PPP# 204 - Cayo Agua [Cayo Agua Fm]: Zanclean, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Buffonellodidae
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Aimulosia palliolata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Cupuladria aff. canariensis
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Cupuladria biporosa
Canu and Bassler 1923
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Cupuladria aff. biporosa
Canu and Bassler 1923
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100 specimens | |||||||||
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Discoporella informal n. sp. 5
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Discoporella informal n. sp. 6
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Discoporella informal n. sp. 7
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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
- Antroporidae
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Antropora typica
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Mamilloporidae
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Mamillopora tuberosa
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Schizoporellidae
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Characodoma contractum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Schizoporella cornuta
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Bitectiporidae
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Hippoporina aculeata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Smittinidae
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Parasmittina aff. areolata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Phidoloporidae
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Schedocleidochasma informal n. sp. 3
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Hippoporella gorgonensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Tesseracme sp.
Pilsbry 1898
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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40 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Pyramidellidae indet.
Gray 1840
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Iselica sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Odostomia sp.
Fleming 1817
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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? Ondina sp.
de Folin 1870
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Turbonillinae indet.
Bronn 1849
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Pseudotorinia sp.
Sacco 1892
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Spirolaxis sp.
Monterosato 1913
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp.
(Sacco 1892)
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35 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma sp.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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? Calliostoma sp.
Swainson 1840
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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? Parviturbo sp.
Pilsbry and McGinty 1945
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Creseis sp.
Rang 1828
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cavolinia sp.
Avilgaard 1791
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Clio sp.
Linnaeus 1767
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Volvulella (Volvulella) sp.
Newton 1891
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Sulcoretusa sp.
Burch 1945
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichnella sp.
Gabb 1873
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Acteocina sp.
Gray 1847
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41 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Alabina sp.
Dall 1902
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261 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Amaea (Scalina) sp.
(Conrad 1865)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Scalina | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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53 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Cochliolepis sp.
Stimpson 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Anticlimax (? Anticlimax) sp.
Pilsbry and McGinty 1946
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anticlimax sp.
Pilsbry and McGinty 1946
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anticlimax (Subclimax) sp.
Pilsbry and McGinty 1946
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecidae indet.
Gray 1850
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Meioceras sp.
Carpenter 1858
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Subcancilla sp.
Olsson and Harbison 1953
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Ithycythara sp.
Woodring 1928
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp.
Dall 1918
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Agaronia sp.
(Gray 1839)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva (Oliva) sp.
Bruguière 1789
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum sp.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Dentimargo sp.
Cossmann 1899
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea sp.
Valenciennes 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Phalium (Tylocassis) sp.
(Woodring 1928)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Eulimidae indet.
Philippi 1853
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Niso sp.
Risso 1826
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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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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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella sp.
Brown 1827
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pectinidae indet.
Wilkes 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Amusium sp.
(Röding 1798)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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105 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Cyclopecten sp.
Verrill 1897
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Dendostrea sp.
Swainson 1835
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Hyotissa sp.
Stenzel 1971
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (? Cunearca) sp.
Gray 1847
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona sp.
Iredale 1939
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58 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia sp.
Dall 1900
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Laevicardium sp.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semelina sp.
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Arcinella sp.
Schumacher 1817
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Chama sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Periglypta sp.
Jukes-Browne 1914
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Dosinia sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pitar sp.
Römer 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pleiorytis sp.
Conrad 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp.
(Grant and Gale 1931)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula sp.
(Gardner 1926)
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51 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
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Varicorbula sp.
Grant and Gale 1931
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117 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella sp.
Guppy 1874
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66 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardites sp.
Link 1807
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Panama | State/province: | Bocas del Toro |
| Coordinates: | 9.1° North, 82.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.0° North, 81.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 4.3 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), no specific ages listed, but assumed to be similar to preceding and locally neighboring collections; 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: | NMB |
| Collection method comments: COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 8/11/87. REPOSITORIES: 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
| Database number: | 79982 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | K. Bulinski, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-31 14:01:58 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-03-31 14:01:58 |
| 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] |