Cuatro Altos: Tortonian, Panama
collected by C. Pimiento, A. Rincon
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Taeniura grabata
Saint-Hilaire 1817
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus leucas
(Valenciennes 1839)
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Carcharhinus perezi
(Poey 1876)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Panama | State/province: | Colon |
Coordinates: | 9.1° North, 79.8° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 9.1° North, 78.5° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | siltstone |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | FLMNH |
Collectors: | C. Pimiento, A. Rincon |
Collection method comments: Screenwashing and surface prospecting |
Metadata
Also known as: | YPA022 | ||
Database number: | 160565 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
Modifier: | C. Pimiento | ||
Created: | 2014-08-24 14:44:27 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-24 14:44:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |