FLMNH Loc. 4143 - Panama Canal [Pacific Muck]: Late Pleistocene - Holocene, Panama
collected by Birkenroad 1959

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Adrana exoptata (Pilsbry and Lowe 1932)
Politoleda polita (Sowerby 1833)
Saccella fastigata (Keen 1958)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia reversa (Sowerby 1833)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Rasia concinna (Sowerby 1833)
Cunearca nux (Sowerby I 1833)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten ventricosus (Sowerby 1842)
Leptopecten tumbezensis (d'Orbigny 1846)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Saccostrea palmula (Carpenter 1857)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sterna (Gould 1851)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina maura (Sowerby 1833)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella gibbosa (Sowerby 1832)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia distinguenda (Tryon 1872)
Radiolucina cancellaris (Philippi 1846)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Cyrtopleura crucigera (Sowerby 1834)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Tenuicorbula tenuis (Sowerby 1833)
Caryocorbula ovulata (Sowerby 1835)
Juliacorbula bicarinata (Sowerby 1833)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia pallida (Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta undulata (Gould 1851)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclinella jadisi Olsson 1961
Lamelliconcha paytensis (d'Orbigny 1845)
Lirophora mariae (d'Orbigny 1846)
Dosinia dunkeri (Philippi 1844)
Chionopsis amathusia (Philippi 1844)
Leukoma asperrima (Sowerby 1835)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta subquadrata Carpenter 1855
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia granifera (Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
Apiocardia obovale (Sowerby 1833)
Mexicardia procera (Sowerby 1833)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax gracilis Hanley 1845
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus peruanus (Dunker 1862)
Tagelus politus (Carpenter 1857)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari maxima (Deshayes 1855)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Cumingia lamellosa Sowerby 1833
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Temnoconcha cognata (Adams 1852)
Psammacoma ecuadoriana (Pilsbry and Olsson 1941)
Moerella subtrigona (Sowerby 1866)
Moerella tabogensis (Salisbury 1934)
Scissula varilineata Pilsbry and Olsson 1943
Eurytellina regia (Hanley 1844)
Eurytellina prora (Hanley 1844)
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum pectinatum Carpenter 1856
Calyptraea mamillaris (Broderip 1834)
Crepidula incurva (Broderip 1834)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum debile (Gould 1853)
Natica unifasciata Lamarck 1822
Polinices uber (Valenciennes 1821)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Sincola gibberula (Sowerby 1832)
Mitrella guttata (Sowerby 1832)
Strombina elegans (Sowerby 1832)
Cosmioconcha modesta (Powys 1835)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cymatophos crassus (Hinds 1843)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius pagodus (Reeve 1844)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Favartia lappa (Broderip 1833)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum sapotilla (Hinds 1844)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella volutella (Lamarck 1811)
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea ringens (Swainson 1822)
Gastropoda - Neritidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Panama
Coordinates: 8.9° North, 79.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene - Holocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pacific Muck
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pacific Muck, which unconformably overlies various strata of Miocene age in the Panama Canal Basin, including the Culebra [+La Boca] and Panama formations. AGE: Late Pleistocene-Holocene, on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Ex-situ deposit, from presumably only a single subsurface horizon.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Extremely fossiliferous light gray fine sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified.
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow sub-tidal to upper inner shelf depths (~4-13 m).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:CAS,FLMNH
Collectors:Birkenroad Collection dates:1959
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: M.D. Birkenroad, 1959. REPOSITORY: Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) and California Academy of Sciences.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for macro fossils (molluscs, decapods, etc). NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature (following Coan et al., 2012, Keen 1973 + amendments), and with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:160395
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-08-19 13:33:29 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-08-19 13:33:29
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
52306. A. J. W. Hendy. 2014. Quaternary invertebrate fossil assemblages from coastal marine ecosystems of Bahia de Panama, Panama. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]