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 | |
Globothalamea | |
Rosalina globularis, Hanzawaia concentrica, Valvulineria palmerae, Discorbina patelliformis, Discorbis sp., Epistominella vitrea
Rosalina globularis d'Orbigny 1826
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Melonis barleeanum Williamson 1858 | |
Foraminifera | |
Elphidium discoidale d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Globigerinita glutinata Egger 1893 | |
Globorotalia miocenica, "Globorotalia tosaensis" = Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis, Globorotalia crassaformis, "Globorotalia pseudomiocenica" = Globorotalia (Menardella) pseudomiocenica, Neogloboquadrina acostaensis, Neogloboquadrina humerosa
"Globorotalia tosaensis" = Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis Takayanagi and Saito 1962
Globorotalia crassaformis Galloway and Wissler 1927
"Globorotalia pseudomiocenica" = Globorotalia (Menardella) pseudomiocenica Bolli and Bermudez 1965
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis Blow 1959
Neogloboquadrina humerosa Takayanagi and Saito 1962 | |
Orbulina universa, Sphaeroidinella dehiscens, Globigerina bulloides, Globigerina falconensis, Globigerinoides ruber, Globigerinoides obliquus, Globigerinoides conglobatus, Globigerinella aequilateralis, "Globigerina decoraperta" = Globoturborotalita decoraperta, "Globigerina apertura" = Globoturborotalita apertura, "Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Parker and Jones 1865
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerina falconensis Blow 1959
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides obliquus Bolli 1957
Globigerinoides conglobatus Brady 1879
Globigerinella aequilateralis Brady 1879
"Globigerina decoraperta" = Globoturborotalita decoraperta Takayanagi and Saito 1962
"Globigerina apertura" = Globoturborotalita apertura Cushman 1918
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Cornuspira planorbis Schultze 1854 | |
Triloculina trigonula, Miliolinella californica, Hauerina fragilissima, Quinqueloculina "sp. D", Quinqueloculina lamarckiana, Sigmoilopsis schlumbergeri
Triloculina trigonula Lamarck 1804
Quinqueloculina "sp. D" d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina lamarckiana d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Spiroloculina antillarum d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Foraminifera | |
Sagrina pulchella d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Cancris sagra Cushman and Todd 1942 | |
Amphistegina gibbosa d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Anthozoa | |
Schizocyathus fissilis Pourtales 1874 stony coral | |
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 | |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod | |
Loxocorniculum sp. Benson and Coleman 1963 ostracod | |
Krithe spp. Brady et al. 1874 ostracod | |
Heinia sp. ostracod | |
Kangarina sp. ostracod
Cytheropteron sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
Eucytherura sp. ostracod
Paracytheridea sp. Muller 1894 ostracod
Cytherura sp. ostracod | |
Caudites nipeensis ostracod | |
Pellucistoma sp. ostracod | |
Munseyella sp. van Bold 1957 ostracod | |
Bairdiidae indet. Sars 1888 ostracod | |
Argilloecia sp. ostracod | |
Radimella postovata ostracod | |
Bradleya acceptabilis ostracod |