PRI station 3139, Bucaru-Punta Guanico (Eocene of Panama)

Where: Panama (7.4° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° N, 104.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tonosí Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit, which is overlain unconformably by late upper Eocene calcareous sandstones. Correlated with the Talara Fm (Peru); subsequently assigned to Tonosi Fm. AGE: Lower part of upper Eocene. Justification for age not given in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, glauconitic sandstone

• COMMENTS: Not stated, but probably shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Glacuonitic calcareous sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on field work by the enterer

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Olsson; reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated, but possibly A.A. Olsson. REPOSITORY: PRI.

Primary reference: A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1939. Aturias from the Eocene of Panama. Journal of Paleontology 13(1):77-79 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80999: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.05.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Only includes Nautiloidea and taxa mentioned in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with relatively modern nomenclature and species resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia panamensis n. sp.2
Aturia panamensis n. sp.2 Miller 1947 nautiloid
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Venericor) tonosiensis n. sp.1
Venericardia (Venericor) tonosiensis n. sp.1 Rustch 1936 clam
1Gardner and Bowles 1939; 2Miller 1947