Also known as NMB Loc. 17809
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
Collected in 1988; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 5/30/88. REPOSITORIES: 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 79983: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Kate Bulinski on 31.03.2008, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Paracyathus henekeni Duncan 1863 stony coral
Antillocyathus gracilis Cairns 1995 stony coral
Asterosmilia exarata Duncan 1867 stony coral | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Biflustra savartii, Cupuladria aff. canariensis, Cupuladria biporosa, Cupuladria aff. biporosa, Discoporella "n. sp. 5", Discoporella "n. sp. 6", Discoporella "n. sp. 7"
Biflustra savartii Audouin 1826
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Discoporella "n. sp. 5" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 6" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 7" d'Orbigny 1852 | |
Hippoporina "n. sp. 1" Neviani 1895 | |
Bivalvia | |
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Flabellipecten sp. Sacco 1897 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897 mud scallop | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Anadara (? Rasia) sp. Gray 1847 ark
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842 clam
Arca (Arca) sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) sp. Stewart 1930 cockle | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra | |
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam | |
"? Phlyctiderma sp." = Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma)
"? Phlyctiderma sp." = Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) Dall 1899 clam | |
? Pythinella sp. Dall 1899 clam | |
Kuphus sp. Guettard 1770 clam | |
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula), Caryocorbula sp.
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
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Gastropoda | |
Atys sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Volvulella (Volvulella) sp. Newton 1891 snail | |
Heliacus sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Turbonillinae indet. Bronn 1849 snail | |
Caecidae indet. Gray 1850 snail | |
Atlanta sp. Lesueur 1817 snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Knefastia sp. Dall 1919 ribbed mitre | |
Dentimargo sp. Cossmann 1899 margin shell | |
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute | |
Cystiscus sp. Stimpson 1865 snail | |
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Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
Olivella (? Macgintiella) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
Olivella (? Niteoliva) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Nannodiella sp. Dall 1919 snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Ithycythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Kurtzia sp. Bartsch 1934 snail | |
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Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk | |
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Cassis sp. Scopoli 1777 snail | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847 snail | |
Eulimidae indet. Philippi 1853 snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail | |
? Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet |