Sand Dollar Hill: Serravallian, Panama
collected by C. Pimiento, A. Hendy, A. Rincon, B. MacFadden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis californica
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen 1790)
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama
Coordinates: 9.4° North, 79.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.0° North, 78.1° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.62000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gatun Member:Lower
Regional section:Panama Canal
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal poorly lithified siltstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FLMNH
Collectors:C. Pimiento, A. Hendy, A. Rincon, B. MacFadden
Metadata
Also known as:YPA044
Database number:160572
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Modifier:C. Pimiento
Created:2014-08-24 15:29:11 Last modified:2014-08-25 16:25:57
Access level:the public Released:2014-08-24 15:29:11
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]