Also known as PPP# 1566; PJ 2170; 94-18-01
Where: Darien, Panama (8.2° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 76.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tuira Formation (Lara Group), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Tuira Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Middle Miocene, in text; subsequent publications suggest late Miocene or early Pliocene age; Coates et al. (2004) suggests a Tortonian age (11.2-8.3 Ma). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 395 m in the Lower and Upper Chico River section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Jung & Heitz in 1994; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ), sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Peter Jung, Antoine Heitz et al., 7.3.1994. REPOSITORY: NMB, Basel, Switzerland.
Primary reference: B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136122: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula (Crepidula) sp. Lamack 1799 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. Say 1824 slipper shell
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Springvaleia sp. Rutsch 1934 turret shell | |
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) sp. Fischer 1857 snail | |
Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842 snail
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) sp. Pilsbry 1953 snail | |
Massyla cumingiana Petit de la Saussaye 1844 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) sp." = Euclia Adams and Adams 1854 snail | |
Thelecythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Dolostoma sp. Woodring 1970 snail
Ithycythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Nassarius (Nassarius) sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Fasciolaria sp. Lamarck 1799 tulip snail | |
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp., Solenosteira sp., Metula sp., Metaphos sp., Cantharus sp., Cymatophos sp.
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk
Solenosteira sp. Dall 1890 true whelk
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
Metaphos sp. Olsson 1964 true whelk
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
Cymatophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk | |
Sincola sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 snail
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis) Sacco 1890 snail
Strombina (Strombina) ochyra Woodring 1964 snail | |
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute | |
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell | |
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) sp. Montfort 1810 murex snail | |
Turbinella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
"Ancilla (Eburna) sp." = Eburna
"Ancilla (Eburna) sp." = Eburna Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
Olivella (Niteoliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail | |
Bursa rugosa Sowerby 1835 frog shell | |
Malea ringens Swainson 1822 tun shell | |
Semicassis (Tylocassis) centiquadrata Valenciennes 1832 snail | |
Strombus (Strombus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Miraclathurella sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Tricolia sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Callolongchaeus sp., "Pyrgiscus sp." = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus)
Callolongchaeus sp. Dall 1903 snail
"Pyrgiscus sp." = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) Philippi 1841 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Polyschides sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
Tesseracme sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell
Paradentalium sp. Cotton and Godfrey 1933 tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
Anadara (Sectiarca) sp. Olsson 1961 ark | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835 oyster
Ostreola sp. Monterosato 1884 oyster | |
Aequipecten plurinomis scallop | |
Parvilucina sp. Dall 1901 clam | |
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
Vokesula sp. Stenzel and J. T 1957 clam
Juliacorbula sp. Olsson 1953 clam | |
Transennella sp., Clementia (Clementia) sp., Cyclinella sp., Lamelliconcha sp., Lirophora (Lirophora) sp., Chionista sp., Dosinia (Dosinia) sp.
Transennella sp. Dall 1884 venus clam
Clementia (Clementia) sp. Gray 1842 venus clam
Cyclinella sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Lamelliconcha sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Lirophora (Lirophora) sp. Conrad 1863 venus clam
Chionista sp. Keen 1958 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinia) sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam | |
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831 clam | |
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822 clam
Semele sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Solecurtus sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900 cockle
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
Trachycardium (Mexicardia) sp. Stewart 1930 cockle | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam |