Santiago Formation (Oligocene of Panama)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

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

• COVERAGE: General list for the Santiago Formation, but limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella meroensis1 Olsson 1931 turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullinopsis spenceri Cooke 1919 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Clementia (Clementia) dariena2 Conrad 1855 venus clam
SUBSPECIES: Clementia (Clementia) dariena rabelli