Also known as Woodring Loc. 144; WG144
Where: Colon, Panama (9.3° N, 79.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 78.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: middle Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From middle part of the Gatun Formation. The Gatun Formation is sibdivided into three faunal zones (proposed by Thomson and Keen, 1946): lower, middle, and upper. AGE: Late Miocene, on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy (see Collins and Coates, 1999), refined by enterer to Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 10.4 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, fine-grained, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by D.F. MacDonald, T.W. Vaughan in 1911; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: D.F. MacDonald and T.W. Vaughan, 1911. REPOSITORY: USNM.
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 145196: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Tubothalamea | |
Echinoidea | |
Encope platytata Jackson 1917 sand dollar | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Lamna cf. elegans" = Striatolamia macrota2
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Gastropoda | |
Natica (Natica) bolus Brown and Pilsbry 1913 moon snail | |
"Xancus dodonaius" = Turbinella3
"Xancus dodonaius" = Turbinella3 snail Xancus validus falconensis in Woodring (1964); Xancus dodonaius praelavigatus in Woodring (1973)(
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Turritella (Turritella) gatunensis Conrad 1857 turret shell
Turritella (Torcula) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell SUBSPECIES: Turritella (Torcula) altilira pracellens
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Bivalvia | |
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"Flabellipecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis6, "Aequipecten plurinominis" = Lindapecten plurinominis6
"Flabellipecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis6 Toula 1909 scallop SUBSPECIES: Flabellipecten gatunensis gatunensis
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Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima6, Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis6, Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum6, Clementia (Clementia) dariena6
Clementia (Clementia) dariena6 Conrad 1855 venus clam SUBSPECIES: Clementia (Clementia) dariena dariena
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense6 Gabb 1873 cockle SUBSPECIES: Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense dominicense
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Malacostraca | |
"Callianassa vaughani" = Neocallichirus scotti1
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