Also known as NMB Loc. 17810
Where: Bocas del Toro, Panama (9.2° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 81.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cayo Agua Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: the Cayo Agua Fm is equivalent in age to the upper part of the Shark Hole Point Fm and the lower part of the Escudo de Veraguas Fm, no contacts are known. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: from Collins et al. (1999); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal, gray, blue, argillaceous, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Reposited in the BMNH, NMB, USNM
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. COLLECTORS: unknown (PPP staff), 5/30/88. REPOSITORIES:collections presumably held at USNM, BMNH and 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 79998: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Kate Bulinski on 31.03.2008, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Antillocyathus gracilis Cairns 1995 stony coral
Antillocyathus cristatus Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
Paracyathus henekeni Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Biflustra savartii, Cupuladria aff. canariensis, Cupuladria biporosa, Cupuladria aff. biporosa, Discoporella "n. sp. 3", Discoporella "n. sp. 5", Discoporella "n. sp. 6", Discoporella "n. sp. 7", Vibracellina laxibasis
Biflustra savartii Audouin 1826
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
Discoporella "n. sp. 7" d'Orbigny 1852 | |
Nellia tenella Lamarck 1816 | |
Turbicellepora sp. Ryland 1963 | |
Rhynchozoon sp., Schedocleidochasma cleidostoma, Schedocleidochasma "n. sp. 3", Hippoporella gorgonensis
Rhynchozoon sp. Hincks 1895
Schedocleidochasma "n. sp. 3" Soule et al. 1991 | |
Hippoporina sp. Neviani 1895 | |
Scaphopoda | |
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Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark | |
Hyotissa sp. Stenzel 1971 oyster | |
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster | |
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
Flabellipecten sp. Sacco 1897 scallop | |
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897 mud scallop | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula), Caryocorbula sp.
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) sp. Stewart 1930 cockle | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra | |
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Hysteroconcha sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Trigonulina sp. d'Orbigny 1946 clam | |
Cardiomya sp. Adams 1864 clam | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945 snail | |
Limacina sp. Bosc 1817 snail | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
Eulimastoma sp. Bartsch 1916 snail
Turbonillinae indet. Bronn 1849 snail | |
"Ringincula (Ringiculella) sp." = Ringicula (Ringiculella)
"Ringincula (Ringiculella) sp." = Ringicula (Ringiculella) Sacco 1892 snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail | |
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell | |
Knefastia sp. Dall 1919 ribbed mitre | |
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell | |
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Olivella (Dactylidella) sp. Woodring 1928 olive snail
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Hindsiclava sp. Hertlein and Strong 1955 snail | |
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute | |
Dentimargo sp. Cossmann 1899 margin shell
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell | |
"Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) sp." = Phyllonotus, Murex sp.
"Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) sp." = Phyllonotus Swainson 1830 murex snail
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
"Phalium (Tylocassis) sp." = Semicassis, Sconsia sp.
"Phalium (Tylocassis) sp." = Semicassis Mörch 1852 snail
Sconsia sp. Gray 1847 snail | |
Malea sp. Valenciennes 1833 tun shell | |
"Tugurium sp." = Onustus
"Tugurium sp." = Onustus Swainson 1840 carrier shell | |
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell |