Also known as STRI Sample 16918
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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 275 m in regional section; 2 m below STRI Loc. 290463.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; 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 158041: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.07.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail
Terebralia dentilabris Gabb 1873 horn snail | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Neverita (Glossaulax) paraguanensis Hodson 1927 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Glyptoactis paraguanensis Hodson 1931 clam | |
Caryocorbula fortis Jung 1965 clam | |
Mactrotoma maracaibensis surfclam | |
Eurytellina paraguanensis Hodson 1931 tellin clam | |
Anadara (Potiarca) inutilis Jung 1965 ark
Lunarca cf. ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark | |
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster |