Hodges: Aquitanian, Panama
collected by C. Pimiento and A. Hendy
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | Panama | State/province: | Panama | County: | Canal Zonw |
| Coordinates: | 9.4° North, 79.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Aquitanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Aquitanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.04 - 20.45 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Culebra | Member: | basal upper |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: The base of the upper member is defined by alternating beds of sandstone and siltstone that conformably overlie the Emperador Limestone. The sandstone beds become thinner and finer up-section, whereas the interbeddedcontains transported corals and abundant molluscs. The siltstone beds contain abundant foraminifera, molluscs, echinoids, shark teeth and burrows siltstone beds become thicker. | |
| Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. |
| Geology comments: Deltaic. The depositional environments of the upper member of the Culebra Fm. range in depth from shallow subtidal (<5m) to perhaps as deep as the mid-outer shelf (50-100 m). | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FLMNH |
| Collectors: | C. Pimiento and A. Hendy |
Metadata
| Also known as: | YPA042 | ||
| Database number: | 159354 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Subset of collection #: | 20 | ||
| Created: | 2014-07-31 12:32:47 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-07-31 12:32:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52101. | C. Pimiento, G. González-Barba, A.J.W. Hendy, C. Jaramillo, B. J. MacFadden, C. Montes, S. C. Suarez and M. Shippritt. 2013. Early Miocene chondrichthyans from the Culebra Formation Panama A window into marine vertebrate faunas before closure the Central American Seaway. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 42:159-170 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento] |