PPP# 2167 - San Judas Tadeo [lower Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
collected 1999

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cetengraulis sp. Günther 1868
1 specimen
Ophichthys sp.
1 specimen
Paralonchurus sp.
1 specimen
Pythomichthys sp.
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Haemulidae
Haemulidae indet. Gill 1885
1 specimen
Pomadasys sp. Lacépède 1802
50 specimens
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1833
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Pomacanthidae
Pomacanthidae indet.
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Lutjanidae
Lutjanidae indet. Gill 1861
3 specimens
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Cynoscion sp. Gill 1861
2 specimens
Umbrina sp. Cuvier 1817
3 specimens
Equetus sp. Rafinesque 1815
6 specimens
Actinopteri - Opistognathidae
Lonchopisthus sp. Myers 1935
11 specimens
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Bothidae indet.
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862
3 specimens
Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae
Trachurus sp. Lacépède 1802
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Otophidium sp. Gill 1885
1 specimen
Lepophidium sp.
40 specimens
Actinopteri - Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832
64 specimens
Actinopteri - Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Apogon sp. Lacépède 1802
6 specimens
Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Porichthys sp. Girard 1854
2 specimens
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890
3 specimens
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Synodontidae
Saurida sp.
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Anchoa sp. Jordan and Evermann 1927
2 specimens
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Rhynchoconger sp. Jordan and Hobbs 1925
13 specimens
Paraconger sp. Kanazawa 1961
1 specimen
Ariosoma sp. Swainson 1838
2 specimens
Rhechias sp. Jordan 1922
1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Gadilinidae
Episiphon sp. Pilsbry 1897
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 34 specimens
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Polyschides epetrion
Jung 1989 10 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) dariensis (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Lepidopecten scissuratus (Dall 1898)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina sp. (Dall 1901)
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula sp. Grant and Gale 1931
Jung 1989 2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula)
Caryocorbula oropendula (Olsson 1922)
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Eurytellina sp. Fischer 1887
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis (Conrad 1855)
Jung 1989 21 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Nucinella sp. Wood 1850
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Solariorbis (Solariorbis) sp. Conrad 1865
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnella sp. Gabb 1873
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Roxania sp. Leach In Gray 1847
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyrgiscus sp. Philippi 1841
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp. (Sacco 1892)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) sp. (Fischer 1857)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp. (Pilsbry 1922)
Jung 1989 4 specimens
spelled with current rank as Teinostoma (Idioraphie)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbellidae indet. Swainson 1840
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Solenosteira sp. Dall 1890
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Bivetiella dariena (Toula 1908)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Niteoliva) terryi Olsson 1956
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Oliva (Oliva) gatunensis (Toula 1908)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
original and current combination Oliva gatunensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Strioterebrum spiriferum (Dall 1895)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Terebra (Panaterebra) sp. Olsson 1967
Jung 1989 2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama
Coordinates: 9.4° North, 79.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.1° North, 78.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Age estimate:10.8 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gatun Member:lower Gatun
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gatun Fm, which regionally overlies the Caimito Fm or Mesozoic basement. AGE: Late Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From middle member of the Gatun Formatio according to the author; the enterer considers this to be the lower member of the Gatun Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal unlithified sandy siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandy mudstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on observations of material.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMB
Collection dates:1999
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: 1999. REPOSITORY: NMB, Basel, Switzerland.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs and fish. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature. Subgenus-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:NMB Loc. 18666
Database number:145519
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2013-06-05 05:38:59 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-06-05 05:38:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

47055. O. Aguilera and D. R. de Aguilera. 1999. Bathymetric distribution of Miocene to Pleistocene Caribbean teleostean fishes from the coast of Panama and Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:251-269 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]