Isla Payardi: Tortonian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Mobula munkiana
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Pimiento et al. 2013 | ||||||
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Rhinoptera steindachneri
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Pimiento et al. 2013 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo cuvier
Peron and LeSueur 1822
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Pimiento et al. 2013 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Negaprion brevirostris
Poey 1868
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Pimiento et al. 2013 | ||||||
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Pimiento et al. 2013 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Pimiento et al. 2013 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.4° North, 79.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.1° North, 78.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gatun | Member: | Lower |
| Regional section: | Panama Canal |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FLMNH |
| Collection method comments: Screenwashing and surface prospecting | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | YPA021 | ||
| Database number: | 118105 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | M. Uhen, C. Pimiento |
| Modifier: | C. Pimiento | ||
| Subset of collection #: | 20 | ||
| Created: | 2011-10-06 03:07:36 | Last modified: | 2014-08-25 16:20:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-06 03:07:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38040. | C. Pimiento, D. J. Ehret, B. J. MacFadden and G. Hubbell. 2010. Ancient Nursery Area for the Extinct Giant Shark Megalodon from the Miocene of Panama. PloS One 5(5):1-9 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 52363 | 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] |