PPP# 1995 - Swan Cay [Swan Cay Fm] (Pleistocene of Panama)

Also known as NMB Loc. 18372

Where: Bocas, Panama (9.5° N, 82.3° W: paleocoordinates 9.4° N, 82.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Swan Cay Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• No contacts are observed but the stratigraphic relationship of the Pleistocene Swan Cay formation is within the Bocas del Toro Group based on biostratigraphic data.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; pebbly, volcaniclastic, silty, sandy sandstone

• The formation has three components. The lower 15m is exposed on the southernly low hill of the island and consists of silty sandstone and and shelly calcarenitic siltstone with coral rubble and red algal fragments and balls. The middle four m consists of calcarenitic clayey siltstone with dense, fine shell-hash horizons and abundant large coral colonies in the lower part. The upper 60m of the formation consists of massively thick-bedded pale tan-white calcarenite. The upper 30m are vuggy, sparry and clean and include a 4m thick coral bed with large Montastraea colonies and mollusks. The lower 30m consist of more silty calcarenite with common red algae and large foraminifera, shell hash and micromollusks. Cave deposits, about five m above the base of the calcarenite consist of silty, shelly, volcaniclastic sandstone, mixed with abundant volcanic cobbles and boulders and calcareous reef rubble containing and abundant and diverse molluscan assemblage.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH, NMB, USNM

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 8/6/93. REPOSITORIES:collections presumably held at USNM, BMNH and Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB),

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: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79871: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 25.03.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature, though only identified to subgenus resolution. IDENTIFIER: presumably identified by J. Jackson, J. Todd, H. Fortunato, and P. Jung.
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Arene (Arene) sp. Adams and Adams 1854 snail
Homalopoma sp. Carpenter 1864 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
"Euchelus (Mirachelus) sp." = Mirachelus
"Euchelus (Mirachelus) sp." = Mirachelus Woodring 1928 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
"Perotrochus (Entemnotrochus) sp." = Entemnotrochus
"Perotrochus (Entemnotrochus) sp." = Entemnotrochus Fischer 1885 snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Opalia sp. Adams and Adams 1853 wentletrap
Epitonium (Asperiscala) sp. de Boury 1909 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae
"Siliquaria sp." = Tenagodus
"Siliquaria sp." = Tenagodus Guettard 1770 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae
Sansonia sp. Jousseaume 1892 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Compsodrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Lioglyphostoma sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Carinodrillia sp. Dall 1919 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
? Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Minioliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Colubraria sp. Schumacher 1817 true whelk
Bailya sp. Smith 1944 true whelk
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail
sensu lato
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
? Nassarina sp. Dall 1889 snail
Nassarina (Zanassarina) sp. Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 snail
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 snail
? Decipifus sp. Olsson and McGinty 1958 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail
Hindsiclava sp. Hertlein and Strong 1955 snail
? Cerodrillia sp. Bartsch and Rehder 1939 snail
Syntomodrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail
? Syntomodrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp. Woodring 1928 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Nannodiella sp. Dall 1919 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
? Glyphoturris sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Kurtziella (Cryoturris) sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Pyrgocythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail
? Brachycythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Ithycythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Pleurotomella sp. Verrill 1872 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Costellaria) sp. Swainson 1840 ribbed mitre
Knefastia sp. Dall 1919 ribbed mitre
Thala sp. Adams and Adams 1853 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarina sp. Hinds 1844 margin shell
Granula sp. Jousseaume 1875 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
? Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Coralliophila sp., "Poirieria (Pazinotus) sp." = Pazinotus, Haustellum sp.
Coralliophila sp. Adams and Adams 1853 murex snail
"Poirieria (Pazinotus) sp." = Pazinotus Vokes 1970 murex snail
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio sp. Röding 1798 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Cymatium sp. Röding 1798 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Luria sp. Jousseaume 1884 cowry
Proadusta sp. Sacco 1894 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Jenneria sp. Jousseaume 1884 Jenner's Cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sigatica sp. Meyer and Aldrich 1886 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail
? Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Barleeiidae
Barleeia sp. Clark 1853 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell
? Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Metaxia sp. Monterosato 1884 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinellidae indet. Bush 1897 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Dunkeria sp. Carpenter 1856 snail
Ividella sp. Dall and Bartsch 1909 snail
? Eulimastoma sp. Bartsch 1916 snail
Brachystomia sp. Monterosato 1884 snail
Ondina sp. de Folin 1870 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudotorinia sp. Sacco 1892 snail
Heliacus (Heliacus) sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvulella (Volvulella) sp. Newton 1891 snail
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945 snail
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Clio sp. Linnaeus 1767 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
Acar sp. Gray 1857 miniature ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Dimya sp. Rouault 1850 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limea sp. Bronn 1831 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa sp. Stenzel 1971 oyster
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina sp. Dall 1901 clam
sensu lato
? Gonimyrtea sp. Marwick 1929 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) sp." = Hexacorbula, ? Caryocorbula sp., "Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
"Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) sp." = Hexacorbula Olsson 1932 clam
? Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia sp., "Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam
"Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus Coen 1934 venus clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Leionucula sp., "? Varinucula sp." = Nucula (Varinucula)
Leionucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
"? Varinucula sp." = Nucula (Varinucula) Maxwell 1988 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Thestyleda) sp. Iredale 1929 pointed nut clam
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam
Jupiteria sp. Bellardi 1875 pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
sensu lato