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