PPP# 191 - Finger Island [Nancy Point Fm]: Messinian, Panama
collected by Jung & Ventocilla 1987

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Solatisonax sp. Iredale 1931
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
Jung 1989 10 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Tesseracme sp. Pilsbry 1898
Jung 1989 25 specimens
Paradentalium sp. Cotton and Godfrey 1933
Jung 1989 38 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Eulimastoma sp. Bartsch 1916
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Pyrgiscus sp. Philippi 1841
Jung 1989 3 specimens
spelled with current rank as Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus)
Ugartea sp. Bartsch 1917
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Chemnitzia sp. d'Orbigny 1840
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Callolongchaeus sp. Dall 1903
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 11 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Smaragdia sp. Issel 1869
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Carinodrillia sp. (Dall 1919)
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Miraclathurella sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Crassispira (Striospira) sp. Swainson 1840
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Compsodrillia sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 8 specimens
Lioglyphostoma sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Epitonium) sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Opalia (Nodiscala) sp. (De Boury 1890)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Scalina sp. Conrad 1865
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Springvaleia sp. Rutsch 1934
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Niso sp. Risso 1826
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. (Say 1824)
Jung 1989 8 specimens
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 16 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa rugosa (Sowerby 1835)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia sublaevigata (Guppy 1866)
Jung 1989 18 specimens
synonym of Sconsia grayi
Echinophoria sp. Sacco 1890
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Semicassis (Tylocassis) centiquadrata (Valenciennes 1832)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
    = Semicassis granulata Born 1778
Beu 2010
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio gatunensis (Toula 1909)
Jung 1989 8 specimens
synonym of Distorsio decussata
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus (Strombus) sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarina sp. (Hinds 1844)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840
Jung 1989 8 specimens
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) sp. (Swainson 1830)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
original and current combination Phyllonotus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Fusimitra) sp. (Conrad 1855)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
original and current combination Fusimitra
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 15 specimens
Mitra (Nebularia) sp. (Swainson 1840)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Oliva (Strephonella) sp. Dall 1909
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Olivella (Toroliva) sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Nassarius (Hinia) sp. (Gray 1847)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Calophos sp. Woodring 1964
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Solenosteira sp. Dall 1890
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 32 specimens
Metaphos sp. Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus (Polygona) sp. (Schumacher 1817)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Costoanachis sp. Sacco 1890
Jung 1989 7 specimens
spelled with current rank as Anachis (Costoanachis)
Nassarina (Zanassarina) sp. Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Strombinella sp. Dall 1896
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Sincola sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Parametaria sp. Dall 1916
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Syntomodrillia sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 29 specimens
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Leptadrillia sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Hindsiclava sp. Hertlein and Strong 1955
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Bactrocythara sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Ithycythara sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp. Dall 1918
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 62 specimens
Scobinella sp. Conrad 1848
Jung 1989 11 specimens
Lepicythara sp. Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
Jung 1989 30 specimens
Terebra (Oreoterebra) sp. Olsson 1967
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Phymorhynchus sp. Dall 1908
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) sp. Gabb 1872
Jung 1989 8 specimens
Nannodiella sp. (Dall 1919)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 88 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) sp. (Dall 1881)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
synonym of Cochlespira
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria pilula Landau et al. 2012
Landau et al. 2012 2 specimens
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Cancellaria anomoia (Woodring 1970)
Landau et al. 2012 2 specimens
Cancellaria petiti (Olsson 1967)
Landau et al. 2012 1 specimen
Euclia leuzingeri (Rutsch 1934)
Landau et al. 2012 1 specimen
Narona decaptyx (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Landau et al. 2012 4 specimens
Axelella sp. Petit 1988
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Ventrilia plummeri (Olsson 1922)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Cancellaria (Massyla) sp. (Adams and Adams 1854)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
original and current combination Massyla
Massyla cumingiana (Petit de la Saussaye 1844)
Landau et al. 2012 2 specimens
Cancellaria (Charcolleria) sp. Olsson 1942
Jung 1989 1 specimen
synonym of Massyla
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Fusiturricula sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Naticarius) sp. (Dumeril 1806)
Jung 1989 12 specimens
original and current combination Naticarius
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 16 specimens
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma (Aepystoma) sp. (Woodring 1957)
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp. (Pilsbry 1922)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Teinostoma (Idioraphie)
Cochliolepis sp. Stimpson 1858
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Caecum sp. Fleming 1813
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania sp. Risso 1826
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Microgaza sp. Dall 1881
Jung 1989 13 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Costelloleda sp. Hertlein and Strong 1940
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925
Jung 1989 31 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila sp. Adams and Adams 1858
Jung 1989 11 specimens
Nucula (Nucula) sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreola sp. Monterosato 1884
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina sp. Gray 1842
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Amusium mimyum Woodring 1982
Jung 1989 10 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Sectiarca) sp. (Olsson 1961)
Jung 1989 17 specimens
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. (Iredale 1939)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Pleurolucina sp. (Dall 1901)
Jung 1989 15 specimens
original and current combination Linga (Pleurolucina)
Parvilucina sp. (Dall 1901)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Myrtea sp. Turton 1822
Jung 1989 8 specimens
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Trigonulina sp. d'Orbigny 1946
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Vokesula sp. Stenzel and J. T 1957
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
Jung 1989 9 specimens
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Montacutidae
Mysella (Mysella) sp. Angas 1877
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Dosinia) sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Phyllodina) sp. Dall 1900
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822
Jung 1989 34 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874
Jung 1989 29 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae
Tellidorella sp. Berry 1963
Jung 1989 124 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardites sp. Link 1807
Jung 1989 6 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Bocas del Toro
Coordinates: 9.1° North, 82.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.0° North, 81.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Messinian Nannofossil zone: NN11
Age range of interval:7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Age estimate:6.1 Ma (other)6.5 to 5.6 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Bocas del Toro Formation:Nancy Point
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Nancy Point Fm is conformable with the Tobabe Fm below and the Shark Hole Point Fm above. AGE: from Collins et al. (1999), an age range of 8.2-5.6 Ma, Late Miocene, though PPP dataset indicates an age of 6.5-5.6 Ma; NN11 (Discoaster quinqueramus); also contains planktonic foraminifers Globigerinoides conglobatus, Globorotalia plesiotumida, and Globigerinoides seigliei. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From silts with concretions, about 25°W dipping; rich in molluscs, scattered; 48.625 m in section 14 of Coates & Collins (1999).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary poorly lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Silts with concretions, about 25°W dipping; rich in molluscs, scattered. LITHIFICATION: Not stated in text, but known to be poorly lithified by enterer; figured specimens appear to have been cleaned of sediment.
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMB
Collectors:Jung & Ventocilla Collection dates:1987
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Peter Jung & Yira Ventocilla, 10.8.1987. REPOSITORIES: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB),
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature, though only identified to subgenus resolution.
Metadata
Also known as:NMB Loc. 17629
Database number:135816
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-11-10 05:41:28 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-11-10 05:41:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17667. L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357) [A. Miller/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]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43469 B. D. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama, with the description of seven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(2):311-339 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]