Where: Darien, Panama (8.2° N, 77.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 76.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tuira Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• 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.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Smithsonian (USNM)
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131199: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Turritella bifastigata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata1, Turritella matarucana1, "Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira1, Turritella gatunensis1
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Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana Brown and Pilsbry 1911 snail | |
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"Persicula (Rabicea) sp." = Persicula1
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