PPP 2174: Piacenzian - Gelasian, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus splendidus (Prochazka 1893)
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Bocas
Coordinates: 9.1° North, 81.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.4° North, 80.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene - Quaternary Epoch: Pliocene - Pleistocene
Stage: Piacenzian - Gelasian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Piacenzian - Gelasian Nannofossil zone:  NN 16-18
Age range of interval: 3.6 - 1.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Bocas del Toro Formation:Escudo de Veraguas
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The upper and lower contacts of the formation are not exposed. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999), not specified to Early or Late Pliocene; direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999); age range also provided by Bybell (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From a height of 78.5 m in section 10 of Collins et al. (1999).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:burrows,bioturbation,fine poorly lithified argillaceous sandstone
Secondary lithology:burrows,bioturbation poorly lithified argillaceous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: from Collins et al. (1999), lower part of formation at the stratotype is moderately indurated, fine, silty sandstone and clayey siltstone, pervasively bioturbated and containing frequent, cemented, irregular burrow-concentrations and horizons with dense thalassinoid burrow systems.
Environment:deep-water indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: from Collins et al. 1999 (p. 94), mixed middle neritic and outer nertic/upper bathyal, estimated depth of 125 m.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:219208
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-03-31 12:46:13 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2021-03-31 12:46:13
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

76158. W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera. 2013. Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Paleo Ichthyologica 13:83-150 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]