Woodring Loc. 137 - Sabanita [lower Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Niso (Niso) mesata Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 F category
Balcis (Balcis) jacululum (Maury 1917)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula cf. maculosa Conrad 1846
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) springvaleense (Rutsch 1942)
Calyptraea centralis (Conrad 1841)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Torcula) alitilira
original and current combination Torcula
Subspecies: Turritella (Torcula) alitilira praecellens
Turritella bifastigata Nelson 1870
recombined as Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857
Subspecies: Turritella gatunensis gatunensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Niteoliva) terryi Olsson 1956
Woodring 1964 A category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cymatophos veatchi (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1964 C category
Subspecies: Cymatophos veatchi veatchi
Strombinophos mimicus n. sp. Woodring 1964
Woodring 1964 R category
Hanetia dalli (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1964 R category
Subspecies: Hanetia dalli protera
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Nassarius) parapristus (Gardner 1944)
Woodring 1964 C category
Subspecies: Nassarius (Nassarius) parapristus conarus
Nassarius (? Uzita) praeambiguus (Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
Woodring 1964 C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1964 R category
Anachis (Costoanachis) mira (Dall 1896)
Woodring 1964 F category
Subspecies: Anachis (Costoanachis) mira fugax
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena melongena (Linnaeus 1758)
Woodring 1964 R category
Subspecies: Melongena melongena consors
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Woodring 1970 F category
Subspecies: Conus imitator imitator
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Eupleura thompsoni n. sp. Woodring 1959
Woodring 1964 C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola (Anderson 1929)
Woodring 1970 R category
Subspecies: Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola cibarcola
Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii (Anderson 1929)
Woodring 1970 R category
recombined as Euclia codazzii
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera (Guppy 1876)
Woodring 1970 R category
Subspecies: Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epsitomitera dariena
    = Bivetiella dariena Toula 1908
Landau et al. 2012
Cancellaria (Naronia) barystoma Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 R category
recombined as Narona barystoma
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) aff. macneili (Mansfield 1937)
Woodring 1970 R category
    = Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799
Landau et al. 2012
Cancellaria s.l. sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917
Neverita (Glossaulax) reclusiana (Deshayes 1839)
recombined as Glossaulax reclusiana
Subspecies: Neverita (Glossaulax) reclusiana xena
Natica (Naticarius) stenopa n. sp.
Stigmaulax guppiana (Toula 1909)
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma (Aepystoma) andrium
Teinostoma (Idioraphe) angulatum n. sp.
spelled with current rank as Teinostoma (Idioraphie)
Subpecies: Teinostoma (Idioraphe) angulatum trochalum
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis (Röding 1798)
Woodring 1959 R category
original and current combination Architectonica nobilis
Subspecies: Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis nobilis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) fissicosta (Spieker 1922)
Woodring 1973 C category
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1973 R category
Subspecies: Anadara (Rasia) dariensis dariensis
Anadara (Potiarca) chavezi
Woodring 1973 F category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Leptopecten ecnomius Woodring 1982
Woodring 1982 A category
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Bellucina actinus (Dall 1903)
Woodring 1982 F category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula oropendula (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1982 A category
Subspecies: Caryocorbula oropendula stena
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Lamelliconcha cora (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1982 F category
Tivela mactroides (Born 1778)
Woodring 1982 R category
recombined as Tivela (Tivela) mactroides
Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
Woodring 1982 A category
recombined as Macrocallista maculata
Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis (Hodson et al. 1927)
Woodring 1982 R category
Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1982 C category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) aminensis (Dall 1900)
Woodring 1982 C category
recombined as Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis
Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum (Dall 1900)
Woodring 1982 F category
Subspecies: Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum costaricanum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtus broggii Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Woodring 1982 R category
Subspecies: Solecurtus broggii gatunensis
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella balboae (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1973 R category
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus (Platyschides) epetrion
Woodring 1973 A category
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Tesseracme) dissimile
Woodring 1973 R category
original and current combination Tesseracme
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:stated in text
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:11.3 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gatun Member:lower Gatun
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Same stratigraphic position as following collection (52172). Lower 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: Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 11.3 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine poorly lithified silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC: Soft, silty fine-grained sandstone. GENERAL: Massive medium-to very fine-grained sandstone and siltstone. Somewhat calcareous, or marly, somewhat tuffaceous, and with a clay-like matrix. The lower part of the formation consists principally of medium-very fine-grained sandstone.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: No specific environmental data presented.
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
Collection method comments: Collected by Woodring (1949). 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.
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia.
Metadata
Also known as:USGS #16911
Database number:52171
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-07-28 14:20:08 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:group members Released:2006-07-28 14:20:08
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:

43491 B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [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]