Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 68.6° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: middle Castilletes Member (Castilletes Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Jimol Formation, which conformably overlies the Uipta Formation (early Miocene) and is unconformably overlain by the Castilletes Formation. This area and nearby collections have been previously mapped as Castilletes Formaton (late Pliocene-early Pleistocene). AGE: Burdigalian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From approximately 168 m in regional section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Hendy in 2011
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 03/16/2011. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at FLMNH, Gainesville.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. S. Jones, F. Moreno, V. Zapata, and C. Jaramillo. 2015. Neogene molluscs, shallow marine paleoenvironments, and chronostratigraphy of the Guajira Peninsula, Colombia. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 134(1):45-75 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136880: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Crassispira conica Jung 1965 snail | |
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail | |
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925 turret shell
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Muracypraea aff. hyaena Schilder 1939 cowry | |
Muricidae indet., Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus, Vokesimurex sp., Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguifer, Calotrophon sp.
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail
Vokesimurex sp. Petuch 1994 murex snail
Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguifer murex snail
Calotrophon sp. Hertlein and Strong 1951 murex snail | |
Subcancilla quirosana mitre shell | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Pallacera maracaibensis snail | |
"Antillophos gatunensis" = Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis
"Antillophos gatunensis" = Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis Toula 1909 true whelk | |
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Strioterebrum cf. ulloa Olsson 1932 auger snail | |
Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) dentiferum Gabb 1872 snail | |
Conus cf. chipolanus Dall 1896 cone shell
Conus talis Jung 1965 cone shell
Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell | |
Euclia werenfelsi Jung 1965 snail | |
Naticarius sp. Dumeril 1806 moon snail
Polinices nelsoni moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara (Potiarca) inutilis Jung 1965 ark
Anadara (Rasia) tirantensis Hodson et al. 1927 ark | |
Macrocallista cf. maculata, "Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum
Macrocallista cf. maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam | |
Dallocardia sanctidavidis cockle | |
Glyptoactis paraguanensis Hodson 1931 clam |