PPP 178: Piacenzian - Gelasian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Myctophiformes
- Myctophidae
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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: | 219209 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-03-31 12:46:35 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-03-31 12:46:35 |
| 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] |