Also known as Stanford #2656
Where: Panama (9.3° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: lower Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Same stratigraphic position as previous collection (52173). Lower part of the Gatun Formation. The Gatun Formation is sibdivided into three faunal zones (proposed by Thomson and Keen, 1946): lower, middle, and upper. AGE: Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 11.1 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, fine-grained, silty sandstone
•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
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by Thomson (1942). 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 52174: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Solariorbis (Solariorbis) strongylus n. sp. snail | |
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Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) springvaleense Rutsch 1942 slipper shell
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell | |
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"Turritella (Torcula) alitilira" = Torcula turret shell Subspecies: Turritella (Torcula) alitilira alitilira
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
"Carinodrillia (Carinodrillia) zooki" = Carinodrillia zooki6
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"Mitra (Tiara) longa" = Subcancilla longa5
"Mitra (Tiara) longa" = Subcancilla longa5 Gabb 1873 mitre shell Subspecies: Mitra (Tiara) longa longa
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Cymatophos veatchi5, Strombinophos mimicus n. sp.5, Hanetia dalli5, "Antillophos (Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus5
"Antillophos (Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus5 d'Orbigny 1842 true whelk Subspecies: Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis
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Nassarius (Nassarius) parapristus5 Gardner 1944 snail Subspeciees: Nassarius (Nassarius) parapristus conarus
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Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana5, "Mitrella (Columbellopsis) aff. fenestrata" = Columbellopsis nycteis5, Anachis (Costoanachis) mira5
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"Crassispira (Crassispira) consors" = Hindsiclava consors6
"Crassispira (Crassispira) consors" = Hindsiclava consors6 Sowerby 1850 snail Subspecies: Crassispira (Crassispira) consors consors
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Scobinella morierei6, "Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus" = Cruziturricula fusinus6, Polystira sp.3
"Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus" = Cruziturricula fusinus6 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 turrid Subspecies: Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus fusinus
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"Persicula (Rabicea) couviana" = Persicula propeobesa6
"Persicula (Rabicea) couviana" = Persicula propeobesa6 Mansfield 1925 snail Subspecies: Persicula (Rabicea) couviana stenygra
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Enaeta ecnomia n. sp.5
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Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola6, Aphera aphrodite2, "Cancellaria (Euclia) dinota n. sp." = Euclia dinota6, "Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii6, Bivetiella dariena2, "Cancellaria (Narona) barystoma n. sp." = Narona barystoma6
Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola6 Anderson 1929 snail Subspecies: Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola cibarcola
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"Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata" = Distorsio decussata4
"Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata" = Distorsio decussata4 Valenciennes 1832 snail Subspecies: Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata gatunensis
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Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail
Natica (Naticarius) stenopa n. sp. moon snail
Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail | |
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) angulatum" = Teinostoma (Idioraphie), Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) stemonium n. sp.
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) angulatum" = Teinostoma (Idioraphie) snail Subpecies: Teinostoma (Idioraphe) angulatum trochalum
Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) stemonium n. sp. Woodring 1957 snail | |
"Caecum cf. regulare" = Caecum (Caecum) regulare4
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Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) pentagonus Gabb 1873 snail | |
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis4, Heliacus (Astronacus) stonemanae4
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis4 Röding 1798 sundial Subspecies: Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis nobilis
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Bivalvia | |
"Noetia (Noetia) reversa" = Noetia reversa7
"Noetia (Noetia) reversa" = Noetia reversa7 Sowerby 1833 clam Subspecies: Noetia (Noetia) reversa macdonaldi
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Anadara (Rasia) sechurana7, Anadara (Rasia) fissicosta7, Anadara (Rasia) dariensis7, Anadara (Potiarca) chavezi7, Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi7
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis7 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 ark Subspecies: Anadara (Rasia) dariensis dariensis
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"Glycymeris (Tucetona) secticostata" = Tucetona7
"Glycymeris (Tucetona) secticostata" = Tucetona7 clam Subspecies: Glycymeris (Tucetona) secticostata schencki
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Clementia (Clementia) dariena8, Cyclinella cyclica8, "Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata8, Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis8, Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum8
Clementia (Clementia) dariena8 Conrad 1855 venus clam Subspecies: Clementia (Clementia) dariena dariena
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"Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea" = Eurytellina punicea8
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Scaphopoda | |
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