PPP# 168 - Escudo de Veraguas [Escudo de Veraguas Fm]: Piacenzian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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? Turbonillidae indet.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Turbonillidae indet.
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Asterosmilia profunda
(Duncan 1864)
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Microgaza sp.
Dall 1881
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Calliostoma sp.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium (Asperiscala) sp.
(de Boury 1909)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Eulimidae indet.
Philippi 1853
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Scalenostoma sp.
Deshayes 1863
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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? Compsodrillia sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Miraclathurella sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
? Crassispira (? Crassispira) sp.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
? Lioglyphostoma sp.
Woodring 1928
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella (Minioliva) sp.
Olsson 1956
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp.
Olsson 1956
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Oliva (Oliva) sp.
Bruguière 1789
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Metula sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp.
Woodring 1928
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63 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius sp.
Duméril 1806
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1 specimen | |||||||||
sensu-lato | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) sp.
Olsson 1942
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Agladrillia (Eumetadrillia) sp.
(Woodring 1928)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp.
Woodring 1928
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clathurellidae
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? Glyphostoma sp.
Gabb 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Vitricythara sp.
Fargo 1953
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Brachycythara sp.
Woodring 1928
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Ithycythara sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginellidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Volvarina sp.
(Hinds 1844)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
? Dentimargo sp.
Cossmann 1899
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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? Persicula sp.
Schumacher 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Typhinae indet.
Cossmann 1903
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Haustellum sp.
Schumacher 1817
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia sp.
Gray 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticidae indet.
Guilding 1834
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Natica (Naticarius) sp.
(Dumeril 1806)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Naticarius | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoidae indet.
Gray 1847
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Alvania sp.
Risso 1826
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Atlantidae
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Atlanta sp.
Lesueur 1817
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Triphoridae
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Triphoridae indet.
Gray 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cocculinidae
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? Cocculina sp.
Dall 1882
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon sp.
Montfort 1810
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Pyramidellidae indet.
Gray 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Eulimella (Ebalina) sp.
(Thiele 1929)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Pseudotorinia sp.
Sacco 1892
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina sp.
Gray 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Volvulella (Paravolvulella) sp.
(Harry 1967)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Volvulella (Volvulella) sp.
Newton 1891
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Sulcoretusa sp.
Burch 1945
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Cavolinia sp.
Avilgaard 1791
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Styliola sp.
Gray 1850
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium sp.
(Röding 1798)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp.
Dall 1886
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Haliris (Haliris) sp.
Dall 1886
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Trigonulina sp.
d'Orbigny 1946
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Montacutidae
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Mysella (Mysella) sp.
Angas 1877
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Kelliella sp.
Sars 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Eurytellina sp.
Fischer 1887
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1 specimen | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra sp.
Lamarck 1818
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Leionucula sp.
Quenstedt 1930
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Nucula (Lamellinucula) sp.
(Schenck 1944)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Saccella sp.
Woodring 1925
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22 specimens | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Entalinidae
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Bathoxiphus sp.
Pilsbry 1897
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Gadilopsis sp.
(Woodring 1925)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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8 specimens | |||||||||
sensu-lato | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Panama | State/province: | Bocas |
Coordinates: | 9.1° North, 81.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 9.8° North, 81.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 3.6 Ma (age-depth)3.6 to 3.5 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Bocas del Toro | Formation: | Escudo de Veraguas | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The upper and lower contacts of the formation are not exposed. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999), planktic foraminifera suggest 1.8 Ma near the top and 3.5 Ma at the base. PPP dataset indicates an age range between 3.6 and 3.5 Ma. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | burrows,bioturbation,fine poorly lithified argillaceous sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | burrows,bioturbation poorly lithified argillaceous siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: from Collins et al. (1999), lower part of formation at the stratotype is moderately indurated, fine, silty sandstone and clayey siltstone, prevasively bioturbated and containing frequent, cemented, irregular burrow-concentrations and horizons with dense thalassinoid burrow systems. | |
Environment: | deep-water indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 94), mixed middle neritic and outer nertic/upper bathyal, estimated depth of 125 m. |
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), 8/7/87. 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. 17621; 87-09-01 | ||
Database number: | 61336 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-06-05 20:32:37 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-06-05 20:32:37 |
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] |