Armuelles Formation (unspecified localities) (Pleistocene of Panama)

Where: Panama (8.3° N, 82.9° W: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 82.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Armuelles Formation (Charco Azul Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Armuelles Formation. AGE: Pleistocene, according to Ingle (1985) on the basis of microfossils; direct date estimated based on other collections from the Armuelles Formation. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Typical shallow water assemblage, very similar to that living in near-shore waters along the present coast of Panama.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Beds are quite sandy and soft. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, base on lithologic description.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Not stated in text. REPOSITORIES: Unknown.

Primary reference: B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111213: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to gastropods mentioned in text, bivalves not mentioned. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Persististrombus granulatus Swainson 1822 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Harpa crenata Swainson 1822 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Massyla cumingiana3 Petit de la Saussaye 1844 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Recurvina) recurva2 Sowerby 1832 snail
Sincola (Dorsina) dorsata2 Sowerby 1832 snail
Sincola (Dorsina) gibberula2 Sowerby 1832 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Bursa rugosa1 Sowerby 1835 frog shell
Marsupina nana1 Broderip and Sowerby 1829 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis centiquadrata1 Valenciennes 1832 snail
Cypraecassis wilmae1 Kreipl and Alf 2000 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea ringens1 Swainson 1822 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Monoplex keenae1 triton shell
Monoplex wiegmanni1 Anton 1839 triton shell
Monoplex vestitus1 Hinds 1844 triton shell
Linatella caudata1 Gmelin 1791 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio decussata1 Valenciennes 1832 snail
Distorsio constricta1 Broderip 1835 snail
Distorsio minoruohnishii1 Parth 1989 snail
Distorsio jenniernestae1 Emerson and Piech 1992 snail