Highway Extension: Serravallian, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen 1790)
see common names

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
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 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gatun Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FLMNH
Metadata
Also known as:YPA043
Database number:160583
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Modifier:C. Pimiento
Created:2014-08-24 16:16:20 Last modified:2014-08-25 16:33:47
Access level:the public Released:2014-08-24 16:16:20
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]