USGS Loc. 8477 - Rio Tuira [Tuira Fm]: Tortonian, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Hendy et al. 2008
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Hendy et al. 2008
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Hendy et al. 2008
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Hendy et al. 2008
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Hendy et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Hendy et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Stigmaulax guppiana (Toula 1909)
Hendy et al. 2008
Hendy et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Hendy et al. 2008
Hendy et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus multiliratus (Olsson 1922)
Hendy et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Hendy et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Jung 1989 19 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Hendy et al. 2008
Strombinophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Hendy et al. 2008
Hendy et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Hendy et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Bivetiella dariena (Toula 1908)
Hendy et al. 2008
Hendy et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Hendy et al. 2008
11 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Hendy et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Hendy et al. 2008
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Darien
Coordinates: 8.3° North, 78.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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 (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: General list for Tuira Fm, but limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature.
Metadata
Database number:92704
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-11-24 20:30:18 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-24 20:30:18
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
31231. R. L. Gertman. 1969. Cenozoic Typhinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Western Atlantic region. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7(4):143-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

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]
26828 P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]