Also known as NMB Loc. 17810
Where: Bocas del Toro, Panama (9.2° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 81.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cayo Agua Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: the Cayo Agua Fm is equivalent in age to the upper part of the Shark Hole Point Fm and the lower part of the Escudo de Veraguas Fm, no contacts are known. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal, gray, blue, argillaceous, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Reposited in the BMNH, NMB, USNM
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 5/30/88. 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 79998: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Kate Bulinski on 31.03.2008, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Nellia tenella Lamarck 1816 | |
Discoporella "n. sp. 3", Discoporella "n. sp. 5", Discoporella "n. sp. 6", Discoporella "n. sp. 7", Cupuladria aff. canariensis, Cupuladria biporosa, Cupuladria aff. biporosa, Vibracellina laxibasis, Biflustra savartii
Discoporella "n. sp. 3" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 5" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 6" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 7" d'Orbigny 1852
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Biflustra savartii Audouin 1826 | |
Cellaria mandibulata Hincks 1882 | |
Turbicellepora sp. Ryland 1963 | |
Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Schedocleidochasma "n. sp. 3", Rhynchozoon sp., Hippoporella gorgonensis
Schedocleidochasma "n. sp. 3" Soule et al. 1991
Rhynchozoon sp. Hincks 1895
Hippoporella gorgonensis Hastings 1930 | |
Hippoporina sp. Neviani 1895 | |
Gastropoda | |
Limacina sp. Bosc 1817 snail | |
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945 snail | |
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail | |
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Hindsiclava sp. Hertlein and Strong 1955 snail | |
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute | |
Dentimargo sp. Cossmann 1899 margin shell
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell | |
"Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) sp." = Phyllonotus, Murex sp.
"Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) sp." = Phyllonotus Swainson 1830 murex snail
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell | |
Knefastia sp. Dall 1919 ribbed mitre | |
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
Olivella (Dactylidella) sp. Woodring 1928 olive snail
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail | |
Malea sp. Valenciennes 1833 tun shell | |
Sconsia sp., "Phalium (Tylocassis) sp." = Semicassis
Sconsia sp. Gray 1847 snail
"Phalium (Tylocassis) sp." = Semicassis Mörch 1852 snail | |
"Tugurium sp." = Onustus
"Tugurium sp." = Onustus Swainson 1840 carrier shell | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
"Ringincula (Ringiculella) sp." = Ringicula (Ringiculella)
"Ringincula (Ringiculella) sp." = Ringicula (Ringiculella) Sacco 1892 snail | |
Eulimastoma sp. Bartsch 1916 snail
Turbonillinae indet. Bronn 1849 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
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Bivalvia | |
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster | |
Hyotissa sp. Stenzel 1971 oyster | |
Flabellipecten sp. Sacco 1897 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897 mud scallop | |
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula), Caryocorbula sp.
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Hysteroconcha sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra | |
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) sp. Stewart 1930 cockle | |
Cardiomya sp. Adams 1864 clam | |
Trigonulina sp. d'Orbigny 1946 clam | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Antillocyathus cristatus Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
Antillocyathus gracilis Cairns 1995 stony coral
Paracyathus henekeni Duncan 1863 stony coral |