NMB 18504 - Rio Chico [Tuira Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
collected by Jung & Heitz 1994

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Tesseracme sp. Pilsbry 1898
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Paradentalium sp. Cotton and Godfrey 1933
Jung 1989 13 specimens
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Polyschides sp. Pilsbry 1898
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925
Jung 1989 102 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Jung 1989 76 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939
Jung 1989 22 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Jung 1989 18 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreola sp. Monterosato 1884
Jung 1989 15 specimens
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella sp. Brown 1827
Jung 1989 80 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874
Jung 1989 29 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina sp. (Dall 1901)
Jung 1989 46 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
Jung 1989 143 specimens
Juliacorbula sp. Olsson 1953
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Vokesula sp. Stenzel and J. T 1957
Jung 1989 18 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Transennella sp. (Dall 1884)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Chionista sp. Keen 1958
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Jung 1989 55 specimens
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Jung 1989 19 specimens
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Solecurtus sp. Blainville 1824
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Springvaleia sp. Rutsch 1934
Jung 1989 13 specimens
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 10 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Alabina sp. Dall 1902
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bittium sp. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Naticarius) sp. (Dumeril 1806)
Jung 1989 13 specimens
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 11 specimens
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Horaiclavidae
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Sincola sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Costoanachis sp. Sacco 1890
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Cymatophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Metaphos sp. Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 29 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Massyla cumingiana (Petit de la Saussaye 1844)
2 specimens
Cancellaria (Euclia) sp. (Adams and Adams 1854)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Ancilla (Eburna) sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789
Jung 1989 34 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 29 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa rugosa (Sowerby 1835)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea ringens (Swainson 1822)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Tricolia sp. Risso 1826
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Pyrgiscus sp. Philippi 1841
Jung 1989 1 specimen
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:395 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 (float),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., 7.3.1994. 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# 1566; PJ 2170; 94-18-01
Database number:136122
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-11-19 12:19:59 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-11-19 12:19:59
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]