PPP# 196 - Cayo Agua [Cayo Agua Fm: Piacenzian, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Volvullela sp.
2 specimens
? Turbonillidae indet.
3 specimens
Turbonillidae indet.
30 specimens
originally entered as "Turbonillidae sp."
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Septastrea altispina Cairns 1995
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Oxysmilia pliocenica Cairns 1995
Paracyathus adetos n. sp. Cairns 1995
Cairns 1995
Antillocyathus gracilis Cairns 1995
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Amaea (Scalina) sp. (Conrad 1865)
3 specimens
original and current combination Scalina
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799
6 specimens
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp. Schumacher 1817
8 specimens
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Alabina sp. Dall 1902
21 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
69 specimens
Gastropoda - Modulidae
Modulus sp. Gray 1842
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Miraclathurella sp. Woodring 1928
1 specimen
Carinodrillia sp. (Dall 1919)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Dactylidella) sp. Woodring 1928
1 specimen
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956
1 specimen
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831
1 specimen
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
5 specimens
sensu-lato
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
? Kurtziella sp. Dall 1918
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarina sp. (Hinds 1844)
5 specimens
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Dentimargo sp. Cossmann 1899
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhinae indet. Cossmann 1903
1 specimen
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Agatrix sp. Petit 1967
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea sp. Valenciennes 1833
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium (Tylocassis) sp. (Woodring 1928)
1 specimen
synonym of Semicassis
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
? Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
12 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
4 specimens
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sp. (Lea 1843)
64 specimens
original and current combination Petaloconchus
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Caecidae indet. Gray 1850
12 specimens
Meioceras sp. Carpenter 1858
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Cyclostremiscus sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1945
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Eulimastoma sp. Bartsch 1916
6 specimens
"Odostomia" sp. Fleming 1817
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
3 specimens
Spirolaxis sp. Monterosato 1913
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
7 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Creseis sp. Rang 1828
5 specimens
Hyalocylis sp. Fol 1875
1 specimen
Cavolinia sp. Avilgaard 1791
27 specimens
Styliola sp. Gray 1850
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Eontia sp. MacNeil 1937
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) sp. (Gray 1857)
9 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939
234 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
37 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
? Limaria sp. Link 1807
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897
66 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889
97 specimens
Flabellipecten sp. Sacco 1897
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa sp. Stenzel 1971
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella sp. Brown 1827
13 specimens
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Trigonulina sp. d'Orbigny 1946
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Martesia sp. Sowerby 1824
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
129 specimens
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Juliacorbula sp. Olsson 1953
1 specimen
Varicorbula sp. Grant and Gale 1931
380 specimens
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
14 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Lirophora sp. Conrad 1863
2 specimens
Ventricolaria sp. Keen 1954
5 specimens
synonym of Globivenus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900
41 specimens
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
5 specimens
sensu-lato
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Phyllodina) sp. Dall 1900
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Carditidae indet. Fleming 1820
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874
36 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Leionucula sp. Quenstedt 1930
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925
26 specimens
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
32 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
sensu-lato
Tesseracme sp. Pilsbry 1898
3 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Cupuladria aff. canariensis
1 specimen
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
10 specimens
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
10 specimens
Discoporella informal n. sp. 6
1 specimen
Discoporella informal n. sp. 7
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Mamilloporidae
Mamillopora tuberosa
10 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Schizoporella cornuta
1 specimen
Characodoma contractum
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Parasmittina crosslandi
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Hippoporella gorgonensis
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Bocas del Toro
Coordinates: 9.2° North, 82.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.1° North, 81.6° 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:3.5 Ma (other)3.6 to 3.5 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Bocas del Toro Formation:Cayo Agua
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: the Cayo Agua Fm is equivalent in age to the upper part of the Shark Hole Point Fm and the lower part of the Escudo de Veraguas Fm, no contacts are known. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999), 3.5 MY; direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,shelly/skeletal,gray,blue poorly lithified argillaceous,silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 29), pervasively bioturbated gray blue, muddy, silty, lithic sandstone with comon horizons of abundant thick shelled mollusks and ahermatypic corals.
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 94), open inner neritic, estimated depth of 30 m.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
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), 8/11/87. 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# 17631; 87-29-02
Database number:61339
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-06-05 20:46:16 Last modified:2022-11-14 23:00:04
Access level:the public Released:2006-06-05 20:46:16
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]

Secondary references:

30941 S. D. Cairns. 1995. New records of azooxanthellate stony corals (Cnidaria: Scleractinia and Stylasteridae) from the Neogene of Panama and Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3):533-550 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]
43588 A. H. Cheetham and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of tropical America: Comparison and contrast between the Central American Isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (357)159-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]