Also known as STRI Sample 16885, 17054
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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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: upper Castilletes Member (Castilletes Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Castilletes Formation, which conformably overlies the Jimol Formation (early Miocene) and is unconformably overlain by the Ware Formation. This area and nearby collections have been previously mapped as Castilletes Formaton (late Pliocene-early Pleistocene). AGE: Langhian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From approximately 276 m in regional section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Hendy in 2011
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 03/17/2011. 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 158040: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.07.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925 turret shell
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Polinices nelsoni moon snail
Naticarius sp. Dumeril 1806 moon snail | |
Muracypraea aff. hyaena Schilder 1939 cowry | |
Euclia werenfelsi Jung 1965 snail | |
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk
Cymatophos cocoditoensis true whelk | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Conus talis Jung 1965 cone shell | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Bivalvia | |
"Politoleda forcati" = Nuculana (Politoleda)
"Politoleda forcati" = Nuculana (Politoleda) pointed nut clam | |
"Tenuicorbula sp." = Corbula (Tenuicorbula), Caryocorbula fortis
"Tenuicorbula sp." = Corbula (Tenuicorbula) Olsson 1932 clam
Caryocorbula fortis Jung 1965 clam | |
Arcinella yaquensis Maury 1917 jewel box | |
Macrocallista cf. maculata, "Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum, "Dosinia delicatissima" = Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima
Macrocallista cf. maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam
"Dosinia delicatissima" = Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima Brown and Pilsbry 1913 venus clam | |
Harvella elegans Sowerby 1825 clam
Mactrotoma maracaibensis surfclam | |
Tagelus sp. Gray 1847 clam | |
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
Psammotreta hadra Woodring 1982 tellin clam | |
Semele sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
"Apiocardia sp." = Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia), Dallocardia sanctidavidis
"Apiocardia sp." = Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) Olsson 1961 cockle
Dallocardia sanctidavidis cockle | |
Glyptoactis paraguanensis Hodson 1931 clam | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Anadara (Rasia) cornellana Hodson et al. 1927 ark
Anadara (Potiarca) inutilis Jung 1965 ark | |
Malacostraca | |
Callianassidae indet. Dana 1852 decapod | |
Paraleptopecten quirosensis | |
Paraleptopecten quirosensis Harris 1927 |