Pina: Tortonian, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocarchariidae
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon plicatilis (Agassiz 1843)
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna lewini (Griffith and Smith 1834)
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus 1758)
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Carcharhinus spp. de Blainville 1816
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Carcharhinus brachyurus (Gunther 1870)
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Carcharhinus obscurus (Le Sueur 1818)
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre 1788)
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Dalatiidae
Isistius sp. Gill 1864
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre 1788)
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Centrophoridae
Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch and Schneider 1801)
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Etmopteridae
Trigonognathus sp. Mochizuki and Ohe 1990
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015
Mammalia - Cetacea
1 specimen
Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Colon
Coordinates: 9.3° North, 80.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chagres Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Age after Velez-Juarbe et al 2015
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray silty sandstone
Lithology description: Gray volcanic quartzose grains and silty-sandstones
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Sharks deposited in the Palaeontological Institute and Museum at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (PIMUZ A/I catalogue)
Taxonomic list comments:Sharks collected via screen washing and surface prospecting
Metadata
Also known as:4143 I Palmas Bellas
Database number:160781
Authorizer:M. Uhen, C. Jaramillo Enterer:M. Uhen, C. Pimiento
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-08-28 14:59:22 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-08-28 14:59:22
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
52450. D. I. Vigil and C. A. Laurito. 2014. Nuevos restos de un Odontoceti fósil (Mammalia: Cetacea, Physeteroidea) para el Mioceno tardio de Panama, America Central. Revista Geologica de America Central 50:213-217 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

55065 J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, C. De Gracia, C. Pimiento, O. A. Aguilera, R. Kindlimann, P. Santamarina, and C. Jaramillo. 2015. A new Late Miocene chondrichthyan assemblage from the Chagres Formation, Panama. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 60:56e70 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/M. Uhen]
55198 J. Velez-Juarbe, A. R. Wood, C. Gracia and A. J. W. Hendy. 2015. Evolutionary patterns among living and fossil kogiid sperm whales: Evidence from the Neogene of Central America. PLoS One 10(4):e0123909 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]