PRI Pitt Coll. - Sabanita [lower Gatun Fm] (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as GA-9

Where: Panama (9.3° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: lower Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The Gatun Fm rests unconformably on formations of different ages in different parts of the Panama Canal Basin. To the east of Colon, the Gatun Fm rests nonconformably on unamed Cretaceous volcanics. To the west of Colon, including several islands in Lake Gatun, the Gatun Fm rests with angular unconformity on the upper Oligocene Caimito Fm. AGE: Late Miocene, on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy (see Collins and Coates, 1999). AGE: Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 11.5 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. (1999), open, inner neritic.
• LITHOLOGY: Not recorded, but certainly silciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of observation of specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTORS: B. & L. Pitt. REPOSITORIES: PRI, Ithaca.

Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82116: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: Base off of older literature (Woodring, 1957-1980), and therefore variable in quality and resolution. IDENTIFIER A. Hendy and C. Ferguson.
Cirripedia
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Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 ark
Anadara (Rasia) sechurana Olsson 1932 ark
Anadara (Rasia) fissicosta Spieker 1922 ark
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Psammotreta hadra Woodring 1982 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima Brown and Pilsbry 1913 venus clam
Chionopsis tegulum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam
Costacallista leiotera Woodring 1982 venus clam
Lamelliconcha cora Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula oropendula Olsson 1922 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) springvaleense Rutsch 1942 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Eupleura thompsoni Woodring 1959 murex snail
Murex (Murex) sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) sp." = Pyruclia, "Cancellaria (Euclia) dinata" = Euclia, "Cancellaria (Euclia) sp." = Euclia, "Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii, Bivetiella dariena3
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) sp." = Pyruclia Olsson 1932 snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) dinata" = Euclia snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) sp." = Euclia Adams and Adams 1854 snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii Anderson 1929 snail
Bivetiella dariena3 Toula 1908 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis" = Oliva gatunensis
"Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis" = Oliva gatunensis Toula 1908 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus aemulator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus burckhardti Bose 1906 cone shell
[entered as Conus burckharti]
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum spiriferum Dall 1895 auger snail
Oreoterebra sp. Olsson 1967 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana Brown and Pilsbry 1911 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Hanetia dalli Brown and Pilsbry 1911 true whelk
[entered as Hanetia dali]
Nicema amara Woodring 1964 true whelk
Antillophos candeanus d'Orbigny 1842 true whelk
Cymatophos veatchi Olsson 1922 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla dariensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 mitre shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Bursa rugosa2 Sowerby 1835 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Echinophoria sp. Sacco 1890 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea ringens1 Swainson 1822 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
"Distorsio decussatus" = Distorsio decussata
"Distorsio decussatus" = Distorsio decussata Valenciennes 1832 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis granifera Say 1824 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857 turret shell