PPP# 2165 - Isla Payardi [lower Gatun Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
collected by Jung et al. 1992

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cetengraulis sp. Günther 1868
5 specimens
Actinopteri - Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832
18 specimens
Actinopteri - Pomacanthidae
Pomacanthidae indet.
4 specimens
Actinopteri - Haemulidae
Haemulidae indet. Gill 1885
2 specimens
Pomadasys sp. Lacépède 1802
5 specimens
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Sciaenidae indet. (Cuvier 1828)
1 specimen
original and current combination Sciaenoidei
Equetus sp. Rafinesque 1815
3 specimens
Actinopteri - Lutjanidae
Rhomboplites sp. Gill 1862
3 specimens
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Lepophidium sp.
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862
6 specimens
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Cynoglossidae
Symphurus sp.
3 specimens
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Ariosoma sp. Swainson 1838
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardites sp. Link 1807
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula oropendula (Olsson 1922)
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Caryocorbula prenasuta (Olsson 1964)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Varicorbula sp. Grant and Gale 1931
Jung 1989 3 specimens
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula)
Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) sp. (Olsson 1932)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Hexacorbula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. (Grant and Gale 1931)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Lirophora (Lirophora) sp. Conrad 1863
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900
Jung 1989 18 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella sp. Brown 1827
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. (Iredale 1939)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten plurinomis
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Leptopecten ecnomius Woodring 1982
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Polyschides epetrion
Jung 1989 22 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnella sp. Gabb 1873
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvulella (Volvulella) sp. Newton 1891
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella altilira Conrad 1857
Jung 1989 8 specimens
recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Turritella abrupta (Spieker 1922)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum strioterebrum
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Niteoliva) terryi Olsson 1956
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Niso sp. Risso 1826
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Natica (Naticarius) sp. (Dumeril 1806)
Jung 1989 11 specimens
original and current combination Naticarius
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Epitonium) sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Callolongchaeus sp. Dall 1903
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 1 specimen
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:unpublished field data
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:10.5 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gatun Member:lower Gatun
Local section:Sabanita to Payardi Local bed:268 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSRATIGRAPHY: From the Gatun Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Late Miocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From middle member in text; lower part of the Gatun Fm according to enterer.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine poorly lithified silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Soft, silty fine-grained sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of observed specimens.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: No specific environmental data presented.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMB
Collectors:Jung et al. Collection dates:1992
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: 5.1.1992. REPOSITORY: NMB.
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. 18664
Database number:145521
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2013-06-05 06:09:52 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-06-05 06:09:52
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]