Also known as NMB Loc. 18390
Where: Colon, Panama (9.4° N, 79.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: lower Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gatun Fm, which regionally overlies the Caimito Fm or Mesozoic basement. AGE: Late Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From middle member of the Gatun Formatio according to the author; the enterer considers this to be the lower member of the Gatun Formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, gray siltstone and unlithified, bioturbated sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Heitz in 1993; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTORS: Antoine Heitz, 8/11/93. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB),
Primary reference: B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136014: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.11.2012
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Ringicula (Ringiculella) sp. Sacco 1892 snail | |
Chrysallida sp. Carpenter 1856 snail | |
Nannodiella sp. Dall 1919 snail | |
Kurtziella (Cryoturris) sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
Terebra (Panaterebra) sp. Olsson 1967 auger snail | |
Hindsiclava sp. Hertlein and Strong 1955 snail | |
Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana Brown and Pilsbry 1911 snail | |
Calophos sp. Woodring 1964 snail | |
Solenosteira sp. Dall 1890 true whelk
Cymatophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk
Nicema sp. Woodring 1964 true whelk | |
Haustellum sp. Schumacher 1817 murex snail | |
Olivella (Niteoliva) sp. Olsson 1956 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Pyruclia tweedledee, Massyla terryi, Euclia alacertata, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp., Cancellaria mixta
Pyruclia tweedledee Landau et al. 2012 snail
Massyla terryi Olsson 1942 snail
Euclia alacertata Landau et al. 2012 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
Cancellaria mixta Landau et al. 2012 snail | |
Bursa rugosa Sowerby 1835 frog shell | |
"Distorsio gatunensis" = Distorsio decussata
"Distorsio gatunensis" = Distorsio decussata Valenciennes 1832 snail | |
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Caecum sp. Fleming 1813 snail | |
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphie)
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphie) Pilsbry 1922 snail | |
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. Say 1824 slipper shell
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Crepidula (Ianacus) sp. Mörch 1852 slipper shell | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail | |
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Styliola sp. Gray 1850 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Axinactis (Glycymerella) sp. Woodring 1925 clam | |
Anadara sp., Anadara (Sectiarca) sp., Anadara (Sectiarca) sechurana, Anadara (Diluvarca) fissicosta, Anadara (Potiarca) sp.
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
Anadara (Sectiarca) sp. Olsson 1961 ark
Anadara (Sectiarca) sechurana Olsson 1932 ark
Anadara (Diluvarca) fissicosta Spieker 1922 ark
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. Iredale 1939 ark | |
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) sp. Stewart 1930 clam
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
Parvilucina sp. Dall 1901 clam | |
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822 clam | |
Acorylus sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 tellin clam | |
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
Lirophora (Lirophora) sp. Conrad 1863 venus clam
Parastarte sp. Conrad 1862 venus clam
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) sp. Grant and Gale 1931 venus clam | |
"Felaniella sp." = Diplodonta
"Felaniella sp." = Diplodonta Bronn 1831 clam | |
Alveinus sp. Conrad 1865 clam |