USGS 6019g, Canal Zone: Aquitanian, Panama
collected by D.F. MacDonald, T.W. Vaughan 1911
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Echinolampadoida
- Echinolampadidae
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Echinolampas semiorbis
Guppy 1866
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Jackson 1917 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Globularia (Globularia) aff. fischeri
(Dall 1892)
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Gastropoda
- Thersiteidae
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Orthaulax gabbi
Dall 1890
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Woodring 1970 | r category | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Woodring 1970 | f category | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea cf. chilona
Dall 1900
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Woodring 1970 | r category | ||||||||
| recombined as Loxacypraea chilona | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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r category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus carbesea
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Woodring 1970 | f category | ||||||||
| Subspecies: Ficus carbesea micronematica | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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? Serpulorbis sp.
Sasso 1827
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Woodring 1970 | r category | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) carbasina
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Woodring 1973 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Rasia) cf. medioamericana
(Olsson 1922)
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Woodring 1973 | f category | ||||||||
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Barbatia (Barbatia) cancellaria
(Lamarck 1819)
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Woodring 1973 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Cyclopecten informal sp. A
Verrill 1897
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium sol
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Woodring 1982 | f category | ||||||||
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Lepidopecten proterus
Woodring 1982
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Woodring 1982 | f category | ||||||||
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Aequipecten canalis
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Woodring 1982 | a category | ||||||||
| recombined as Mimachlamys canalis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus scotti
Brown and Pilsbry 1913
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Hyotissa haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes sp.
Swainson 1840
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Woodring 1973 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus incrassatus
Gabb 1873
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Woodring 1982 | f category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Varicorbula sp.
Grant and Gale 1931
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Woodring 1982 | c category | ||||||||
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Ventricolaria harrisiana
(Olsson 1922)
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Woodring 1982 | f category | ||||||||
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Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Woodring 1982 | c category | ||||||||
| recombined as Macrocallista maculata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama strepta
Woodring 1982
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense
(Gabb 1873)
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Woodring 1982 | c category | ||||||||
| Subspecies: Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense dominicense | ||||||||||
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Trachycardium (Trachycardium) cf. isocardia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
| Trachycardium isocardia | ||||||||||
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Laevicardium laevigatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
| replaced by Laevicardium serratum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Eurytellina) vetula
Brown and Pilsbry 1913
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele chipolana
Dall 1900
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solenidae indet.
Lamarck 1809
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia (Glyptoactis) metaicha
Woodring 1982
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Woodring 1982 | f category | ||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Palaemoninae
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Macrobrachium sp.
Bate 1868
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Rathbun 1918 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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Callianassa tenuis n. sp.
Rathbun 1918
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Rathbun 1918 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Parthenopidae
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Parthenope panamensis n. sp.
Rathbun 1918
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Calappidae
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Mursia macdonaldi n. sp.
Rathbun 1918
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Rathbun 1918 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.1° North, 79.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.1° North, 77.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Aquitanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Aquitanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 21.6 Ma (Sr isotope) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Culebra | Member: | lower | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Culebra Formation, which unconformably overlies the Las Cascadas agglomerate; reassigned to La Boca Fm in subsequent publications of Woodring (e.g., 1973, 1982), but further emended by Kirby et al. (2009) to the lower member of the Culebra Formation. AGE: Early Miocene in text; direct date extrapolated from Kirby et al. (1999), =Aquitanian. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: "Fifth or topmost lmestone. Emperador Limestone" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | D.F. MacDonald, T.W. Vaughan | Collection dates: | 1911 |
| Collection method comments: Collected by MacDonald and Vaughan (1911). Material is also held (but not specified for any specific collection) at Stanford University, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Corenell University, PRI, U. Cal. and Cal. Acad. Sci. Locality now unaccessible (submerged). | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for gastropoda. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Woodring Loc. 99g | ||
| Database number: | 42627 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-08-03 11:00:53 | Last modified: | 2022-07-20 12:35:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-03 11:00:53 |
| 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:
| 47065 | R. T. Jackson. 1917. Fossil Echini of the Panama Canal Zone and Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Unites States National Museum 53:489-501 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 43320 | decapod | M. J. Rathbun. 1918. Decapod crustaceans from the Panama region. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 103:123-184 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/M. Clapham] |
| 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] |