USGS 6019c, 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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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis
(Röding 1798)
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Woodring 1970 | r category | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea cf. centralis
(Conrad 1841)
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f category | |||||||||
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Crucibulum sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Pleuroliria (? Polystira) sp.
(Woodring 1928)
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Woodring 1970 | r category | ||||||||
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Gemmula vaningeni
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Woodring 1970 | f category | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus carbesea
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Woodring 1970 | r category | ||||||||
| Subspecies: Ficus carbesea micronematica | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Woodring 1970 | r category | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum sp.
Röding 1798
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f category | |||||||||
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? Neverita sp.
Risso 1826
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f category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Varicorbula cf. vieta
(Guppy 1866)
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Lirophora (Lirophora) cf. quirosensis
(Hodson 1927)
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Woodring 1982 | a category | ||||||||
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Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
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Ventricolaria harrisiana
(Olsson 1922)
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Woodring 1982 | c category | ||||||||
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Macrocallista sp.
Meek 1876
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Woodring 1982 | |||||||||
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Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Woodring 1982 | c category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Harvella sp.
(Gray 1853)
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Woodring 1982 | f category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax gonoides
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Solecurtus aff. broggii
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
| Subspecies: Solecurtus aff. broggii gatunensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Eurytellina) vetula
Brown and Pilsbry 1913
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Woodring 1982 | c category | ||||||||
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Strigilla sp.
Turton 1822
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Woodring 1982 | f category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele chipolana
Dall 1900
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Woodring 1982 | c category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) simrothi
(Dall 1900)
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Woodring 1982 | f category | ||||||||
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense
(Gabb 1873)
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Woodring 1982 | a category | ||||||||
| Subspecies: Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense dominicense | ||||||||||
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena
(Dall 1900)
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Woodring 1982 | f category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Parvilucina yaquensis
(Gabb 1873)
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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? Limaria sp.
Link 1807
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Woodring 1982 | r category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Aequipecten canalis
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Woodring 1982 | c category | ||||||||
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Lepidopecten proterus
Woodring 1982
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Woodring 1982 | f category | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Rasia) dariensis
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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Woodring 1973 | c category | ||||||||
| Subspecies: Anadara (Rasia) dariensis progonica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Adrana sp.
Adams and Adams 1858
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Woodring 1973 | f category | ||||||||
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Saccella aff. balboae
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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Woodring 1973 | r category | ||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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? Callianassa sp.
Leach 1814
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Rathbun 1918 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callichiridae
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Callianassa vaughani
Rathbun 1918
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Rathbun 1918 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Aethridae
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Hepatus sp.
Latreille 1802
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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: | 23.03 - 20.44 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 21.6 Ma (Sr isotope) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Culebra | ||||
| 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 argillaceous "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Lime-cemented soft gray to olive-colored limestone, with central parting of dark clay. | |
| 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. 99c | ||
| Database number: | 42630 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-08-03 11:02:09 | Last modified: | 2022-07-20 12:07:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-03 11:02:09 |
| 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:
| 43691 | M. X. Kirby, D. S. Jones, and B. J. MacFadden. 2009. Lower Miocene stratigraphy along the Panama Canal and its bearing on the Central American Peninula. PLoS One 3(7):1-14 [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] |