Also known as NMB Loc. 17851
Where: Bocas del Toro, Panama (9.0° N, 81.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Shark Hole Point Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: the Shark Hole Point Fm conformably overlies the Nancy Point Fm and is overlain by an unnamed sequence of volcaniclastics. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999), an age range of 5.3-3.5 Ma, Early Pliocene; direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, bioturbated, micaceous, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Jung et al. in 1988; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTORS: Peter Jung, D. Geary & L. Anderson, 5.6.1988. REPOSITORIES: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB).
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: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61344: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.06.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Bathoxiphus sp. Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell | |
Gadilopsis sp. Woodring 1925 tusk shell | |
? Laevidentalium sp. Cossmann 1888 tusk shell | |
Dentaliidae indet. Gray 1834 tusk shell
Tesseracme sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Eulimidae indet. Philippi 1853 snail | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
? Lioglyphostoma sp. Woodring 1928 snail
? Compsodrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Carinodrillia sp. Dall 1919 snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852 moon snail | |
"Phalium (Tylocassis) sp." = Semicassis
"Phalium (Tylocassis) sp." = Semicassis Mörch 1852 snail | |
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
Olivella (Niteoliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Agatrix aff. epomis Woodring 1928 nutmeg
Admetula valientensis Landau et al. 2012 snail
Cancellaria petiti Olsson 1967 snail | |
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell | |
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk | |
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Columbellidae indet. Swainson 1840 snail
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 snail
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis) Sacco 1890 snail | |
Marginellidae indet. Fleming 1828 margin shell
Volvarina sp. Hinds 1844 margin shell
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) sp." = Cochlespira
"Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) sp." = Cochlespira Conrad 1865 snail | |
? Dolostoma sp. Woodring 1970 snail
? Cytharella sp. Monterosato 1875 snail
Bactrocythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
? Phymorhynchus sp. Dall 1908 snail | |
Lepicythara sp. Olsson 1964 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid
Vaughanites sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Leptadrillia sp., Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp., Agladrillia (Eumetadrillia) sp., Syntomodrillia sp., Clathrodrillia sp.
Leptadrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Agladrillia (Eumetadrillia) sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Syntomodrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Nannodiella sp. Dall 1919 snail | |
Paraborsonia sp. Pilsbry 1922 snail | |
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) sp. Pilsbry 1953 snail | |
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
? Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Caecidae indet. Gray 1850 snail
Meioceras sp. Carpenter 1858 snail | |
Pyramidellidae indet., Peristichia sp., Chrysallida sp., Eulimastoma sp., Eulimella (Eulimella) sp., Ugartea sp., Bartschella sp.
Pyramidellidae indet. Gray 1840 snail
Peristichia sp. Dall 1889 snail
Chrysallida sp. Carpenter 1856 snail
Eulimastoma sp. Bartsch 1916 snail
Eulimella (Eulimella) sp. Forbes and MacAndrew 1846 snail
Ugartea sp. Bartsch 1917 snail
Bartschella sp. Iredale 1916 snail | |
Architectonica sp., "Heliacus (Torinista) sp." = Torinista
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
"Heliacus (Torinista) sp." = Torinista Iredale 1936 snail | |
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp. Sacco 1892 snail | |
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 top snail | |
? Solariella sp. Wood 1842 snail | |
Nipteraxis sp. snail | |
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945 snail | |
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam
Costelloleda sp. Hertlein and Strong 1940 pointed nut clam | |
Juliacorbula sp. Olsson 1953 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp., "Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus, Lirophora sp., Chione sp., Gouldia sp.
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. Grant and Gale 1931 venus clam
"Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus Coen 1934 venus clam
Lirophora sp. Conrad 1863 venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam | |
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella)
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam | |
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) sp. Stewart 1930 cockle
Microcardium sp. Thiele 1934 cockle | |
Linga (Bellucina) sp. Dall 1901 clam
Callucina sp. Dall 1901 clam
"Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca) Dall 1901 clam | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
Carditidae indet. Fleming 1820 clam | |
Tellidorella sp. Berry 1963 clam | |
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897 mud scallop | |
Dimya sp. Rouault 1850 scallop | |
Hyotissa sp. Stenzel 1971 oyster | |
Sheldonella sp. Maury 1917 clam
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
Anadara (Cunearca) sp. Dall 1898 ark | |
? Noetia sp. Gray 1857 clam | |
"Axinactis sp." = Glycymeris (Axinactis), Tucetona sp.
"Axinactis sp." = Glycymeris (Axinactis) Mörch 1861 clam
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Discoporella "n. sp. 5", Discoporella "n. sp. 6", Discoporella "n. sp. 7", Cupuladria aff. canariensis, Cupuladria biporosa, Biflustra savartii
Discoporella "n. sp. 5" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 6" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 7" d'Orbigny 1852
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Biflustra savartii Audouin 1826 | |
Anthozoa | |
Septastrea altispina Cairns 1995 stony coral |