Also known as USGS 17690
Where: Panama (9.3° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 78.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: lower Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• AGE: Serravallian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections suggest an age of approximately 12.5 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, medium, concretionary, ferruginous sandstone and conglomerate
•GENERAL: Massive medium-to very fine-grained sandstone and siltstone. Somewhat calcareous, or marly, somewhat tuffaceous, and with a clay-like matrix. The lower part of the formation consists principally of medium-very fine-grained sandstone.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by Woodring (1949). Material is also held (but not specified for any specific collection) at Stanford University, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Cornell University, PRI, U. Cal. and Cal. Acad. Sci.
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 52167: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
"Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea" = Eurytellina punicea
"Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea" = Eurytellina punicea Born 1778 tellin clam | |
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Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam | |
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Venericardia (Glyptoactis) aversa Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Turritella ? matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |