Las Lomas [lower Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
collected by Landau
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Aethridae
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Hepatus lineatus
Rathbun 1898
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Portunidae
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Portunidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Todd and Collins 2005 | ||||||
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Euphylax maculatus
Collins 2005
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Calappidae
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Calappa flammea
(Herbst 1794)
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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Callianassa sp.
Leach 1814
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callichiridae
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Neocallichirus scotti
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Glypturus toulai
(Rathbun 1918)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Bivetiella dariena
(Toula 1908)
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27 specimens | ||||||
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Euclia codazzii
(Anderson 1929)
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Pyruclia tweedledee
Landau et al. 2012
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Cancellaria harzhauseri n. sp.
Landau et al. 2012
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Cancellaria mixta n. sp.
Landau et al. 2012
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Massyla terryi
(Olsson 1942)
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12 specimens | ||||||
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Axelella panamica
(Petit 1976)
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Agatrix agathe
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea ringens
(Swainson 1822)
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Beu 2010 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa rugosa
(Sowerby 1835)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio decussata
(Valenciennes 1832)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Semicassis granulata
(Born 1778)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Monoplex sp.
Perry 1811
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Monoplex gatunicus
Beu 2010
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Beu 2010 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Monoplex cercadicus
(Maury 1917)
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Beu 2010 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Turritriton gibbosus
(Broderip 1833)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.4° North, 79.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.1° North, 78.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 7.246 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 10.9 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gatun | Member: | lower Gatun | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gatun Fm, which regionally overlies the Caimito Fm or Mesozoic basement. AGE: Late Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From middle member of the Gatun Formatio according to the author; the enterer considers this to be the lower member of the Gatun Formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal unlithified sandy siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandy mudstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on observations of material. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NHMW |
| Collectors: | Landau |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: B. Landau. REPOSITORY: NHMW, Vienna. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to Cancellariidae in text, and subsequent publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 136005 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-14 15:42:47 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-11-14 15:42:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 30037 | A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 32674 | J. A. Todd and J. S. H. Collins. 2005. Neogene and Quaternary crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) collected from Costa Rica and Panama by members of the Panama Paleontology Project. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 32:53-85 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |