PPP# 1075 - Sabanita [lower Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
collected 1992

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa sp. Stenzel 1971
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinnidae indet. Leach 1819
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Leptopecten sp. Verrill 1897
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Leptopecten ecnomius Woodring 1982
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Jung 1989 14 specimens
Anadara (Rasia) fissicosta (Spieker 1922)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Anadara (Cunearca) sp. (Dall 1898)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Anadara (Diluvarca) sp. (Woodring 1925)
Jung 1989 63 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia (Noetia) sp. Gray 1857
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) sp. Stewart 1930
Jung 1989 17 specimens
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium (Mexicardia) sp. Stewart 1930
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sp. Stewart 1930
Jung 1989 2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Dallocardia
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Dinocardium sp. Dall 1900
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 51 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Eurytellina informal sp. 1 Fischer 1887
Jung 1989 6 specimens
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina)
Eurytellina informal sp. 2 Fischer 1887
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina)
Psammacoma sp. Dall 1900
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Macoma (Psammacoma)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta sp. Gray 1853
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae informal indet. 1 Rafinesque 1815
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Veneridae informal indet. 2 Rafinesque 1815
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. (Grant and Gale 1931)
Jung 1989 34 specimens
Clementia (Clementia) sp. Gray 1842
Jung 1989 26 specimens
Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Pitar (Pitar) sp. Römer 1857
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Lamelliconcha sp. Dall 1902
Jung 1989 27 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Leptonidae
Temblornia sp. Keen 1943
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula stena
Jung 1989 15 specimens
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Caryocorbula prenasuta (Olsson 1964)
Jung 1989 28 specimens
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Gadila sp. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. (Say 1824)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Crepidula (Ianacus) sp. (Mörch 1852)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp. (Pilsbry 1922)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Teinostoma (Idioraphie)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Eupleura sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Jung 1989 61 specimens
Cymia (Cymia) sp. Mörch 1860
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) informal sp. 1 Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) informal sp. 2 Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) informal sp. 3 Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) informal sp. 4 Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Cancellaria (Euclia) dinota Woodring 1970
Jung 1989 8 specimens
recombined as Euclia dinota
Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii (Anderson 1929)
Jung 1989 70 specimens
recombined as Euclia codazzii
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis (Toula 1908)
Jung 1989 8 specimens
original and current combination Oliva gatunensis
Olivella (Niteoliva) sp. Olsson 1956
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus informal sp. 1 Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Conus informal sp. 2 Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Conus informal sp. 3 Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Conus informal sp. 4 Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum informal sp. 1 Sacco 1891
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Strioterebrum informal sp. 2 Sacco 1891
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Strioterebrum informal sp. 3 Sacco 1891
Jung 1989 35 specimens
Strioterebrum spiriferum (Dall 1895)
Jung 1989 56 specimens
Terebra (Panaterebra) sp. Olsson 1967
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Terebra (Oreoterebra) sp. Olsson 1967
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 15 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Psilarius sp. Woodring 1964
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Nassarius (Nanarius) sp. (Woodring 1964)
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Strombina) sp. Mörch 1858
Jung 1989 8 specimens
Glyptaesopus sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Aesopus (Glyptaesopus)
Costoanachis sp. Sacco 1890
Jung 1989 2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Anachis (Costoanachis)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Hindsia sp. Adams 1853
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Solenosteira sp. Dall 1890
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Nicema sp. Woodring 1964
Jung 1989 17 specimens
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Cymatophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Jung 1989 476 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa rugosa (Sowerby 1835)
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis (Tylocassis) sp. (Woodring 1928)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
synonym of Semicassis
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea sp. Valenciennes 1833
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio decussata (Valenciennes 1832)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Sinum sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Neverita (Glossaulax) sp. (Pilsbry 1929)
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 55 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella informal sp. 2 Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Turritella informal sp. 3 Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Turritella informal sp. 4 Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Turritella informal sp. 5 Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926
Jung 1989 22 specimens
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Solariorbis (Solariorbis) sp. Conrad 1865
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia sp. Bronn 1838
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama
Coordinates: 9.3° North, 79.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.1° North, 78.4° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Age estimate:11.5 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gatun
Local section:Sabanita to Payardi Local bed:91.5 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSRATIGRAPHY: From the Gatun Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Late Miocene in text, earliest Tortonian on composite stratigraphic columns (e.g. Hendy 2013). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower part of the Gatun Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,fine poorly lithified silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Soft, silty fine-grained sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of observed specimens.
Environment:shoreface
Geology comments: Lithology is fine (typically silty) and often contains whole shells, but there is also shell hash that is sometimes packed into burrows, suggesting some wave energy. All faunal evidence suggests shallow conditions, less than 30-50 m, for most of the Gatun Formation. The area around Sabanita contains the shallowest-water faunas according to Hendy (2013), consistent with water depths <10 m.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:NMB
Collection dates:1992
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: 12/9/92. REPOSITORY: NMB.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs and fish. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature. Subgenus-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:NMB Loc. 18322
Database number:145524
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2013-06-05 06:40:29 Last modified:2019-08-09 23:13:27
Access level:the public Released:2013-06-05 06:40:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

47055. O. Aguilera and D. R. de Aguilera. 1999. Bathymetric distribution of Miocene to Pleistocene Caribbean teleostean fishes from the coast of Panama and Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:251-269 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]