Alborada: Serravallian, Panama
collected by C. Pimiento, A. Rincon, A. Hendy, B. MacFadden
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Carcharhinus falciformis
(Bibron 1841)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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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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Geography
| Country: | Panama | State/province: | Colon |
| Coordinates: | 9.3° North, 79.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.9° North, 78.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gatun | Member: | Lower |
| Regional section: | Canal Basin |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandy siltstone |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| 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 excludes: | some genera |
| 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 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | YPA030 | ||
| Database number: | 160574 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
| Modifier: | C. Pimiento | ||
| Subset of collection #: | 20 | ||
| Created: | 2014-08-24 15:33:44 | Last modified: | 2014-08-25 16:26:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-24 15:33:44 |
| 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] |