PPP# 294 - Cayo Agua [Cayo Agua Fm]: Piacenzian, Panama
collected 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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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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10 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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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Biflustra savartii
(Audouin 1826)
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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
- Arachnopusiidae
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Tremogasterina mucronata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Antroporidae
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Antropora leucocypha
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Onychocellidae
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Smittipora levinseni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Mamilloporidae
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Mamillopora cavernulosa
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Mamillopora tuberosa
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Schizoporellidae
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Schizoporella cornuta
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Stylopoma informal n. sp. 13
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Stomachetosellidae
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Cycloperiella sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cigclisula porosa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Bitectiporidae
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Hippoporina informal n. sp. 1
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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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Parasmittina parsevaliformis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Cellariidae
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Cellaria bassleri
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Phidoloporidae
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Rhynchozoon rostratum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Schedocleidochasma informal n. sp. 3
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Hippoporella gorgonensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
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Scaphopoda indet.
Bronn 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Turbonillinae indet.
Bronn 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Heliacus sp.
d'Orbigny 1842
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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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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina sp.
Gray 1847
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Haminoeidae
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Atys sp.
Montfort 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Lottiidae
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? Acmaea sp.
Eschscholtz 1830
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Alabina sp.
Dall 1902
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Triphoridae
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Triphoridae indet.
Gray 1847
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Atlantidae
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Atlanta sp.
Lesueur 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecidae indet.
Gray 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius sp.
Duméril 1806
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Antillophos (Antillophos) sp.
Woodring 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria sp.
Lamarck 1799
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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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Kurtzia sp.
Bartsch 1934
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clathurellidae
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Nannodiella sp.
(Dall 1919)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella (? Macgintiella) sp.
Swainson 1831
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Olivella (? Niteoliva) sp.
Swainson 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Oliva (Oliva) sp.
Bruguière 1789
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Knefastia sp.
Dall 1919
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Dentimargo sp.
Cossmann 1899
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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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
- Cystiscidae
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Cystiscus sp.
Stimpson 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Eulimidae indet.
Philippi 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella sp.
Brown 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Flabellipecten sp.
Sacco 1897
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Cyclopecten sp.
Verrill 1897
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia (Barbatia) sp.
Gray 1842
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Arca (Arca) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anadara (? Rasia) sp.
Gray 1847
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona sp.
Iredale 1939
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) sp.
Stewart 1930
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra sp.
Lamarck 1818
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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? Phlyctiderma sp.
Dall 1899
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Gouldia sp.
Adams 1847
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Montacutidae
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? Pythinella sp.
Dall 1899
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula sp.
(Gardner 1926)
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38 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
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Varicorbula sp.
Grant and Gale 1931
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus sp.
Guettard 1770
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella sp.
Guppy 1874
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Asterosmilia exarata
Duncan 1867
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Antillocyathus gracilis
Cairns 1995
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Paracyathus henekeni
(Duncan 1863)
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Geography
| Country: | Panama | State/province: | Bocas |
| Coordinates: | 9.2° North, 82.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.1° North, 81.8° 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 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 3.6 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); direct date extrapolated 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 dates: | 1988 |
| Collection method comments: COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 5/30/88. 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
| Also known as: | NMB Loc. 17809 | ||
| Database number: | 79983 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | K. Bulinski, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-31 14:22:16 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-03-31 14:22:16 |
| 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:
| 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] |