San Judas: Tortonian, Panama
collected by C. Pimiento, A. Rincon, A. Hendy, B. MacFadden
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis californica
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Mobula hypostoma
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Mobula munkiana
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Rhinoptera steindachneri
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatus narinari
(Euphrasen 1790)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Taeniura grabata
Saint-Hilaire 1817
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Urobatis sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Negaprion brevirostris
Poey 1868
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Panama | State/province: | Colon |
Coordinates: | 9.4° North, 79.8° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 9.1° North, 78.5° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | 10.5 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Gatun | Member: | lower Gatun |
Regional section: | Canal Basin |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandstone |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | -single event |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Spatial orientation: | preferred |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Size sorting: | medium |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Bioerosion: | none |
Encrustation: | none |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | FLMNH |
Collectors: | C. Pimiento, A. Rincon, A. Hendy, B. MacFadden |
Collection method comments: Screenwashing and surface prospecting | |
Taxonomic list comments:Additions from the FLMNH database |
Metadata
Also known as: | YPA032 | ||
Database number: | 160567 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
Modifier: | C. Pimiento | ||
Subset of collection #: | 20 | ||
Created: | 2014-08-24 15:03:08 | Last modified: | 2014-08-24 15:11:09 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-24 15:03:08 |
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] |