Water Cay [Cayo Agua Fm]: Piacenzian, Panama
collected by Olsson

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella altilira Conrad 1857
recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira
SUBSPECIES: Turritella altilira costaricensis
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Ancillaria aquaensis Olsson 1922
recombined as Ancilla (Eburna) aquaensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex messorius Sowerby 1841
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Solenosteira vaughani Dall 1903
SUBSPECIES: Solenosteira vaughani medioamericana
Solenosteira chiriquiensis n. sp. Olsson 1922
Phos mexicanus Bose 1906
recombined as Antillophos (Antillophos) mexicanus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria gorgasiana Brown and Pilsbry 1913
recombined as Pleuroploca gorgasiana
Peristernia insula n. sp. Olsson 1922
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina chrirquiensis n. sp.
Strombina cricamola n. sp. Olsson 1922
recombined as Strombina (Lirastrombina) cricamola
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria dariena Toula 1908
recombined as Bivetiella dariena
Cancellaria mauryae Olsson 1922
recombined as Cancellaria (Cancellaria) mauryae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Scobinella morierei (Cossmann 1913)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Conus burckhardti Bose 1906
Conus concavitectum Brown and Pilsbry 1911
synonym of Conus molis
Conus veatchi Olsson 1922
Conus proteus Hwass 1792
synonym of Conus spurius
Conus multistriatus Olsson 1922
recombined as Conasprelloides multiliratus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Ancistrosyrinx dalli Olsson 1922
recombined as Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) dalli
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia aquaensis n. sp.
Drillia aquanica n. sp. Olsson 1922
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra spirifera (Dall 1895)
recombined as Strioterebrum spiriferum
Terebra gausapata Brown and Pilsbry 1911
recombined as Strioterebrum gausapatum
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea almirantensis Olsson 1922
recombined as Siphocypraea almirantensis
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus gatunensis Toula 1908
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
SUBSPECIES: Sconsia laevigata gabbi
    = Sconsia grayi Adams 1855
Beu 2010
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica guppyana (Toula 1909)
recombined as Stigmaulax guppiana
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica granulata (Lamarck 1822)
synonym of Architectonica nobilis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites reevei Gabb 1873
recombined as Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei
Crassatellites (Crassinella) midiensis Olsson 1922
recombined as Crassinella midiensis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula vieta Guppy 1866
recombined as Varicorbula vieta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione chiriquiensis n. sp. Olsson 1922
recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) chiriquiensis
Antigona multicostata (Sowerby 1835)
recombined as Periglypta multicostata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata Conrad 1833
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta insula n. sp. Olsson 1922
recombined as Felaniella insula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Lophocardium) gurabica (Maury 1917)
recombined as Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabicum
Cardium (Trachycardium) stiriatum Brown and Pilsbry 1911
recombined as Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) stiriatum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina rovala n. sp. Olsson 1922
recombined as Tellinella rovala
Tellina (Eurytellina) dariena Conrad 1855
synonym of Eurytellina punicea
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris jamaicensis Dall 1898
recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Scapharca) henekeni (Maury 1917)
recombined as Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni
Arca (Scapharca) veatchi (Olsson 1922)
recombined as Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi
Arca (Scapharca) dariensis (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) dariensis
Arca (Scapharca) actinophora (Dall 1898)
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) actinophora
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea megodon Hanley 1846
recombined as Undulostrea megodon
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula marginata Say 1824
synonym of Plicatula gibbosa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten gatunensis (Toula 1909)
recombined as Leopecten gatunensis
Pecten (Chlamys) levicostatus (Toula 1909)
recombined as Argopecten levicostatus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus chiriquiensis n. sp. Olsson 1922
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama
Coordinates: 9.2° North, 82.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.1° North, 81.6° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Piacenzian
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:3.6 Ma (other)3.6 to 3.5 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Bocas del Toro Formation:Cayo Agua
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: the Cayo Agua Fm is equivalent in age to the upper part of the Shark Hole Point Fm and the lower part of the Escudo de Veraguas Fm, no contacts are known. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,shelly/skeletal,gray,blue poorly lithified argillaceous,silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 29), pervasively bioturbated gray blue, muddy, silty, lithic sandstone with comon horizons of abundant thick shelled mollusks and ahermatypic corals.
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 94), open inner neritic, estimated depth of 30 m.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI
Collectors:Olsson
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Olsson, A. REPOSITORY: PRI.
Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: antiquated nomenclature, with species-level identifications. COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda.
Metadata
Database number:134663
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-10-12 06:23:22 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-10-12 06:23:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43229. A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]