Also known as NMB Loc. 17835
Where: Panama (9.1° N, 81.6° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: NN17-NN18 nannofossil zone, Escudo de Veraguas Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The upper and lower contacts of the formation are not exposed. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999), not specified to Early or Late Pliocene; direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999); age range also provided by Bybell (1999).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91912: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.10.2009, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Elphidium discoidale d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Globigerinita glutinata Egger 1893 | |
Globigerinella aequilateralis, Globigerinoides conglobatus, Globigerinoides ruber, Globigerinoides obliquus, Sphaeroidinella dehiscens, Globigerina falconensis, Globigerina bulloides, Orbulina universa, "Globigerina decoraperta" = Globoturborotalita decoraperta, "Globigerina apertura" = Globoturborotalita apertura, "Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer
Globigerinella aequilateralis Brady 1879
Globigerinoides conglobatus Brady 1879
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides obliquus Bolli 1957
Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Parker and Jones 1865
Globigerina falconensis Blow 1959
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
"Globigerina decoraperta" = Globoturborotalita decoraperta Takayanagi and Saito 1962
"Globigerina apertura" = Globoturborotalita apertura Cushman 1918
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877 | |
Neogloboquadrina humerosa, Neogloboquadrina acostaensis, Globorotalia miocenica, "Globorotalia pseudomiocenica" = Globorotalia (Menardella) pseudomiocenica, Globorotalia crassaformis, "Globorotalia tosaensis" = Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis
Neogloboquadrina humerosa Takayanagi and Saito 1962
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis Blow 1959
"Globorotalia pseudomiocenica" = Globorotalia (Menardella) pseudomiocenica Bolli and Bermudez 1965
Globorotalia crassaformis Galloway and Wissler 1927
"Globorotalia tosaensis" = Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis Takayanagi and Saito 1962 | |
Globothalamea | |
Discorbina patelliformis, Discorbis sp., Epistominella vitrea, Rosalina globularis, Valvulineria palmerae, Hanzawaia concentrica
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
Rosalina globularis d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Melonis barleeanum Williamson 1858 | |
Foraminifera | |
Sagrina pulchella d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Amphistegina gibbosa d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Cancris sagra Cushman and Todd 1942 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Cornuspira planorbis Schultze 1854 | |
Spiroloculina antillarum d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Hauerina fragilissima, Quinqueloculina "sp. D", Quinqueloculina lamarckiana, Miliolinella californica, Triloculina trigonula, Sigmoilopsis schlumbergeri
Quinqueloculina "sp. D" d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina lamarckiana d'Orbigny 1839
Triloculina trigonula Lamarck 1804 | |
Anthozoa | |
Schizocyathus fissilis Pourtales 1874 stony coral | |
Ostracoda | |
Munseyella sp. van Bold 1957 ostracod | |
Pellucistoma sp. ostracod | |
Caudites nipeensis ostracod | |
Bradleya acceptabilis ostracod | |
Radimella postovata ostracod
Loxocorniculum sp. Benson and Coleman 1963 ostracod | |
Bairdiidae indet. Sars 1888 ostracod | |
Eucytherura sp. ostracod
Cytheropteron sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
Paracytheridea sp. Muller 1894 ostracod
Cytherura sp. ostracod
Kangarina sp. ostracod | |
Heinia sp. ostracod | |
Krithe spp. Brady et al. 1874 ostracod | |
Argilloecia sp. ostracod | |
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Cupuladria aff. canariensis, Cupuladria "n. sp. 6", Cupuladria biporosa, Cupuladria aff. biporosa, Vibracellina laxibasis, Discoporella "n. sp. 3", Discoporella "n. sp. 5", Discoporella "n. sp. 6"
Cupuladria "n. sp. 6" Canu and Basler 1919
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Discoporella "n. sp. 3" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 5" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 6" d'Orbigny 1852 | |