Woodring Loc. 147b - eastern area [middle Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Nonionina depressula
Vaughan 1919
Nonionina scapha
Vaughan 1919
Globigerinidae
Globigerina dubia
Vaughan 1919
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Vaughan 1919
Globigerina sacculifera Brady 1877
Vaughan 1919
recombined as Trilobatus sacculifer
Globigerina aequilateralis Brady 1879
Vaughan 1919
recombined as Globigerinella aequilateralis
Eponididae
Pulvinulina menardii
Vaughan 1919
Bolivinidae
Bolivina punctata
Vaughan 1919
Bolivina aenariensis
Vaughan 1919
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Miliolidae
Sigmoilina tenuis
Vaughan 1919
Buliminidae
Virgulina squamosa
Vaughan 1919
unclassified
Cristellaria rotulata
Vaughan 1919
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia subagglutinans
Vaughan 1919
Textularia panamensis
Vaughan 1919
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus (Gadilopsis) dentalinus
Woodring 1973 A category
spelled with current rank as Gadilopsis
Cadulus (Platyschides) bushii
Woodring 1973 A category
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Dentalium) armillatum
Woodring 1973 C category
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Epitonium) foliaceicostatum
Woodring 1959 R category
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Niso (Niso) mesata Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 C category
Balcis (Balcis) jacululum (Maury 1917)
Woodring 1970 R category
Balcis (Balcis) lipara Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 R category
Eulima nobilis Guppy 1896
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula cf. maculosa Conrad 1846
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) springvaleense (Rutsch 1942)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Alabina asperoides
Woodring 1959 C category
SUBSPECIES: Alabina asperoides canaliculata
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Torcula) altilira (Conrad 1857)
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Euclathurella (Miraclathurella) eucharis Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 C category
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum gabbi (Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
Polinices ? stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917
Natica (Naticarius) stenopa
original and current combination Naticarius
Natica (Natica) bolus Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Stigmaulax guppiana (Toula 1909)
Tectonatica agna
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Uromitra elachista Woodring 1964
Woodring 1964 F category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis (Toula 1908)
Woodring 1964 F category
original and current combination Oliva gatunensis
Olivella (Niteoliva) terryi Olsson 1956
Woodring 1964 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria nancellaria Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Tiara) longa (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1964 C category
recombined as Subcancilla longa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strombinophos mimicus Woodring 1964
Woodring 1964 R category
Metula gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Woodring 1964 F category
Antillophos (Rhipophos) metuloides (Dall 1896)
Woodring 1964 R category
Antillophos (Antillophos) candei (d'Orbigny 1842)
Woodring 1964 F category
recombined as Antillophos candeanus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Nassarius) parapristus (Gardner 1944)
Woodring 1964 A category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella limonensis (Gabb 1881)
Woodring 1964 C category
Zanassarina habra Woodring 1964
Woodring 1964 C category
Anachis (Costoanachis) mira (Dall 1896)
Woodring 1964 C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarina leander (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1970 A category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum spiriferum (Dall 1895)
Woodring 1970 A category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Dolostoma anorhepes Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 A category
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) pagella Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 A category
Ithycythara defuniak Gardner 1938
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) enneacyma (Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
Woodring 1970 A category
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) characta Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 F category
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) phengoides Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 A category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Nannodiella rintriada (Mansfield 1925)
Woodring 1970 A category
Glyphostoma (Rhiaglyphostoma) allodapum Woodring 1970
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Microdrillia trina Mansfield 1925
Woodring 1970 A category
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclas) pentagonus (Gabb 1873)
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma (Idioraphe) spermatia
spelled with current rank as Teinostoma (Idioraphie)
Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) pycnum Woodring 1957
Teinostoma (Diaerecallus) sychnum
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis (Röding 1798)
Woodring 1959 A category
original and current combination Architectonica nobilis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon (Lissacteon) sp. Montfort 1810
Woodring 1970 F category
Acteon (Acteon) punctostriatus (Adams 1840)
Woodring 1970 R category
recombined as Japonactaeon punctostriata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculella) semistriata (d'Orbigny 1841)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Solariorbis (Hapalorbis) hyptius
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa (Cylichnina) quercinensis
Woodring 1970 A category
SUBSPECIES: Retusa (Cylichnina) quercinensis biforis
Sulcoretusa sulcata (d'Orbigny 1841)
Woodring 1970 C category
SUBSPECIES: Sulcoretusa sulcata lipara
Volvulella (Volvulella) phoinicoides
Woodring 1970 F category
Volvulella (Volvulella) oxytata (Bush 1885)
Woodring 1970 A category
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina elachista
Woodring 1970 C category
Acteocina bullata (Kiener 1834)
Woodring 1970 R category
Cylichnella atacata Woodring 1928
Woodring 1970 A category
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Roxania chipolana (Dall 1895)
Woodring 1970 A category
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Atys (Weinkauffia) cadus
Woodring 1970 F category
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella acrita (Dall 1908)
Woodring 1973 A category
SUBSPECIES: Saccella acrita epacra
Saccella balboae (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1973 A category
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Nucinella cf. woodii (Dall 1898)
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae
Pandora (Pandorella) inconspicua (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula disparilis (d'Orbigny 1853)
Woodring 1982 A category
Caryocorbula oropendula (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1982 A category
SUBSPECIES: Caryocorbula oropendula stena
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis (Dall 1903)
Woodring 1982 F category
recombined as Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis
Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis (Conrad 1855)
Woodring 1982 A category
Gouldia costaricensis (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1982 A category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Psammacoma gatunensis (Toula 1909)
Woodring 1982 F category
Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea (Born 1778)
Woodring 1982 R category
recombined as Eurytellina punicea
Tellina (Eurytellina) angulosa (Gmelin 1791)
Woodring 1982 R category
SUBSPECIES: Tellina (Eurytellina) angulosa costaricana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) aminensis (Dall 1900)
Woodring 1982 R category
recombined as Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1982 R category
SUBSPECIES: Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense dominicense
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) stiriatum (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Bellucina actinus (Dall 1903)
Woodring 1982 A category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella martinicensis (d'Orbigny 1853)
Woodring 1982 F category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Glyptoactis) aversa (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Woodring 1982 F category
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella divaricata (d'Orbigny 1853)
Woodring 1973 F category
synonym of Crenella decussata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Lepidopecten scissuratus (Dall 1898)
Woodring 1982 C category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten oligolepis (Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
Woodring 1982 C category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea equestris Say 1834
Woodring 1982 A category
SUBSPECIES: Ostrea equestris heothina
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1973 A category
SUBSPECIES: Anadara (Rasia) dariensis dariensis
Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1973 R category
SUBSPECIES: Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi veatchi
Anadara (Potiarca) chavezi
Woodring 1973 R category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata (Gmelin 1791)
Woodring 1973 R category
recombined as Tucetona pectinata
SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata canalis
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama
Coordinates: 9.3° North, 79.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.0° North, 78.5° 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:10.1 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gatun Member:Middle
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Middle part of the Gatun Formation. The Gatun Formation is subdivided 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 10.1 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine unlithified silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Soft, silty fine-grained sandstone.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: No specific environmental data presented.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
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 gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publications, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:USGS 6033c
Database number:93172
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-01-06 11:10:17 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-06 11:10:17
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:

47074 T. W. Vaughan. 1919. The biological character and geologic correlation of the sedimentary formations of Panama in their relation to the geologic history of Central America and the West Indies. United States National Museum Bulletin 103 [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]