Also known as USGS Loc. 16915
Where: Panama (9.3° N, 79.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: middle Gatun Member (Gatun Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Middle part of the Gatun Formation. The Gatun Formation is subdivided into three faunal zones (proposed by Thomson and Keen, 1946): lower, middle, and upper. AGE: Late Miocene, on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy (see Collins and Coates, 1999), refined by enterer to Tortonian based on more recent dating (Hendy, 2012). Sr dating for nearby sections indicates an age of approximately 9.9 Ma (Hendy, unpublished data).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, fine-grained, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1957. Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(A) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93177: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Polinices brunneus subclausus moon snail | |
Turritella (Torcula) gatunensis gatunensis turret shell | |
"Calliostoma (Leiotrochus) eremum" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) eremum
"Calliostoma (Leiotrochus) eremum" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) eremum Woodring 1957 top snail | |
"Margarites" sp. Gray 1847 snail | |
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis2
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Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail
Natica (Natica) bolus Brown and Pilsbry 1913 moon snail
Sinum gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1913 moon snail
Polinices ? stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail | |
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclas) pentagonus Gabb 1873 snail | |
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"Crassispira (Hindsiclava) consors" = Hindsiclava consors4, Clathrodrillia gatunensis4, Agladrillia (Agladrillia) enneacyma4, Agladrillia (Eumetadrillia) isthmica4
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"Pleurofusia acra" = Fusiturricula acra4
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"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera dariena" = Bivetiella dariena4
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"Paziella (Panamurex) gatunensis" = Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis2, "Murex (Chicoreus) brevifrons" = Chicoreus (Chicoreus) brevifrons2, "Thais (Stramonita) aff. haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma2
"Paziella (Panamurex) gatunensis" = Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis2 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 murex snail | |
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Strombinophos mimicus3, Metula gabbi3, "Antillophos (Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus3, Cymatophos subsemicostatus3, Hanetia dalli3
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"Strombina (Sincola) chiriquiensis" = Sincola (Sincola) chiriquiensis3, Strombina (Strombina) ochyra3, Mitrella limonensis3, Anachis (Costoanachis) mira3
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"Carinodrillia (Carinodrillia) zooki" = Carinodrillia zooki4
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Turritella (Torcula) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell | |
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) springvaleense Rutsch 1942 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) chipolanum Dall 1892 slipper shell
Crepidula cf. maculosa Conrad 1846 slipper shell | |
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Hysteroconcha sp.6, "Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis6, Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis6, Gouldia costaricensis6
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Scaphopoda | |
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