which unconformably overlies the Las Cascadas agglomerate; reassigned to La Boca Fm in subsequent publications of Woodring (e.g., 1973, 1982), but further emended by Kirby et al. (2009) to the lower member of the Culebra Formation. AGE: Early Miocene in text; direct date extrapolated from Kirby et al. (1999), =Aquitanian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, pebbly, tuffaceous, calcareous sandstone and sandy limestone

• No paleoenvironmental data reported.
• Collection assumed to be from upper part of formation. The lower part of the formation comprises: dark-colored, thin-bedded or laminated, fine-grained rocks; carbonaceous or lignitic shale, carbonaceous silty mudstone, tuffaceous siltstone. The upper part comprises: calcareous and sandy strata, and ranges from tuffaceous amd pebbly calcareous sandstone to sandy limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by MacDonald (1913). Material is also held (but not specified for any specific collection) at Stanford University, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Corenell University, PRI, U. Cal. and Cal. Acad. Sci. Locality now unaccessible (submerged).

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 42609: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for gastropoda.
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria inornata3 Gabb 1873 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Crassostrea cahobasensis" = Striostrea cahobasensis4
"Crassostrea cahobasensis" = Striostrea cahobasensis4 Pilsbry and Brown 1910 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea sp.4 Conrad 1865 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lepidopecten proterus4, "Aequipecten canalis" = Mimachlamys canalis4
Lepidopecten proterus4 Woodring 1982 scallop
"Aequipecten canalis" = Mimachlamys canalis4 Brown and Pilsbry 1913 scallop
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"? Myrtaea (? Myrtaea) sp." = Myrtea (Myrtea)4
"? Myrtaea (? Myrtaea) sp." = Myrtea (Myrtea)4 Turton 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Ventricolaria aff. harrisiana4 Olsson 1922 venus clam
"Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata4 Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele chipolana4 Dall 1900 clam
Subspecies: Solecurtus aff. broggii gatunensis
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Eurytellina) vetula4 Brown and Pilsbry 1913 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp.4 Gardner 1926 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides suprasulcatus1 Gabb 1873 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella venezuelana Hodson 1926 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus carbasea1 Guppy 1866 fig shell
Subspecies: Ficus carbasea micronematica
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Cymatophos cf. veatchi2 Olsson 1922 true whelk
? Antillophos (Antillophos) sp.2 Woodring 1928 true whelk
"Antillophos (? Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus2 d'Orbigny 1842 true whelk
Subspecies: Antillophos ?(Antillophos) cf. candei gatunensis
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Strombina cf. quirosana" = Sincola (Dorsina) quirosana2
"Strombina cf. quirosana" = Sincola (Dorsina) quirosana2 Hodson 1931 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp.2 Swainson 1831 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (? Murex) polynematicus" = Vokesimurex polynematicus1
"Murex (? Murex) polynematicus" = Vokesimurex polynematicus1 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail
? Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica (? Pseudotorinia) sp." = Pseudotorinia1
"Architectonica (? Pseudotorinia) sp." = Pseudotorinia1 Sacco 1892 snail