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 | |
Melonis barleeanum Williamson 1858 | |
Valvulineria palmerae, Rosalina globularis, Hanzawaia concentrica, Discorbina patelliformis, Epistominella vitrea, Discorbis sp.
Rosalina globularis d'Orbigny 1826
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globigerinita glutinata Egger 1893 | |
Globigerinella aequilateralis, "Globigerina apertura" = Globoturborotalita apertura, "Globigerina decoraperta" = Globoturborotalita decoraperta, Globigerinoides obliquus, Globigerinoides conglobatus, Globigerinoides ruber, "Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer, Globigerina bulloides, Globigerina falconensis, Sphaeroidinella dehiscens, Orbulina universa
Globigerinella aequilateralis Brady 1879
"Globigerina apertura" = Globoturborotalita apertura Cushman 1918
"Globigerina decoraperta" = Globoturborotalita decoraperta Takayanagi and Saito 1962
Globigerinoides obliquus Bolli 1957
Globigerinoides conglobatus Brady 1879
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerina falconensis Blow 1959
Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Parker and Jones 1865
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis, Neogloboquadrina humerosa, Globorotalia miocenica, "Globorotalia pseudomiocenica" = Globorotalia (Menardella) pseudomiocenica, Globorotalia crassaformis, "Globorotalia tosaensis" = Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis Blow 1959
Neogloboquadrina humerosa Takayanagi and Saito 1962
"Globorotalia pseudomiocenica" = Globorotalia (Menardella) pseudomiocenica Bolli and Bermudez 1965
Globorotalia crassaformis Galloway and Wissler 1927
"Globorotalia tosaensis" = Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) tosaensis Takayanagi and Saito 1962 | |
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 | |
Elphidium discoidale d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Amphistegina gibbosa d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Sagrina pulchella d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Cancris sagra Cushman and Todd 1942 | |
Anthozoa | |
Schizocyathus fissilis Pourtales 1874 stony coral | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Vibracellina laxibasis, Discoporella "n. sp. 3", Discoporella "n. sp. 5", Discoporella "n. sp. 6", Cupuladria aff. canariensis, Cupuladria "n. sp. 6", Cupuladria biporosa, Cupuladria aff. biporosa
Discoporella "n. sp. 3" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 5" d'Orbigny 1852
Discoporella "n. sp. 6" d'Orbigny 1852
Cupuladria "n. sp. 6" Canu and Basler 1919
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Cupuladria aff. biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923 | |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod | |
Argilloecia sp. ostracod | |
Pellucistoma sp. ostracod | |
Munseyella sp. van Bold 1957 ostracod | |
Caudites nipeensis ostracod | |
Heinia sp. ostracod | |
Cytherura sp. ostracod
Paracytheridea sp. Muller 1894 ostracod
Kangarina sp. ostracod
Eucytherura sp. ostracod
Cytheropteron sp. Sars 1866 ostracod | |
Krithe spp. Brady et al. 1874 ostracod | |
Bairdiidae indet. Sars 1888 ostracod | |
Loxocorniculum sp. Benson and Coleman 1963 ostracod
Radimella postovata ostracod | |
Bradleya acceptabilis ostracod |