Also known as YPA032
Where: Colon, Panama (9.4° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: lower Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by C. Pimiento, A. Rincon, A. Hendy, B. MacFadden; reposited in the FLMNH
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• 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: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 160567: 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 | |
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 lemon shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
Urobatis sp. ray | |
Taeniura grabata Saint-Hilaire 1817 whiptail stingray | |
Mobula hypostoma devil ray
Mobula munkiana devil ray
Myliobatis californica eagle ray
Rhinoptera steindachneri cownose ray | |
Aetobatus narinari Euphrasen 1790 stingray |