Woodring Loc. 155 - Gatun Third Locks [middle Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
collected by Thompson 1942

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Where & when
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Taxonomic list
unclassified
Nannodrillia rintriada
Woodring 1970 R category
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus (Gadilopsis) dentalinus
Woodring 1973 F category
spelled with current rank as Gadilopsis
Cadulus (Platyschides) bushii
Woodring 1973 R category
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis (Röding 1798)
Woodring 1959 C category
original and current combination Architectonica nobilis
SUBSPECIES: Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis nobilis
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma (Leiotrochus) eremum Woodring 1957
recombined as Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) eremum
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnella atacata Woodring 1928
Woodring 1970 F category
SUBSPECIES: Cylichnella atacata stibara
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium nugatorium Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Woodring 1959 F category
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857
SUBSPECIES: Turritella gatunensis gatunensis
Turritella mimetes Brown and Pilsbry 1911
recombined as Turritella (Broderiptella) mimetes
Turritella (Torcula) altilira (Conrad 1857)
SUBSPECIES: Turritella (Torcula) altilira altilira
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) chipolanum (Dall 1892)
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) springvaleense (Rutsch 1942)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita (Glossaulax) xena
SUBSPECIES: Neverita (Glossaulax) reclusiana xena
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917
Stigmaulax guppiana (Toula 1909)
Natica (Naticarius) stenopa
original and current combination Naticarius
Natica (Natica) bolus Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Sinum gabbi (Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Costoanachis) mira (Dall 1896)
Woodring 1964 F category
SUBSPECIES: Anachis (Costoanachis) mira mira
Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1964 R category
Strombina (Strombina) ochyra Woodring 1964
Woodring 1964 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria gorgasiana Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Woodring 1964 R category
recombined as Pleuroploca gorgasiana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Pallacera aff. guadelupensis (Petit 1852)
Woodring 1964 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cymatophos veatchi (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1964 R category
SUBSPECIES: Cymatophos veatchi veatchi
Cymatophos subsemicostatus (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1964 F category
Hanetia dalli (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1964 R category
SUBSPECIES: Hanetia dalli dalli
Metula gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Woodring 1964 R category
Antillophos (Antillophos) candei (d'Orbigny 1842)
Woodring 1964 A category
recombined as Antillophos candeanus
SUBSPECIES: Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis
Antillophos (Ripophos) metuloides (Dall 1896)
Woodring 1964 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera (Guppy 1876)
Woodring 1970 C category
recombined as Bivetiella epistomifera
SUBSPECIES: Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera dariena
Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii (Anderson 1929)
Woodring 1970 R category
recombined as Euclia codazzii
Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi Olsson 1942
Woodring 1970 R category
recombined as Massyla terryi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Tiara) longa (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1964 R category
recombined as Subcancilla longa
SUBSPECIES: Mitra (Tiara) longa longa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors (Sowerby 1850)
Woodring 1970 C category
recombined as Hindsiclava consors
SUBSPECIES: Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors consors
Clathrodrillia gatunensis (Toula 1909)
Woodring 1970 C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) stenotella Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) dentiferum (Gabb 1872)
Woodring 1970 F category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum spiriferum (Dall 1895)
Woodring 1970 F category
Strioterebrum wolfgangi (Toula 1909)
Woodring 1970 R category
Strioterebrum oresignum Olsson 1964
Woodring 1970 R category
Terebra (Oreoterebra) isaacpetiti (Maury 1925)
Woodring 1970 R category
Terebra (Oreoterebra) subsulcifera (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1970 F category
SUBSPECIES: Terebra (Oreoterebra) subsulcifera subsulcifera
Terebra (Paraterebra) aff. taurina (Lightfoot 1786)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus aemulator Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Woodring 1970 C category
Conus cf. catenatus Sowerby 1849
Woodring 1970 F category
Conus burckhardti Bose 1906
Woodring 1970 C category
INCLUDES: Conus burckhardti burckhardti & Conus burckhardti harrisi
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Woodring 1970 C category
SUBSPECIES: Conus imitator imitator
Conus bravoi (Spieker 1922)
Woodring 1970 R category
Woodring 1970 C category
Conus spurius Gmelin 1791
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurolira (Polystira) tenagos Gardner 1947
Woodring 1970 C category
    = Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
Todd and Johnson 2013
Gemmula vaningeni (Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
Woodring 1970 R category
Lepicythara heptagona (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1970 R category
Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1970 C category
recombined as Cruziturricula fusinus
SUBSPECIES: Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus fusinus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Microdrillia trina Mansfield 1925
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia testacea (Lamarck 1811)
Woodring 1964 F category
SUBSPECIES: Agaronia testacea mancinella
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis (Toula 1908)
Woodring 1964 A category
original and current combination Oliva gatunensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Xancus dodonaius
Woodring 1964 R category
replaced by Turbinella
Xancus validus in Woodring (1964); SUBSPECIES: Xancus dodonaius praelaevigatus in Woodring (1973)
Xancus validus (Sowerby 1850)
Woodring 1973 R category
recombined as Turbinella valida
Xancus validus in Woodring (1964); Xancus validus hystericus in Woodring (1973)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarina leander (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Paziella (Panamurex) gatunensis (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1959 R category
recombined as Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis
Murex (Murex) recurvirostris (Broderip 1832)
Woodring 1959 R category
recombined as Vokesimurex recurvirostris
SUBSPECIES: Murex (Murex) recurvirostris recurvirostris
Murex (Murex) polynematicus (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1959 R category
recombined as Vokesimurex polynematicus
Murex (Chicoreus) brevifrons (Lamarck 1822)
Woodring 1959 R category
recombined as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) brevifrons
Eupleura thompsoni Woodring 1959
Woodring 1959 R category
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus gatunensis Toula 1908
Woodring 1959 C category
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea (Muracypraea) henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Woodring 1959 F category
recombined as Muracypraea henekeni
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) keenae n. sp. Woodring 1959
Woodring 1959 R category
recombined as Sphaerocypraea wegeneri keenae
[entered as Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) kennae]
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea cf. elliptica Pilsbry and Johnston 1917
Woodring 1959 R category
Malea camura Guppy 1866
Woodring 1959 R category
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata (Valenciennes 1832)
Woodring 1959 R category
recombined as Distorsio decussata
SUBSPECIES: Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata gatunensis
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa (Colubrellina) caelata (Broderip 1833)
Woodring 1959 R category
synonym of Bursa corrugata
SUBSPECIES: Bursa (Colubrellina) caelata amphitrites
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Woodring 1959 R category
SUBSPECIES Sconsia laevigata sublaevigata
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus aff. floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953
Woodring 1959 R category
Serpulorbis papulosus (Guppy 1866)
Woodring 1959 F category
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima nobilis Guppy 1896
Woodring 1970 R category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Flabellipecten gatunensis (Toula 1909)
Woodring 1982 F category
recombined as Leopecten gatunensis
SUBSPECIES: Flabellipecten gatunensis gatunensis
Lepidopecten scissuratus (Dall 1898)
Woodring 1982 F category
Amusium toulae (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1982 R category
Argopecten levicostatus (Toula 1909)
Woodring 1982 F category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria inornata (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1973 R category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia (Noetia) reversa (Sowerby 1833)
Woodring 1973 F category
recombined as Noetia reversa
SUBSPECIES: Noetia (Noetia) reversa macdonaldi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1973 C category
SUBSPECIES: Anadara (Rasia) dariensis dariensis
Anadara (Potiarca) chavezi
Woodring 1973 R category
Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1973 R category
SUBSPECIES: Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi veatchi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) carbasina Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Woodring 1973 F category
Glycymeris (Tucetona) secticostata
Woodring 1973 R category
original and current combination Tucetona
SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris (Tucetona) secticostata schencki
Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata (Gmelin 1791)
Woodring 1973 F category
recombined as Tucetona pectinata
SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata canalis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) striatum
Woodring 1982 F category
Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum (Dall 1900)
Woodring 1982 F category
SUBSPECIES: Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum costaricanum
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1982 F category
SUBSPECIES: Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense dominicense
Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus 1758)
Woodring 1982 R category
replaced by Laevicardium serratum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra (Abra) lioica (Dall 1886)
Woodring 1982 R category
Ervilia valhosierr Gardner 1928
Woodring 1982 R category
Semele laevis (Sowerby 1833)
Woodring 1982 R category
SUBSPECIES: Semele laevis costaricensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Psammacoma gatunensis (Toula 1909)
Woodring 1982 F category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927
Woodring 1982 C category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis (Conrad 1855)
Woodring 1982 C category
Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1982 F category
Hysteroconcha rosea (Broderip and Sowerby 1851)
Woodring 1982 R category
SUBSPECIES: Hysteroconcha rosea vanwinkleae
Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis (Dall 1903)
Woodring 1982 C category
recombined as Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis
Clementia (Clementia) dariena (Conrad 1855)
Woodring 1982 C category
SUBSPECIES: Clementia (Clementia) dariena dariena
Cyclinella cyclica (Guppy 1866)
Woodring 1982 R category
Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
Woodring 1982 R category
recombined as Macrocallista maculata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Harvella elegans (Sowerby 1825)
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta hasletti (Anderson 1929)
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula oropendula (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1982 F category
SUBSPECIES: Caryocorbula oropendula stena
Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) gatunensis (Toula 1909)
Woodring 1982 C category
Varicorbula islatrinitatis (Maury 1925)
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Bellucina actinus (Dall 1903)
Woodring 1982 C category
Miltha chipolana (Dall 1903)
Woodring 1982 R category
Pegophysema janus (Dall 1903)
Woodring 1982 C category
Lucinisca bocasensis (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) elassa Woodring 1982
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Glyptoactis) aversa (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Woodring 1982 R category
Pleuromeris aff. acaris (Dall 1903)
Woodring 1982 R category
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Colon
Coordinates: 9.3° North, 79.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.0° North, 78.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Age estimate:10.1 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gatun Member:middle Gatun
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From middle part of the Gatun Formation. The Gatun Formation is sibdivided into three faunal zones (proposed by Thomson and Keen, 1946): lower, middle, and upper. AGE: Late Miocene, on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy (see Collins and Coates, 1999), refined by enterer to Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 10.1 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Units 11 and 12 of section on p. 44.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine poorly lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Fine sandstone and siltstone.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: No specific environmental data presented.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:CAS
Collectors:Thompson Collection dates:1942
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: T.F. Thompson, 1942. REPOSITORY: Stanford University (CAS).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publications, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:SU 2653; WG155
Database number:145254
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-05-31 05:39:31 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2013-05-31 05:39:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11306. W. P. Woodring. 1957. Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(A) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

48647 J. A. Todd and K. G. Johnson. 2013. Dissecting a marine snail species radiation (Conoidea: Turridae: Polystira) over 12 million years in the southwestern Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science 89(4) [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
11372 W. P. Woodring. 1959. Geology and paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Vermetidae to Thaididae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(B):147-239 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13232 W. P. Woodring. 1964. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Columbellidae to Volutidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(C):241-297 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13236 W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299-452 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13235 W. P. Woodring. 1973. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(E):453-539 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13359 W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]