Pina: Tortonian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Physeteridae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | ||||||
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= Panphyseteroidea indet.
Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
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Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Inioidea indet.
de Muizon 1988
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Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Heterodontus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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Squalus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Dalatiidae
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Dalatias licha
(Bonnaterre 1788)
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Isistius sp.
Gill 1864
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Etmopteridae
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Trigonognathus sp.
Mochizuki and Ohe 1990
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Centrophoridae
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Centrophorus granulosus
(Bloch and Schneider 1801)
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Heptranchias perlo
(Bonnaterre 1788)
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
| original and current combination Squalus perlo | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Pristiophoridae
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Pristiophorus sp.
Bleeker 1859
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudocarchariidae
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Pseudocarcharias kamoharai
Matsubara 1936
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon plicatilis
(Agassiz 1843)
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
| recombined as Cosmopolitodus plicatilis | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
| recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopias superciliosus
(Lowe 1840)
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Rhizoprionodon sp.
Whitley 1929
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Carcharhinus cionei
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Carcharhinus signatus
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Carcharhinus spp.
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Carcharhinus plumbeus
(Nardo 1827)
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Carcharhinus brachyurus
(Gunther 1870)
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Carcharhinus obscurus
(Le Sueur 1818)
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo cuvier
Peron and LeSueur 1822
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Premontreia sp.
Cappetta 1992
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna lewini
(Griffith and Smith 1834)
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Galeorhinus galeus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
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Mustelus sp.
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Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2015 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Panama | State/province: | Colon |
| Coordinates: | 9.3° North, 80.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.0° North, 78.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chagres Sandstone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Age after Velez-Juarbe et al 2015 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray silty sandstone |
| Lithology description: Gray volcanic quartzose grains and silty-sandstones | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Sharks deposited in the Palaeontological Institute and Museum at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (PIMUZ A/I catalogue) | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Sharks collected via screen washing and surface prospecting | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 4143 I Palmas Bellas | ||
| Database number: | 160781 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | M. Uhen, C. Pimiento |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-08-28 14:59:22 | Last modified: | 2021-05-14 11:10:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-28 14:59:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52450. | D. I. Vigil and C. A. Laurito. 2014. Nuevos restos de un Odontoceti fósil (Mammalia: Cetacea, Physeteroidea) para el Mioceno tardio de Panama, America Central. Revista Geologica de America Central 50:213-217 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 55065 | J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, C. De Gracia, C. Pimiento, O. A. Aguilera, R. Kindlimann, P. Santamarina, and C. Jaramillo. 2015. A new Late Miocene chondrichthyan assemblage from the Chagres Formation, Panama. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 60:56e70 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/M. Uhen] | |
| 55198 | J. Velez-Juarbe, A. R. Wood, C. Gracia and A. J. W. Hendy. 2015. Evolutionary patterns among living and fossil kogiid sperm whales: Evidence from the Neogene of Central America. PLoS One 10(4):e0123909 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |