Also known as NMB# 17631; 87-29-02
Where: Bocas del Toro, Panama (9.2° N, 82.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 81.6° 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), 3.5 MY; 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), 8/11/87. 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 61339: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.06.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Anthozoa | |
Septastrea altispina Cairns 1995 stony coral | |
Paracyathus adetos n. sp. Cairns 1995 stony coral
Oxysmilia pliocenica Cairns 1995 stony coral
Antillocyathus gracilis Cairns 1995 stony coral | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Cupuladria aff. canariensis, Cupuladria biporosa, Cupuladria aff. biporosa, Discoporella "n. sp. 6", Discoporella "n. sp. 7"
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Discoporella "n. sp. 6" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 7" d'Orbigny 1852 | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam | |
Leionucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam | |
Crenella sp. Brown 1827 clam | |
Hyotissa sp. Stenzel 1971 oyster | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
? Limaria sp. Link 1807 file clam | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Flabellipecten sp. Sacco 1897 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Cyclopecten sp. Verrill 1897 mud scallop | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark | |
Eontia sp. MacNeil 1937 clam | |
Carditidae indet. Fleming 1820 clam | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Trigonulina sp. d'Orbigny 1946 clam | |
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900 cockle | |
Tellina (Phyllodina) sp. Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
"Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus, Lirophora sp.
"Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus Coen 1934 venus clam
Lirophora sp. Conrad 1863 venus clam | |
Martesia sp. Sowerby 1824 clam | |
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
Juliacorbula sp. Olsson 1953 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Tesseracme sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Sulcoretusa sp. Burch 1945 snail | |
Styliola sp. Gray 1850 snail
Hyalocylis sp. Fol 1875 snail
Cavolinia sp. Avilgaard 1791 snail
Creseis sp. Rang 1828 snail | |
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
Spirolaxis sp. Monterosato 1913 snail | |
"Odostomia" sp. Fleming 1817 snail
Eulimastoma sp. Bartsch 1916 snail | |
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Caecidae indet. Gray 1850 snail
Meioceras sp. Carpenter 1858 snail | |
Cyclostremiscus sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1945 snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
Dentimargo sp. Cossmann 1899 margin shell
Volvarina sp. Hinds 1844 margin shell | |
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail
Typhinae indet. Cossmann 1903 murex snail | |
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute | |
Agatrix sp. Petit 1967 nutmeg | |
Ancilla sp., Oliva (Oliva) sp., Olivella (Macgintiella) sp., Olivella (Dactylidella) sp., Olivella (Olivella) sp.
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Olivella (Dactylidella) sp. Woodring 1928 olive snail
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
? Kurtziella sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
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Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
"Phalium (Tylocassis) sp." = Semicassis
"Phalium (Tylocassis) sp." = Semicassis Mörch 1852 snail | |
Malea sp. Valenciennes 1833 tun shell | |
? Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 cowry | |
"Petaloconchus sp." = Petaloconchus
"Petaloconchus sp." = Petaloconchus Lea 1843 worm shell | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852 moon snail | |
"Amaea (Scalina) sp." = Scalina, Epitonium sp.
"Amaea (Scalina) sp." = Scalina Conrad 1865 wentletrap
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Miraclathurella sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Carinodrillia sp. Dall 1919 snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Modulus sp. Gray 1842 snail | |
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail |