USGS 5867, Gatun Locks: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Panama
collected by D.F. MacDonald 1911
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus eburneus
Gould 1841
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Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.3° North, 79.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.3° North, 79.9° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black unlithified mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: black mud | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | D.F. MacDonald | Collection dates: | 1911 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 226684 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | decapod,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-07-20 15:19:21 | Last modified: | 2022-07-20 15:19:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-07-20 15:19:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43320. | decapod | M. J. Rathbun. 1918. Decapod crustaceans from the Panama region. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 103:123-184 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/M. Clapham] |