PPP# 391 - Valiente Peninsula [Nancy Point Fm]: Messinian, Panama
collected by Jung et al. 1988
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Cupuladria aff. canariensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cupuladria biporosa
Canu and Bassler 1923
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Discoporella informal n. sp. 5
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Discoporella informal n. sp. 6
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Antroporidae
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Antropora typica
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lepraliellidae
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Celleporaria brunnea
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Microporellidae
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Microporella umbracula
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Stomachetosellidae
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Cigclisula porosa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Trypostegidae
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Trypostega venusta
(Norman 1864)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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35 specimens | |||||||||
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Amusium sp.
(Röding 1798)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula sp.
(Gardner 1926)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp.
(Grant and Gale 1931)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Saccella sp.
Woodring 1925
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica (Naticarius) sp.
(Dumeril 1806)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Naticarius | ||||||||||
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis sp.
Sasso 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Petaloconchus sp.
Lea 1843
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Columbellopsis sp.
Bucquoy et al. 1882
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Amarophos sp.
Woodring 1964
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Strombinophos sp.
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Antillophos (Antillophos) sp.
Woodring 1928
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius sp.
Duméril 1806
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| sensu-lato | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Peristernia sp.
Mörch 1852
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria petiti
(Olsson 1967)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ancillariidae
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Ancilla (Eburna) sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Eburna | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva (Oliva) sp.
Bruguière 1789
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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? Borsonella sp.
Dall 1908
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Voluta sp.
Linnaeaus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Volvarina sp.
(Hinds 1844)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Marginella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Prunum sp.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Oocorys sp.
Fischer 1883
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bathygalea (Miogalea) sp.
(Woodring and Olsson 1957)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Echinophoria hadra
Woodring and Olsson 1957
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Beu 2010 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp.
Schumacher 1817
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Panama | State/province: | Bocas del Toro |
| Coordinates: | 9.1° North, 81.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.5° North, 80.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 5.7 Ma (age-depth)6.5 to 5.6 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Bocas del Toro | Formation: | Nancy Point | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: the Nancy Point Fm is conformable with the Tobabe Fm below and the Shark Hole Point Fm above. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999), an age range of 8.2-5.6 Ma, Late Miocene, though PPP dataset indicates an age of 6.5-5.6 Ma; direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation,shelly/skeletal unlithified silty sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified argillaceous,carbonaceous siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 27), consists of massive, pervasively bioturbated, shelly, muddy, and silty sandstone, muddy siltstone, with scattered molluscs, leaves, and plant fragments. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 94), outer neritic, estimated depth of 175 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: | NMB | ||
| Collectors: | Jung et al. | Collection dates: | 1988 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Peter Jung, D. Geary & L. Anderson, 6.6.1988. REPOSITORIES:collections presumably held at USNM, BMNH and Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB), | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature, though only identified to subgenus resolution. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | NMB Loc. 17858 | ||
| Database number: | 61347 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-06-05 22:10:22 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-06-05 22:10:22 |
| 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:
| 30037 | A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 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] |