PPP# 2206 - Punta de Toro [Nancy Point Fm]: Messinian, Panama
collected by Jung et al 1995

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila sp. Adams and Adams 1858
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Nucula (Nucula) sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina sp. Gray 1842
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Amusium mimyum Woodring 1982
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. (Iredale 1939)
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Anadara (Sectiarca) sp. (Olsson 1961)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia (Noetia) sp. Gray 1857
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardites sp. Link 1807
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822
Jung 1989 32 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Lirophora (Lirophora) sp. Conrad 1863
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula sp. Grant and Gale 1931
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula)
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Paradentalium sp. Cotton and Godfrey 1933
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Tesseracme sp. Pilsbry 1898
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Callolongchaeus sp. Dall 1903
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula (Crepidula) sp. Lamack 1799
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus (Strombus) sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
Proximitra sp. Finlay 1927
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarina sp. (Hinds 1844)
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Trachypollia sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Poirieria (Panamurex) sp. (Woodring 1959)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) sp. (Cossmann 1903)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 63 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Admetula valientensis Landau et al. 2012
Landau et al. 2012 1 specimen
Sveltia sp. Jousseaume 1887
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Agatrix beatrix (Olsson 1964)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) sp. (Jousseaume 1887)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
original and current combination Ventrilia
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Cancellaria pilula Landau et al. 2012
Landau et al. 2012 5 specimens
Narona decaptyx (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Massyla cumingiana (Petit de la Saussaye 1844)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Euclia leuzingeri (Rutsch 1934)
Landau et al. 2012 2 specimens
Cancellaria (Bivetiella) sp. Wenz 1943
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Bivetiella
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp. (Gray 1839)
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Strephonella) sp. Dall 1909
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789
Jung 1989 21 specimens
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Olivella (Niteoliva) sp. Olsson 1956
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Olivella (Toroliva) sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 11 specimens
Olivella (Dactylidia) sp. (Adams and Adams 1853)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Agladrillia (Eumetadrillia) sp. (Woodring 1928)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Hindsiclava sp. Hertlein and Strong 1955
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Syntomodrillia sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Cerodrillia sp. Bartsch and Rehder 1939
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
Jung 1989 75 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Scobinella sp. Conrad 1848
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Lepicythara sp. Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gemmula sp. (Weinkauff 1875)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 23 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Calophos sp. Woodring 1964
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Nassarius (Hinia) sp. (Gray 1847)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Strombina) lesseptiana
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Strombina (Lirastrombina) cricamola (Olsson 1922)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Sincola (Sincola) sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Parvanachis sp. Radwin 1968
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Metaphos sp. Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Strombinophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Jung 1989 86 specimens
Solenosteira sp. Dall 1890
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 33 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis granulata (Born 1778)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Echinophoria hadra (Woodring and Olsson 1957)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Sconsia sublaevigata (Guppy 1866)
Jung 1989 23 specimens
synonym of Sconsia grayi
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio gatunensis (Toula 1909)
Jung 1989 4 specimens
synonym of Distorsio decussata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 11 specimens
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852
Jung 1989 10 specimens
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Balcis sp. Leach 1847
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Crassispira (Crassispirella) sp. ()
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Lioglyphostoma sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Miraclathurella sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 8 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816
Jung 1989 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Bocas del Toro
Coordinates: 9.1° North, 81.9° 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; 99 m in section 15 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 et al Collection dates:1995
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Peter Jung, Jon Todd, and H. Fortunato, 18.9.1995. REPOSITORY: 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. 18705
Database number:135828
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-11-10 16:38:30 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-11-10 16:38:30
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:

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]