Where: Panama (9.0° N, 79.5° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° N, 77.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: chemical,
• These specimens comprise the collection: USGS 16889. They were collected by T.F. Thompson (Chief Geologist of the Panama Canal), W.P. Woodring, and J.R. Schulz.
Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1948. Eocene Echinoids from Panama. Journal of Paleontology 22(1):91-93 [L. Ivany/C. Visaggi/C. Visaggi]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42698: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Christy Visaggi on 04.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
"Peronella dalli" = Weisbordella dalli
"Peronella dalli" = Weisbordella dalli Clark and Twitchell 1915 sand dollar | |
Peronella acunai sand dollar
Peronella cubae Weisbord 1934 sand dollar | |
"Schizaster armiger" = Paraster armiger
"Schizaster armiger" = Paraster armiger Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin | |
Euspatangus | |
"Eupatagus clevei" = Euspatangus clevei
"Eupatagus clevei" = Euspatangus clevei Cotteau 1875 |