Also known as NMB Loc. 17835
Where: Panama (9.1° N, 81.6° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: NN17-NN18 nannofossil zone, Escudo de Veraguas Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The upper and lower contacts of the formation are not exposed. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999), not specified to Early or Late Pliocene; direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999); age range also provided by Bybell (1999).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91912: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.10.2009, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Schizocyathus fissilis Pourtales 1874 stony coral | |
Ostracoda | |
Bradleya acceptabilis ostracod | |
Loxocorniculum sp. Benson and Coleman 1963 ostracod | |
Pellucistoma sp. ostracod | |
Caudites nipeensis ostracod | |
Munseyella sp. van Bold 1957 ostracod | |
Argilloecia sp. ostracod | |
Kangarina sp. ostracod
Paracytheridea sp. Muller 1894 ostracod
Cytheropteron sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
Eucytherura sp. ostracod
Cytherura sp. ostracod | |
Heinia sp. ostracod | |
Krithe spp. Brady et al. 1874 ostracod | |
Radimella postovata ostracod | |
Bairdiidae indet. Sars 1888 ostracod | |
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Vibracellina laxibasis, Cupuladria aff. canariensis, Cupuladria "n. sp. 6", Cupuladria biporosa, Cupuladria aff. biporosa, Discoporella "n. sp. 3", Discoporella "n. sp. 5", Discoporella "n. sp. 6"
Cupuladria "n. sp. 6" Canu and Basler 1919
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Discoporella "n. sp. 3" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 5" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 6" d'Orbigny 1852 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Spiroloculina antillarum d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Miliolinella californica, Triloculina trigonula, Quinqueloculina "sp. D", Quinqueloculina lamarckiana, Hauerina fragilissima, Sigmoilopsis schlumbergeri
Triloculina trigonula Lamarck 1804
Quinqueloculina "sp. D" d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina lamarckiana d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Cornuspira planorbis Schultze 1854 | |
Foraminifera | |
Elphidium discoidale d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Sagrina pulchella d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Cancris sagra Cushman and Todd 1942 | |
Amphistegina gibbosa d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Globigerinita glutinata Egger 1893 | |
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer, Globigerina bulloides, Globigerina falconensis, Sphaeroidinella dehiscens, Orbulina universa, Globigerinoides obliquus, Globigerinoides conglobatus, Globigerinoides ruber, "Globigerina apertura" = Globoturborotalita apertura, "Globigerina decoraperta" = Globoturborotalita decoraperta, Globigerinella aequilateralis
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerina falconensis Blow 1959
Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Parker and Jones 1865
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides obliquus Bolli 1957
Globigerinoides conglobatus Brady 1879
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
"Globigerina apertura" = Globoturborotalita apertura Cushman 1918
"Globigerina decoraperta" = Globoturborotalita decoraperta Takayanagi and Saito 1962
Globigerinella aequilateralis Brady 1879 | |
Neogloboquadrina humerosa, Neogloboquadrina acostaensis, Globorotalia miocenica, Globorotalia crassaformis, "Globorotalia tosaensis" = Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis, "Globorotalia pseudomiocenica" = Globorotalia (Menardella) pseudomiocenica
Neogloboquadrina humerosa Takayanagi and Saito 1962
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis Blow 1959
Globorotalia crassaformis Galloway and Wissler 1927
"Globorotalia tosaensis" = Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis Takayanagi and Saito 1962
"Globorotalia pseudomiocenica" = Globorotalia (Menardella) pseudomiocenica Bolli and Bermudez 1965 | |
Globothalamea | |
Valvulineria palmerae, Rosalina globularis, Hanzawaia concentrica, Epistominella vitrea, Discorbina patelliformis, Discorbis sp.
Rosalina globularis d'Orbigny 1826
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Melonis barleeanum Williamson 1858 | |