Woodring Loc. 105 - Canal Zone [upper Culebra Fm]: Burdigalian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea cahobasensis
(Pilsbry and Brown 1910)
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R category | ||||||
| recombined as Striostrea cahobasensis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.1° North, 79.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.4° North, 77.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 19.5 Ma (Sr isotope) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Culebra | Member: | upper | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Culebra Formation, which unconformably overlies the Las Cascadas agglomerate; emended by Kirby et al. (2009) to the upper member of the Culebra Formation. AGE: Early Miocene in text; direct date extrapolated from Kirby et al. (1999), =Burdigalian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within member. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on figured specimens and outcrop observations. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: USNM. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with relatively modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | USGS Loc. 6517 | ||
| Database number: | 92989 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-12-20 18:43:31 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-12-20 18:43:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13359. | W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 43691 | M. X. Kirby, D. S. Jones, and B. J. MacFadden. 2009. Lower Miocene stratigraphy along the Panama Canal and its bearing on the Central American Peninula. PLoS One 3(7):1-14 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |