USGS Loc. 8452 - Rio Tupisa [Tuira Fm]: Tortonian, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Entobia sp. Bronn 1838
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella acrita (Dall 1908)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona acuticostata (Sowerby 1849)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella sp. Iredale 1924
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea centralis (Conrad 1841)
Gastropoda - Thiaridae
Hemisinus sp. Swainson 1840
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella abrupta (Spieker 1922)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Carinodrillia sp. (Dall 1919)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Panaterebra cucurrupiensis (Oinomikado 1939)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Hindsiclava consors (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cymatophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Stramonita sp. Schumacher 1817
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831
Oliva gatunensis Toula 1908
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea camura Guppy 1866
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Darien
Coordinates: 8.2° North, 77.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Formation:Tuira
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 unknown position within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be 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 (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Smithsonian (USNM)
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not from an authoritative publication, but species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature.
Metadata
Database number:136993
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-12-08 09:51:19 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-08 09:51:19
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
19909. A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]