Also known as USGS 24553

Where: Colon, Panama (9.4° N, 79.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.4° N, 79.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gatuncillo Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS: From the Gatuncillo Fm, which is overlain by the Camito Fm, and unconformably overlies Cretaceous basement. AGE: Middle Eocene-Late Eocene; here assigned to Middle Eocene on the basis of stratigraphic position.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; silty mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by Stewart, R.H., Allen, J.L., and A. Mena (1968). Material is also held (but not specified for any specific collection) at Stanford University, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Corenell University, PRI, U. Cal. and Cal. Acad. Sci.

Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1957. Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(A) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49497: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.04.2005

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