Also known as STRI Sample 16820
Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 68.1° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: middle Jimol Member (Jimol Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Jimol Formation, which conformably overlies the Uipta Formation (early Miocene) and is conformably 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: Probably from the middle section of Jimol Formation, but uncertain as from a faulted area; from 110 m below the Jimol/Castilletes contact.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, medium-grained, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite
Collected by Hendy in 2011
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 03/07/2011. 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 156792: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Eucrassatella venezuelana Hodson 1927 clam | |
Dallocardia sanctidavidis cockle | |
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail | |
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Neverita (Glossaulax) paraguanensis Hodson 1927 moon snail |