Also known as NMB Loc. 17811
Where: Bocas, Panama (9.2° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 81.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cayo Agua Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: the Cayo Agua Fm is equivalent in age to the upper part of the Shark Hole Point Fm and the lower part of the Escudo de Veraguas Fm, no contacts are known. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal, gray, blue, argillaceous, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Reposited in the BMNH, NMB, USNM
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 5/30/88. REPOSITORIES:collections presumably held at USNM, BMNH and Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB),
Primary reference: L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79999: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Kate Bulinski on 31.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Carinodrillia sp. Dall 1919 snail
Crassispira (Crassispira) sp. Swainson 1840 snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail | |
Psammodulus sp. Collins 1934 snail | |
"Amaea (Scalina) sp." = Scalina
"Amaea (Scalina) sp." = Scalina Conrad 1865 wentletrap | |
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847 snail | |
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell | |
"Ancilla (Eburna) sp." = Eburna
"Ancilla (Eburna) sp." = Eburna Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
Olivella (Dactylidella) sp. Woodring 1928 olive snail
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail | |
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail | |
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail | |
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell
Volvarina sp. Hinds 1844 margin shell
Dentimargo sp. Cossmann 1899 margin shell | |
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell | |
? Cantharus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
? Metaphos sp. Olsson 1964 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk | |
Calophos sp. Woodring 1964 snail | |
Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 tulip snail | |
Mazatlania sp. Dall 1913 snail
Strombina (Lirastrombina) sp. Jung 1989 snail
Strombinella sp. Dall 1896 snail | |
? Fusiturricula sp. Woodring 1928 ribbed mitre
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887 ribbed mitre | |
? Aphera sp. Adams and Adams 1854 snail
Agatrix epomis Woodring 1928 nutmeg | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid
Lepicythara sp. Olsson 1964 turrid | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Hastula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 auger snail
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell | |
Erato sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Bursa sp. Roding 1798 frog shell | |
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) sp. Pilsbry 1953 snail | |
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Caecidae indet. Gray 1850 snail | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Creseis sp. Rang 1828 snail
Cavolinia sp. Avilgaard 1791 snail | |
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945 snail
Volvulella (Volvulella) sp. Newton 1891 snail | |
Cylichnella sp. Gabb 1873 snail
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
? Cocculina sp. Dall 1882 snail | |
Pseudotorinia sp., "Heliacus (Torinista) sp." = Torinista
Pseudotorinia sp. Sacco 1892 snail
"Heliacus (Torinista) sp." = Torinista Iredale 1936 snail | |
Eulimastoma sp. Bartsch 1916 snail
Turbonillinae indet. Bronn 1849 snail
Ugartea sp. Bartsch 1917 snail
Pyramidellinae indet. Gray 1840 snail | |
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp. Sacco 1892 snail | |
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816 snail
Smaragdia sp. Issel 1869 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) sp. Schenck 1944 nut clam | |
Adrana sp. Adams and Adams 1858 pointed nut clam
Costelloleda sp. Hertlein and Strong 1940 pointed nut clam | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
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Trigonulina sp. d'Orbigny 1946 clam | |
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula), Caryocorbula sp.
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. Grant and Gale 1931 venus clam
Chionopsis sp. Olsson 1932 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam | |
? Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831 clam | |
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle | |
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822 clam | |
Strigilla sp. Turton 1822 tellin clam | |
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
Amusium sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
? Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
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