NMB 18509 - Rio Chico [Tuira Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
collected by Jung & Heitz 1994

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreola sp. Monterosato 1884
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina sp. Gray 1842
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Springvaleia sp. Rutsch 1934
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Alabina sp. Dall 1902
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Jung 1989 34 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Calophos sp. Woodring 1964
Jung 1989 28 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Euclia codazzii (Anderson 1929)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Jung 1989 2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Darien
Coordinates: 8.2° North, 77.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
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: 11.2 to 8.3 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Lara Formation:Tuira
Local section:Lower and Upper Chico River Local bed:686 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Tuira Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Middle Miocene, in text; subsequent publications suggest late Miocene or early Pliocene age; Coates et al. (2004) suggests a Tortonian age (11.2-8.3 Ma). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 395 m in the Lower and Upper Chico River section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not reported in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine fauna.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMB
Collectors:Jung & Heitz Collection dates:1994
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Peter Jung, Antoine Heitz et al., 8.3.1994. REPOSITORY: NMB, Basel, Switzerland.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to gastropoda mentioned in text. Does not include other mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and including systematic revision of other neighboring Caribbean assemblages.
Metadata
Also known as:PPP# 1578; 94-26-01
Database number:136033
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-11-15 08:05:25 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-11-15 08:05:25
Creative Commons license:CC0
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:

42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]