PPP# 8 - Sabanita [lower Gatun Fm] (Miocene of Panama)

Where: Colon, Panama (9.4° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 78.4° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: lower Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• LITHOSRATIGRAPHY: From the Gatun Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Late Miocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower part of the Gatun Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, silty sandstone

• No specific environmental data presented.
• LITHOLOGY: Silty sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of observed specimens.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1986; reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: 1/3/86. REPOSITORY: NMB.

Primary reference: O. Aguilera and D. R. de Aguilera. 1999. Bathymetric distribution of Miocene to Pleistocene Caribbean teleostean fishes from the coast of Panama and Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:251-269 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145531: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs and fish. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature. Subgenus-resolution identifications.
unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Leptopecten ecnomius Woodring 1982 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. Iredale 1939 ark
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardites sp. Link 1807 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia "sp. 1" Dall 1900 cockle
Trigoniocardia "sp. 2" Dall 1900 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chionopsis sp. Olsson 1932 venus clam
Lirophora (Lirophora) sp. Conrad 1863 venus clam
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. Grant and Gale 1931 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
Caryocorbula prenasuta Olsson 1964 clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Gadila sp. Gray 1847 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Callolongchaeus sp. Dall 1903 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Niteoliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Actinopteri
 Perciformes -
Ctenosciaena sp. Fowler and Bean 1923 perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Equetus sp. Rafinesque 1815
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
Pomadasys sp. Lacépède 1802