Where: Panama, Panama (8.9° N, 79.6° W: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 79.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pacific Muck Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pacific Muck, which unconformably overlies various strata of Miocene age in the Panama Canal Basin, including the Culebra [+La Boca] and Panama formations. AGE: Late Pleistocene-Holocene, on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Ex-situ deposit, from presumably only a single subsurface horizon.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite
Collected by Birkenroad in 1959; reposited in the CAS, FLMNH
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: M.D. Birkenroad, 1959. REPOSITORY: Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) and California Academy of Sciences.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy. 2014. Quaternary invertebrate fossil assemblages from coastal marine ecosystems of Bahia de Panama, Panama. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 160395: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Saccella fastigata Keen 1958 pointed nut clam
Adrana exoptata Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 pointed nut clam
Politoleda polita Sowerby 1833 pointed nut clam | |
Brachidontes adamsianus Dunker 1857 mussel | |
Saccostrea palmula Carpenter 1857 oyster | |
Pteria sterna Gould 1851 pearl oyster | |
Atrina maura Sowerby 1833 oyster | |
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle | |
Leptopecten tumbezensis d'Orbigny 1846 scallop
Argopecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842 calico scallop | |
"Rasia concinna" = Anadara concinna, "Cunearca nux" = Anadara nux
"Rasia concinna" = Anadara concinna Sowerby 1833 ark
"Cunearca nux" = Anadara nux Sowerby I 1833 ark | |
Noetia reversa Sowerby 1833 clam | |
"Eucrassatella gibbosa" = Hybolophus gibbosus
"Eucrassatella gibbosa" = Hybolophus gibbosus Sowerby 1832 clam | |
Mexicardia procera Sowerby 1833 cockle
Apiocardia obovale Sowerby 1833 cockle
"Trigoniocardia granifera" = Trigoniocardia graniferum Broderip and Sowerby 1829 cockle | |
Cumingia lamellosa Sowerby 1833 clam | |
Tagelus politus Carpenter 1857 clam
Tagelus peruanus Dunker 1862 clam | |
Eurytellina prora, Eurytellina regia, Eurytellina inaequistriata, Scissula varilineata, Moerella subtrigona, Moerella amianta, Moerella tabogensis, "Moerella carpenteri" = Ameritella carpenteri, Psammacoma ecuadoriana, Temnoconcha cognata
Eurytellina prora Hanley 1844 tellin clam
Eurytellina regia Hanley 1844 tellin clam
Eurytellina inaequistriata Donovan 1802 tellin clam
Scissula varilineata Pilsbry and Olsson 1943 tellin clam
Moerella subtrigona Sowerby 1866 tellin clam
Moerella amianta Dall 1900 tellin clam
Moerella tabogensis Salisbury 1934 tellin clam
"Moerella carpenteri" = Ameritella carpenteri Dall 1900 tellin clam
Psammacoma ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 tellin clam
Temnoconcha cognata Adams 1852 tellin clam | |
"Donax gracilis" = Donax (Paradonax) gracilis
"Donax gracilis" = Donax (Paradonax) gracilis Hanley 1845 clam | |
Gari maxima Deshayes 1855 clam | |
Raeta undulata Gould 1851 clam | |
Mactrotoma californica Conrad 1837 surfclam
Mulinia pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 clam | |
Leukoma asperrima, Dosinia dunkeri, Chionopsis amathusia, Lirophora mariae, Cyclinella jadisi, Lamelliconcha paytensis
Leukoma asperrima Sowerby 1835 venus clam
Dosinia dunkeri Philippi 1844 venus clam
Chionopsis amathusia Philippi 1844 venus clam
Lirophora mariae d'Orbigny 1846 venus clam
Cyclinella jadisi Olsson 1961 venus clam
Lamelliconcha paytensis d'Orbigny 1845 venus clam | |
Diplodonta subquadrata Carpenter 1855 clam | |
Cyrtopleura crucigera Sowerby 1834 clam | |
Tenuicorbula tenuis Sowerby 1833 clam
Caryocorbula marmorata Hinds 1843 clam
Caryocorbula ovulata Sowerby 1835 clam
Juliacorbula bicarinata Sowerby 1833 clam | |
Codakia distinguenda Tryon 1872 clam
Lucinisca centrifuga Dall 1901 clam
Radiolucina cancellaris Philippi 1846 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Crucibulum pectinatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) pectinatum, Crepidula incurva, Calyptraea mamillaris
"Crucibulum pectinatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) pectinatum Carpenter 1856 slipper shell
Crepidula incurva Broderip 1834 slipper shell
Calyptraea mamillaris Broderip 1834 slipper shell | |
Prunum sapotilla Hinds 1844 margin shell | |
Favartia lappa Broderip 1833 murex snail | |
Olivella volutella Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
Strioterebrum glaucum Hinds 1844 auger snail | |
Nassarius pagodus Reeve 1844 snail
Nassarius nodicinctus Adams 1852 snail | |
Strombina elegans Sowerby 1832 snail
Sincola gibberula Sowerby 1832 snail
Cosmioconcha modesta Powys 1835 snail
Mitrella guttata Sowerby 1832 snail | |
Antillophos veraguensis Hinds 1843 true whelk
Cymatophos crassus Hinds 1843 true whelk | |
Malea ringens Swainson 1822 tun shell | |
"Natica unifasciata" = Natica (Naticarius) unifasciata Lamarck 1822 moon snail
Sinum debile Gould 1853 moon snail
Polinices uber Valenciennes 1821 moon snail | |
"Gyroscala purpurata" = Epitonium (Pictoscala) purpuratum
"Gyroscala purpurata" = Epitonium (Pictoscala) purpuratum Dall 1917 wentletrap | |
"Theodoxus luteofasciatus" = Theodoxus (Vittoclithon) luteofasciatus
"Theodoxus luteofasciatus" = Theodoxus (Vittoclithon) luteofasciatus Miller 1879 snail |