Woodring Loc. 101h - Canal Zone [lower Culebra Fm]: Aquitanian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium (Fissidentalium) uscarianum
Olsson 1922
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F category | ||||||
| recombined as Fissidentalium uscarianum | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella subgrundifera
Dall 1892
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C category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Semicassis (Echinophoria) tostoma n. sp.
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A category | ||||||
| original and current combination Echinophoria | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ovulidae
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Cyphoma aff. intermedia
(Sowerby 1828)
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R category | ||||||
| recombined as Pseudocyphoma intermedium | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis
(Röding 1798)
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A category | ||||||
| original and current combination Architectonica nobilis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus incrassatus
Gabb 1873
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Woodring 1982 | C category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) cruziana
(Olsson 1932)
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Woodring 1982 | R category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Woodring 1982 | F category | |||||
| recombined as Macrocallista maculata | |||||||
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Ventricolaria harrisiana
(Olsson 1922)
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Woodring 1982 | A category | |||||
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Chione (Chionopsis) eurylopas
Woodring 1982
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Woodring 1982 | R category | |||||
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Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Woodring 1982 | R category | |||||
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Clementia (Clementia) dariena
(Conrad 1855)
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Woodring 1982 | R category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele chipolana
Dall 1900
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Woodring 1982 | C category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium hadraterum
Woodring 1982
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Woodring 1982 | A category | |||||
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena
(Dall 1900)
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Woodring 1982 | F category | |||||
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense
(Gabb 1873)
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Woodring 1982 | A category | |||||
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Trachycardium (Trachycardium) cf. isocardia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Woodring 1982 | F category | |||||
| Trachycardium isocardia | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) mediamericana
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Woodring 1982 | F category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia (Glyptoactis) metaicha
Woodring 1982
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Woodring 1982 | F category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Lepidopecten proterus
Woodring 1982
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Woodring 1982 | A category | |||||
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Aequipecten canalis
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Woodring 1982 | C category | |||||
| recombined as Mimachlamys canalis | |||||||
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Amusium toulae
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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Woodring 1982 | A category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus scotti
Brown and Pilsbry 1913
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Woodring 1982 | F category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Dimyidae
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Dimya adaia
Woodring 1982
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Woodring 1982 | A category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea rugifera
(Dall 1898)
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Woodring 1982 | R category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Hyotissa haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Woodring 1982 | C category | |||||
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Gryphaeostrea sp.
Conrad 1865
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Woodring 1982 | C category | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Rasia) dariensis
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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F category | ||||||
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Anadara (Tosarca) campta
Woodring 1973
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R category | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.1° North, 79.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.0° North, 77.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Aquitanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Aquitanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 21.6 Ma (Sr isotope) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Culebra | Member: | lower | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Culebra Formation, which unconformably overlies the Las Cascadas agglomerate; reassigned to La Boca Fm in subsequent publications of Woodring (e.g., 1973, 1982), but further emended by Kirby et al. (2009) to the lower member of the Culebra Formation. AGE: Early Miocene in text; direct date extrapolated from Kirby et al. (1999), =Aquitanian. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black poorly lithified claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Black clay | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collection method comments: Collected by MacDonald and Vaughan (1911). Material is also held (but not specified for any specific collection) at Stanford University, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Corenell University, PRI, U. Cal. and Cal. Acad. Sci. Locality now unaccessible (submerged). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for gastropoda. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93039 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-12-24 12:21:15 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-12-24 12:21:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13235. | W. P. Woodring. 1973. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(E):453-539 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 43691 | M. X. Kirby, D. S. Jones, and B. J. MacFadden. 2009. Lower Miocene stratigraphy along the Panama Canal and its bearing on the Central American Peninula. PLoS One 3(7):1-14 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 13359 | W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |