PPP# 163 - Río Calzones [Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva sp.
Bruguière 1789
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Flabellipecten sp.
Sacco 1897
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.0° North, 80.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.2° North, 79.3° 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: | 11.63 - 7.246 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gatun | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The Gatun Fm rests unconformably on formations of different ages in different parts of the Panama Canal Basin. To the east of Colon, the Gatun Fm rests nonconformably on unamed Cretaceous volcanics. To the west of Colon, including several islands in Lake Gatun, the Gatun Fm rests with angular unconformity on the upper Oligocene Caimito Fm. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown member of Gatun Fm, but most of the Gatun is Late Miocene (12.0-7.9 MY) according to Collins et al. (1999). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: As member is unknown, lithification fields are left blank. LITHIFICATION: lithification data not reported, but assumed to be unlithified based on observation of specimens in Woodring (1957-1982). | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. (1999), open, inner neritic. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH,NMB,USNM |
| Collection method comments: COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 8/5/87. REPOSITORIES:collections presumably held at USNM, BMNH and Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB), | |
| Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature, though only identified to subgenus resolution. IDENTIFIER: presumably identified by J. Jackson, J. Todd, H. Fortunato, and P. Jung. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | NMB Loc. 17620 | ||
| Database number: | 61335 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-06-05 20:16:13 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2006-12-05 20:16:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17667. | L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |