Where: Panama (8.1° N, 81.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.6° N, 78.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Santiago Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Santiago Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Late Oligocene in text; other maps refer to this unit as Miocene and relatively younger than Gatun Formation (Late Miocene); need to reconcile age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List representative of formation
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1957. Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(A) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93695: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Clementia (Clementia) dariena2 Conrad 1855 venus clam SUBSPECIES: Clementia (Clementia) dariena rabelli
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Gastropoda | |
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Ampullinopsis spenceri Cooke 1919 snail |