PPP# 2212 - Finger Island [Nancy Point Fm] (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as NMB Loc. 18711

Where: Bocas del Toro, Panama (9.1° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 81.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NN11 nannofossil zone, Nancy Point Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Nancy Point Fm is conformable with the Tobabe Fm below and the Shark Hole Point Fm above. AGE: from Collins et al. (1999), an age range of 8.2-5.6 Ma, Late Miocene, though PPP dataset indicates an age of 6.5-5.6 Ma; NN11 (Discoaster quinqueramus); also contains planktonic foraminifers Globigerinoides conglobatus, Globorotalia plesiotumida, and Globigerinoides seigliei. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From silts with concretions, about 25°W dipping; rich in molluscs, scattered; 48.625 m in section 14 of Coates & Collins (1999).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, concretionary siltstone

• LITHOLOGY: Silts with concretions, about 25°W dipping; rich in molluscs, scattered. LITHIFICATION: Not stated in text, but known to be poorly lithified by enterer; figured specimens appear to have been cleaned of sediment.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Jung et al in 1995; reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTORS: Peter Jung, Jon Todd, and H. Fortunato, 18.9.1995. REPOSITORY: 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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135821: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.11.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature, though only identified to subgenus resolution.
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Opalia (Nodiscala) sp.1 De Boury 1890 wentletrap
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Niso sp.1 Risso 1826 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula (Ianacus) sp.1 Mörch 1852 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp.1 Say 1824 slipper shell
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Compsodrillia sp.1 Woodring 1928 snail
Miraclathurella sp.1 Woodring 1928 snail
Carinodrillia sp.1 Dall 1919 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus (Strombus) sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla sp.1 Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell
Mitra (Nebularia) sp.1 Swainson 1840 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp.1 Gray 1839 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Macgintiella) sp.1 Olsson 1956 olive snail
Olivella (Olivella) sp.1 Swainson 1831 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) sp.1 Bruguière 1789 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Ancilla (Eburna) sp." = Eburna1
"Ancilla (Eburna) sp." = Eburna1 Lamarck 1801 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Solenosteira sp.1 Dall 1890 true whelk
Strombinophos sp.1 Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk
Metula sp.1 Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
Metaphos sp.1 Olsson 1964 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp.1 Woodring 1928 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Hinia) sp.1 Gray 1847 snail
Calophos sp.1 Woodring 1964 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria sp.1 Lamarck 1799 tulip snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombinella sp.1 Dall 1896 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
"Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) sp." = Cochlespira1
"Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) sp." = Cochlespira1 Conrad 1865 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia sp.1 Dall 1918 snail
Hindsiclava sp.1 Hertlein and Strong 1955 snail
Cerodrillia sp.1 Bartsch and Rehder 1939 snail
Syntomodrillia sp.1 Woodring 1928 snail
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) sp.1 Woodring 1928 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Bactrocythara sp.1 Woodring 1928 snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Phymorhynchus sp.1 Dall 1908 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Hastula sp.1 Adams and Adams 1853 auger snail
Terebra (Oreoterebra) sp.1 Olsson 1967 auger snail
Strioterebrum sp.1 Sacco 1891 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Scobinella sp.1 Conrad 1848 turrid
Gemmula sp.1 Weinkauff 1875 turrid
Lepicythara sp.1 Olsson 1964 turrid
Polystira sp.1 Woodring 1928 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
Proximitra sp.1 Finlay 1927 snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Knefastia sp.1 Dall 1919 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum sp.1 Swainson 1840 margin shell
Volvarina sp.1 Hinds 1844 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula sp.1 Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Siphonochelus sp.1 Jousseaume 1880 murex snail
Chicoreus (Siratus) sp.1 Jousseaume 1880 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Agatrix sp.1 Petit 1967 nutmeg
"Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) sp." = Ventrilia1 Jousseaume 1887 snail
Cancellaria pilula n. sp.2 Landau et al. 2012 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp.1 Lamarck 1799 snail
Cancellaria anomoia2 Woodring 1970 snail
Massyla cumingiana1 Petit de la Saussaye 1844 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus sp.1 Röding 1798 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
"Distorsio gatunensis" = Distorsio decussata1
"Distorsio gatunensis" = Distorsio decussata1 Valenciennes 1832 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea ringens1 Swainson 1822 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Sconsia sublaevigata" = Sconsia grayi1
"Sconsia sublaevigata" = Sconsia grayi1 Adams 1855 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp.1, "Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius1, Natica (Natica) sp.1, Stigmaulax sp.1
Polinices sp.1 Monfort 1810 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius1 Dumeril 1806 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp.1 Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp.1 Morch 1852 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Ugartea sp.1 Bartsch 1917 snail
Callolongchaeus sp.1 Dall 1903 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp.1 Röding 1798 sundial
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda sp.1 Semper 1865 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritina sp.1 Lamarck 1816 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Sectiarca) sp.1 Olsson 1961 ark
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Amusium mimyum1 Woodring 1982 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina sp.1 Gray 1842 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtea sp.1, "Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca)1, "Pleurolucina sp." = Linga (Pleurolucina)1
Myrtea sp.1 Turton 1822 clam
"Lucinisca sp." = Lucina (Lucinisca)1 Dall 1901 clam
"Pleurolucina sp." = Linga (Pleurolucina)1 Dall 1901 clam
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Haliris (Haliris) sp.1 Dall 1886 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp.1, "Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)1
Caryocorbula sp.1 Gardner 1926 clam
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)1 Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia sp.1 Turton 1822 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardites sp.1 Link 1807 clam
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Tellidorella sp.1 Berry 1963 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella sp.1 Guppy 1874 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila sp.1 Adams and Adams 1858 divaricate nutclam
Nucula (Nucula) sp.1 Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp.1 Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Siphonodentalium sp.1 Sars 1859 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Tesseracme sp.1 Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell
Paradentalium sp.1 Cotton and Godfrey 1933 tusk shell