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 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Cupuladria aff. canariensis, Cupuladria "n. sp. 6", Cupuladria biporosa, Cupuladria aff. biporosa, Discoporella "n. sp. 3", Discoporella "n. sp. 5", Discoporella "n. sp. 6", Vibracellina laxibasis
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 | |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod | |
Loxocorniculum sp. Benson and Coleman 1963 ostracod | |
Bradleya acceptabilis ostracod | |
Bairdiidae indet. Sars 1888 ostracod | |
Argilloecia sp. ostracod | |
Heinia sp. ostracod | |
Eucytherura sp. ostracod
Cytheropteron sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
Cytherura sp. ostracod
Kangarina sp. ostracod
Paracytheridea sp. Muller 1894 ostracod | |
Krithe spp. Brady et al. 1874 ostracod | |
Radimella postovata ostracod | |
Munseyella sp. van Bold 1957 ostracod | |
Pellucistoma sp. ostracod | |
Caudites nipeensis ostracod | |
Foraminifera | |
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis, Neogloboquadrina humerosa, Globorotalia miocenica, "Globorotalia pseudomiocenica" = Globorotalia (Menardella) pseudomiocenica, Globorotalia crassaformis, "Globorotalia tosaensis" = Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis Blow 1959
Neogloboquadrina humerosa Takayanagi and Saito 1962
"Globorotalia pseudomiocenica" = Globorotalia (Menardella) pseudomiocenica Bolli and Bermudez 1965
Globorotalia crassaformis Galloway and Wissler 1927
"Globorotalia tosaensis" = Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis Takayanagi and Saito 1962 | |
Globigerinoides conglobatus, Globigerinoides ruber, Globigerinoides obliquus, Orbulina universa, "Globigerina decoraperta" = Globoturborotalita decoraperta, "Globigerina apertura" = Globoturborotalita apertura, Globigerinella aequilateralis, "Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer, Sphaeroidinella dehiscens, Globigerina bulloides, Globigerina falconensis
Globigerinoides conglobatus Brady 1879
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides obliquus Bolli 1957
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
"Globigerina decoraperta" = Globoturborotalita decoraperta Takayanagi and Saito 1962
"Globigerina apertura" = Globoturborotalita apertura Cushman 1918
Globigerinella aequilateralis Brady 1879
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877
Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Parker and Jones 1865
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerina falconensis Blow 1959 | |
Globigerinita glutinata Egger 1893 | |
Elphidium discoidale d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Amphistegina gibbosa d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Sagrina pulchella d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Cancris sagra Cushman and Todd 1942 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Hauerina fragilissima, Quinqueloculina "sp. D", Quinqueloculina lamarckiana, Triloculina trigonula, Miliolinella californica, Sigmoilopsis schlumbergeri
Quinqueloculina "sp. D" d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina lamarckiana d'Orbigny 1839
Triloculina trigonula Lamarck 1804 | |
Spiroloculina antillarum d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Cornuspira planorbis Schultze 1854 | |
Globothalamea | |
Discorbina patelliformis, Rosalina globularis, Valvulineria palmerae, Hanzawaia concentrica, Epistominella vitrea, Discorbis sp.
Rosalina globularis d'Orbigny 1826
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Melonis barleeanum Williamson 1858 | |