Also known as YPA022
Where: Colon, Panama (9.1° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by C. Pimiento, A. Rincon; reposited in the FLMNH
• Screenwashing and surface prospecting
Primary reference: C. Pimiento, G. González-Barba, D. J. Ehret, B. J. MacFadden, A. J. W. Hendy and C. Jaramillo. 2013. Sharks and Rays (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the late Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama. Journal of Paleontology 87(5):755-774 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 160565: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 24.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes 1839 requiem shark
Carcharhinus perezi Poey 1876 requiem shark | |
Taeniura grabata Saint-Hilaire 1817 whiptail stingray |