Woodring Loc. 160 - Gatun Dam [middle Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
collected by MacDonald 1911

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) cf. springvaleense (Rutsch 1942)
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) chipolanum (Dall 1892)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Torcula) altilira (Conrad 1857)
SUBSPECIES: Turritella (Torcula) altilira altilira
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857
SUBSPECIES: Turritella gatunensis gatunensis
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus gatunensis Toula 1908
Woodring 1959 R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus aemulator Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Woodring 1970 R category
SUBSPECIES: Conus aemulator aemulator
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum spiriferum (Dall 1895)
Woodring 1970 R category
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus carbasea (Guppy 1866)
Woodring 1959 R category
SUBSPECIES: Ficus carbasea carbasea
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis (Tylocassis) reclusa (Guppy 1873)
Woodring 1959 R category
recombined as Semicassis reclusa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia (Noetia) reversa (Sowerby 1833)
Woodring 1973 F category
recombined as Noetia reversa
SUBSPECIES: Noetia (Noetia) reversa macdonaldi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Potiarca) chavezi
Woodring 1973 R category
Calloarca (Taeniarca) cachla Olsson 1964
Woodring 1973 C category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata (Gmelin 1791)
Woodring 1973 R category
recombined as Tucetona pectinata
SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata canalis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Woodring 1982 R category
recombined as Lindapecten plurinominis
Amusium toulae (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya falconensis Hodson and Hodson 1927
Woodring 1982 F category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Kuphus incrassatus Gabb 1873
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Martesia sanctipauli Maury 1917
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Hyphantosoma) centangulatus (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1982 R category
Lamelliconcha cora (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1982 R category
Agiopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis (Dall 1903)
Woodring 1982 R category
recombined as Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis
Clementia (Clementia) dariena (Conrad 1855)
Woodring 1982 C category
SUBSPECIES: Clementia (Clementia) dariena
Cyclinella cyclica (Guppy 1866)
Woodring 1982 F category
Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
Woodring 1982 F category
recombined as Macrocallista maculata
Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis (Conrad 1855)
Woodring 1982 F category
Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1982 F category
Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima (Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
Woodring 1982 C category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Harvella elegans (Sowerby 1825)
Woodring 1982 R category
SUBSPECIES: Harvella elegans elegans
Mactrellona alata (Spengler 1802)
Woodring 1982 R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Lophocardium gurabicum (Maury 1917)
Woodring 1982 F category
recombined as Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabicum
Dinocardium cf. cabezai (Gardner 1945)
Woodring 1982 R category
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) striatum
Woodring 1982 F category
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1982 C category
SUBSPECIES: Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense dominicense
Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus 1758)
Woodring 1982 R category
replaced by Laevicardium serratum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtus broggii Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Woodring 1982 R category
SUBSPECIES: Solecurtus broggii gatunensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea (Born 1778)
Woodring 1982 C category
recombined as Eurytellina punicea
Psammacoma gatunensis (Toula 1909)
Woodring 1982 C category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele cf. perlamellosa Heilprin 1887
Woodring 1982 F category
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea parawhitfieldi (Gardner 1928)
Woodring 1982 R category
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Encope annectans Jackson 1917
3 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Pimiento et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Pimiento et al. 2013
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama State/province:Colon
Coordinates: 9.3° North, 79.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.0° North, 78.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Age estimate:10.1 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gatun Member:middle Gatun
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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 10.1 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Just above contact with Caimito Sandstone [???]
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified siltstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Siltstone and silty sandstone.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: No specific environmental data presented.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:MacDonald Collection dates:1911
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: D.F. MacDonald, 1911. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publications, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:USGS 5846; WG160
Database number:145332
Authorizer:A. Hendy, C. Jaramillo Enterer:A. Hendy, C. Pimiento
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-06-01 00:12:49 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2013-06-01 00:12:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11306. 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]

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]
11372 W. P. Woodring. 1959. Geology and paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Vermetidae to Thaididae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(B):147-239 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13236 W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299-452 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13235 W. P. Woodring. 1973. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(E):453-539 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13359 W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]