PPP# 2168 - San Judas Tadeo [lower Gatun Fm] (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as NMB Loc. 18667

Where: Panama (9.4° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: lower Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gatun Fm, which regionally overlies the Caimito Fm or Mesozoic basement. AGE: Late Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From middle member of the Gatun Formatio according to the author; the enterer considers this to be the lower member of the Gatun Formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandy mudstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on observations of material.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected in 1995; reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,

• COLLECTOR: 9/9/95. REPOSITORY: NMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Primary reference: O. Aguilera and D. R. de Aguilera. 1999. Bathymetric distribution of Miocene to Pleistocene Caribbean teleostean fishes from the coast of Panama and Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:251-269 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145520: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs and fish. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature. Subgenus-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp.1 Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp.1 Say 1824 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp.1 Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) sp.1 Woodring 1928 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira1 Conrad 1857 turret shell
Turritella gatunensis1 Conrad 1857 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis" = Oliva gatunensis1
"Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis" = Oliva gatunensis1 Toula 1908 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Antillophos (Antillophos) candeanus1 d'Orbigny 1842 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Calophos sp.1 Woodring 1964 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus "sp. 1"1 Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus "sp. 2"1 Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus "sp. 3"1 Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Ithycythara sp.1 Woodring 1928 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp.1 Sacco 1891 auger snail
Strioterebrum spiriferum1 Dall 1895 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Cruziturricula sp." = Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula)1
"Cruziturricula sp." = Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula)1 Marks 1951 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Harpa sp.1 Röding 1798 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio constricta1 Broderip 1835 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea ringens1 Swainson 1822 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae indet.1 Rafinesque 1815 cowry
Muracypraea henekeni1 Sowerby 1850 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.1 Guilding 1834 moon snail
Polinices stanislasmeunieri1 Maury 1917 moon snail
Neverita (Hypterita) sp.1 Woodring 1957 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp.1 Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Stigmaulax guppiana1 Toula 1909 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp.1 Röding 1798 sundial
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnella sp.1 Gabb 1873 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis1 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 ark
Anadara (Potiarca) sp.1 Iredale 1939 ark
Anadara (Diluvarca) sp.1 Woodring 1925 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Axinactis (Glycymerella) sp.1 Woodring 1925 clam
Tucetona sp.1 Iredale 1939 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten sp.1 Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
Aequipecten sp.1 Fischer 1886 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreola sp.1 Monterosato 1884 oyster
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula prenasuta1 Olsson 1964 clam
Caryocorbula oropendula1 Olsson 1922 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)1 Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Arcinella sp.1 Schumacher 1817 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia sp.1 Adams 1847 venus clam
"Agriopoma (Pitarella) sp." = Agriopoma1 Dall 1902 venus
Pitar (Pitar) sp.1 Römer 1857 venus clam
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp.1 Grant and Gale 1931 venus clam
Lirophora (Lirophora) sp.1 Conrad 1863 venus clam
Chionopsis sp.1 Olsson 1932 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) sp.1, "Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sp." = Dallocardia1
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sp." = Dallocardia1 Stewart 1930 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra sp.1 Lamarck 1818 abra
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Gadila sp.1 Gray 1847 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappa flammea2 Herbst 1794 box crab
 Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Leucosilia bananensis2 Rathbun 1918 crab
Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros sp. Thompson 1840
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
 Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Porichthys sp. Girard 1854 toadfish
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Apogon sp. Lacépède 1802 Cardinalfish
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 goby
 Acanthomorphata - Pomacanthidae
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Diplectrum sp. Holbrook 1855 sand perch
 Acanthomorphata - Opistognathidae
Lonchopisthus sp. Myers 1935
 Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Mugil sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Trachurus sp. Lacépède 1802
 Pleuronectiformes - Cynoglossidae
Symphurus sp. flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Rhynchoconger sp. Jordan and Hobbs 1925 conger eel
Ariosoma sp. Swainson 1838 conger eel