FLMNH Loc. 4143 - Panama Canal [Pacific Muck]: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Panama
collected by Birkenroad 1959
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Eucrassatella gibbosa
(Sowerby 1832)
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| recombined as Hybolophus gibbosus | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinisca centrifuga
(Dall 1901)
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Radiolucina cancellaris
(Philippi 1846)
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Codakia distinguenda
(Tryon 1872)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Cyrtopleura crucigera
(Sowerby 1834)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Tenuicorbula tenuis
(Sowerby 1833)
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Caryocorbula ovulata
(Sowerby 1835)
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Caryocorbula marmorata
(Hinds 1843)
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Juliacorbula bicarinata
(Sowerby 1833)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Lamelliconcha paytensis
(d'Orbigny 1845)
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Lirophora mariae
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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Leukoma asperrima
(Sowerby 1835)
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Dosinia dunkeri
(Philippi 1844)
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Chionopsis amathusia
(Philippi 1844)
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Cyclinella jadisi
Olsson 1961
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta subquadrata
Carpenter 1855
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Anatinellidae
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Raeta undulata
(Gould 1851)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia pallida
(Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
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Mactrotoma californica
(Conrad 1837)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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Gari maxima
(Deshayes 1855)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax gracilis
Hanley 1845
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| recombined as Donax (Paradonax) gracilis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Moerella carpenteri
(Dall 1900)
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| recombined as Ameritella carpenteri | |||||||
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Temnoconcha cognata
(Adams 1852)
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Psammacoma ecuadoriana
(Pilsbry and Olsson 1941)
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Eurytellina prora
(Hanley 1844)
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Eurytellina inaequistriata
(Donovan 1802)
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Eurytellina regia
(Hanley 1844)
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Moerella subtrigona
(Sowerby 1866)
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Moerella tabogensis
(Salisbury 1934)
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Scissula varilineata
Pilsbry and Olsson 1943
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Moerella amianta
Dall 1900
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Tagelus peruanus
(Dunker 1862)
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Tagelus politus
(Carpenter 1857)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Cumingia lamellosa
Sowerby 1833
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Apiocardia obovale
(Sowerby 1833)
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Trigoniocardia granifera
(Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
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| recombined as Trigoniocardia graniferum | |||||||
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Mexicardia procera
(Sowerby 1833)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Saccostrea palmula
(Carpenter 1857)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria sterna
(Gould 1851)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina maura
(Sowerby 1833)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Leptopecten tumbezensis
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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Argopecten ventricosus
(Sowerby 1842)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia peruviana
d'Orbigny 1846
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia reversa
(Sowerby 1833)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Rasia concinna
(Sowerby 1833)
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| recombined as Anadara concinna | |||||||
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Cunearca nux
(Sowerby I 1833)
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| recombined as Anadara nux | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes adamsianus
(Dunker 1857)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Adrana exoptata
(Pilsbry and Lowe 1932)
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Politoleda polita
(Sowerby 1833)
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Saccella fastigata
(Keen 1958)
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Theodoxus luteofasciatus
Miller 1879
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| recombined as Theodoxus (Vittoclithon) luteofasciatus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cymatophos crassus
(Hinds 1843)
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Antillophos veraguensis
(Hinds 1843)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius nodicinctus
(Adams 1852)
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Nassarius pagodus
(Reeve 1844)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina elegans
(Sowerby 1832)
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Mitrella guttata
(Sowerby 1832)
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Cosmioconcha modesta
(Powys 1835)
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| original and current combination Buccinum modestum | |||||||
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Sincola gibberula
(Sowerby 1832)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum glaucum
(Hinds 1844)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Favartia lappa
(Broderip 1833)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum sapotilla
(Hinds 1844)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella volutella
(Lamarck 1811)
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea ringens
(Swainson 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices uber
(Valenciennes 1821)
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Sinum debile
(Gould 1853)
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| recombined as Sinum debilis | |||||||
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Natica unifasciata
Lamarck 1822
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| recombined as Natica (Naticarius) unifasciata | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Gyroscala purpurata
(Dall 1917)
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| recombined as Epitonium (Pictoscala) purpuratum | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula incurva
(Broderip 1834)
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Calyptraea mamillaris
(Broderip 1834)
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Crucibulum pectinatum
Carpenter 1856
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| recombined as Crucibulum (Dispotaea) pectinatum | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Panama | State/province: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 8.9° North, 79.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.9° North, 79.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pacific Muck | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pacific Muck, which unconformably overlies various strata of Miocene age in the Panama Canal Basin, including the Culebra [+La Boca] and Panama formations. AGE: Late Pleistocene-Holocene, on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Ex-situ deposit, from presumably only a single subsurface horizon. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,gray lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Extremely fossiliferous light gray fine sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified. | |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow sub-tidal to upper inner shelf depths (~4-13 m). | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | CAS,FLMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Birkenroad | Collection dates: | 1959 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: M.D. Birkenroad, 1959. REPOSITORY: Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) and California Academy of Sciences. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for macro fossils (molluscs, decapods, etc). NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature (following Coan et al., 2012, Keen 1973 + amendments), and with species-resolution identifications. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 160395 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-08-19 13:33:29 | Last modified: | 2014-08-19 13:50:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-08-19 13:33:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52306. | A. J. W. Hendy. 2014. Quaternary invertebrate fossil assemblages from coastal marine ecosystems of Bahia de Panama, Panama. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |