Woodring Loc. 183 - western area [upper Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis (Röding 1798)
Woodring 1959 F category
original and current combination Architectonica nobilis
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Euclathrella (Miraclathurella) eucharis Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Asperiscala) cf. rushii
Woodring 1959 R category
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917
Stigmaulax guppiana (Toula 1909)
Natica (Naticarius) stenopa
original and current combination Naticarius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera (Guppy 1876)
Woodring 1970 R category
SUBSPECIES: Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera lipara
    = Cancellaria sathra Woodring 1973
Landau et al. 2012
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum spiriferum (Dall 1895)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurolira (Polystira) tenagos Gardner 1947
Woodring 1970 R category
    = Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
Todd and Johnson 2013
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Antillophos (Antillophos) monachus Woodring 1964
Woodring 1964 R category
Antillophos (Antillophos) mexicanus (Bose 1906)
Woodring 1964 C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Jung 1989 21 specimens
common in Woodring (1957-1982)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) reticularis (Lamarck 1811)
Woodring 1964 R category
original and current combination Oliva reticularis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarina leander (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata (Valenciennes 1832)
Woodring 1959 R category
recombined as Distorsio decussata
SUBSPECIES: Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata gatunensis
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Torcula) mimetes Brown and Pilsbry 1911
recombined as Turritella (Broderiptella) mimetes
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus (Gadilopsis) dentalinus
Woodring 1973 R category
spelled with current rank as Gadilopsis
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila (Acila) isthmica (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1973 A category
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella balboae (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1973 R category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1973 C category
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1973 C category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten levicostatus (Toula 1909)
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula oropendula (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1982 R category
SUBSPECIES: Caryocorbula oropendula dolicha
Varicorbula disparilis (d'Orbigny 1853)
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis (Conrad 1855)
Woodring 1982 C category
Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis (Dall 1903)
Woodring 1982 R category
recombined as Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella arcinella (Linnaeus 1767)
Woodring 1982 R category
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama
Coordinates: 9.2° North, 80.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.9° North, 78.6° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Age estimate:8.5 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gatun Member:upper Gatun
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of the Gatun Formation. The Gatun Formation is sibdivided into three faunal zones (proposed by Thomson and Keen, 1946): lower, middle, and upper. AGE: Late Miocene, on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy (see Collins and Coates, 1999), refined by enterer to Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 8.5 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine poorly lithified silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, on the basis of figured specimens and outcrop observations.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: No specific environmental data presented.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with relatively modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:USGS Loc. 8487
Database number:93052
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-12-24 13:04:52 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2009-12-24 13:04:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11306. W. P. Woodring. 1957. Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(A) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

26828 P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43491 B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
48647 J. A. Todd and K. G. Johnson. 2013. Dissecting a marine snail species radiation (Conoidea: Turridae: Polystira) over 12 million years in the southwestern Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science 89(4) [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
11372 W. P. Woodring. 1959. Geology and paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Vermetidae to Thaididae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(B):147-239 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13232 W. P. Woodring. 1964. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Columbellidae to Volutidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(C):241-297 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13236 W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299-452 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]
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]