Where: Colon, Panama (9.3° N, 80.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 79.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chagres Sandstone Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• The Chagres Formation sits disconformably on the Gatun Formation: a marked change in lithology and a temporal hiatus characterizes the disconformity. Toro Point Section. AGE: direct date is midpoint for established age range from microfossil biostratigraphy.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated, coarse-grained, volcaniclastic, argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH, NMB, USNM
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 7/8/92. 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 79855: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 25.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Acteonid indet., Caecid indet., ? Caecid indet., ? Capulid indet., Carditesine indet., Clathodrilia sp., Corbulid sp., Eulimid indet., Ficus sp., Naticid indet., Neogatropoda indet., Pectinid indet., Pyramidelline indet., Rissoine sp., Solenosteria sp., Teredinid indet., Turbonilline indet., Typhine sp., Venerid indet., Vermetid indet.
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Scaphopoda | |
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell | |
Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885 tusk shell
Tesseracme sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Siphonodentalium sp. Sars 1859 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Eulimastoma sp. Bartsch 1916 snail | |
"Heliacus (Torinista) sp." = Torinista Iredale 1936 snail
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
Pseudotorinia sp. Sacco 1892 snail
Spirolaxis sp. Monterosato 1913 snail | |
? Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp. Sacco 1892 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Limacina sp. Bosc 1817 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Volvulella (Volvulella) sp. Newton 1891 snail
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945 snail | |
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Atys (Atys) sp., "Atys (Aliculastrum) sp." = Aliculastrum
Atys (Atys) sp. Montfort 1810 snail
"Atys (Aliculastrum) sp." = Aliculastrum Pilsbry 1896 snail | |
Smaragdia sp. Issel 1869 snail | |
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Psammodulus sp. Collins 1934 snail | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852 moon snail
Natica (? Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Barleeia sp. Clark 1853 snail | |
? Micranellum sp. Bartsch 1920 snail
Meioceras sp. Carpenter 1858 snail | |
Fusinus sp., Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) sp., "Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca) sp." = Pleuroploca, Latirus sp.
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail
Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 tulip snail
"Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca) sp." = Pleuroploca Fischer 1884 snail
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
? Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Northia sp. Gray 1847 true whelk | |
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell | |
Hindsiclava sp. Hertlein and Strong 1955 snail
? Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Ithycythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Kurtziella (Kurtziella) sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
"Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) sp." = Cochlespira
"Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) sp." = Cochlespira Conrad 1865 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
Terebra (Oreoterebra) sp. Olsson 1967 auger snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail | |
Olivella (Niteoliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
"Ancilla (Eburna) sp." = Eburna
"Ancilla (Eburna) sp." = Eburna Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Knefastia sp. Dall 1919 ribbed mitre
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887 ribbed mitre | |
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell
Dentimargo sp. Cossmann 1899 margin shell | |
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute | |
Dermomurex (Trialatella) sp. Berry 1964 murex snail
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) sp. Montfort 1810 murex snail | |
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Siphocypraea sp. Heilprin 1897 cowry | |
Malea sp. Valenciennes 1833 tun shell | |
Distorsio sp. Röding 1798 snail | |
"Bursa (Colubrellina) sp." = Bursa
"Bursa (Colubrellina) sp." = Bursa Roding 1798 frog shell | |
"Phalium (Tylocassis) sp." = Semicassis Mörch 1852 snail
Cassis sp. Scopoli 1777 snail
Sconsia sp. Gray 1847 snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
"Petaloconchus sp." = Petaloconchus, Serpulorbis sp.
"Petaloconchus sp." = Petaloconchus Lea 1843 worm shell
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam | |
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys" sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Flabellipecten sp. Sacco 1897 scallop
Amusium sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Limatula sp. Wood 1839 file clam | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
Placunanomia sp. Broderip 1832 scallop | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
? Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897 mud scallop | |
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Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
Hyotissa sp. Stenzel 1971 oyster | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
"Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca) Gray 1857 ark
Anadara (Cunearca) sp. Dall 1898 ark | |
Axinactis (Glycymerella) sp. Woodring 1925 clam
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Gastrochaena (Gastrochaena) sp. Spengler 1783 clam | |
Americardia sp., Trigoniocardia sp., Microcardium sp., Trachycardium sp., Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) sp., Laevicardium sp.
Americardia sp. Stewart 1930 cockle
Microcardium sp. Thiele 1934 cockle
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) sp. Stewart 1930 cockle
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle | |
Strigilla sp., "Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina)
Strigilla sp. Turton 1822 tellin clam
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam | |
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831 clam
Felaniella (Felaniella) sp. Dall 1899 clam | |
Pseudochama sp. Odhner 1917 jewel box
Arcinella sp. Schumacher 1817 jewel box
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Periglypta sp., "Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus, Chione sp., Dosinia sp., Pitar (Hyphantosoma) sp., Cyclinella sp., Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp., Gouldia sp.
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam
"Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus Coen 1934 venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Pitar (Hyphantosoma) sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. Grant and Gale 1931 venus clam
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam | |
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
? Juliacorbula sp. Olsson 1953 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam | |
Pandora (Pandora) sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Trigonulina sp. d'Orbigny 1946 clam | |
"Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca)
"Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca) Dall 1901 clam | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam |