Also known as PRI Acc. 1267; GCH-1
Where: Panama (9.2° N, 79.6° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° N, 77.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gatuncillo Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: In Madden basin, the Gatuncillo Formation is overlain by Caimato Formation and overlies Cretaceous basement. The thickness of the foramtion is difficult to estimate, but not more than 300 m. AGE: Late Eocene, on the basis of biostratigraphy.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Pitt; reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTORS: B. & L. Pitt. REPOSITORIES: PRI, Ithaca.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82153: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Faunus zenicus snail | |
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
Amaurellina sp. Fischer 1885 moon snail | |
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) elachistum" = Teinostoma (Idioraphie)
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) elachistum" = Teinostoma (Idioraphie) snail | |
Gibberula cf. semen snail | |
Ectinochilus gaudichaudi d'Orbigny 1842 true conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Spondylus olssoni Clark and Durham 1946 scallop |