CAS Loc. 267 (horizon M-N), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm] (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (11.0° N, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 73.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tubará Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Tubará Formation, which overlies the Las Pedices Group (Early Miocene), and is overlain by the Galapa Group (Late Miocene). AGE: Early Miocene, according Barrios (1960), suggested to be Early Pliocene based on more recent biostratigraphic correlations, but place in Late Miocene by enterer on the basis of faunal composition. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but apparently siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified-unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Andeson

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: F. Andeson, c. 1920's. REPOSITORY: California Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Primary reference: F. M. Anderson. 1929. Marine Miocene and related deposits of North Colombia. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 18(4):73-213 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88296: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalves and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella fredeai" = Turritella abrupta, "Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira, "Turritella perattenuata" = Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata
"Turritella fredeai" = Turritella abrupta Spieker 1922 turret shell
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell
"Turritella perattenuata" = Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata Heilprin 1886 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Serpulorbis papulosa" = Serpulorbis papulosus Guppy 1866 worm shell
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Sconsia grayi1 Adams 1855 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea henekeni" = Muracypraea henekeni
"Cypraea henekeni" = Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850 cowry
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Mitra longa" = Subcancilla longa
"Mitra longa" = Subcancilla longa Gabb 1873 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva brevispira Gabb 1873 olive snail
Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Solenosteira hasletti n. sp." = Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) falconensis
"Solenosteira hasletti n. sp." = Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) falconensis Weisbord 1929 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Pleurotoma barretti" = Polystira barretti2
"Pleurotoma barretti" = Polystira barretti2 Guppy 1866 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra sulcifera" = Terebra (Paraterebra) sulcifera
"Terebra sulcifera" = Terebra (Paraterebra) sulcifera Sowerby 1849 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus stenostomus" = Conasprella stenostoma Sowerby 1850 cone shell
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus tuberacola n. sp. Anderson 1929 cone shell
Conus veatchi Olsson 1922 cone shell
Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria cibarcola" = Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola
"Cancellaria cibarcola" = Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola Anderson 1929 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica guppyana" = Stigmaulax guppiana, "Natica cuspidata" = Natica (Natica) cuspidata
"Natica guppyana" = Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail
"Natica cuspidata" = Natica (Natica) cuspidata Guppy 1910 moon snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma grabaui Maury 1917 top snail
Calliostoma tropica n. sp. Anderson 1929 top snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia mamillaris n. sp. Anderson 1929 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten pinulatus" = Lepidopecten scissuratus, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus, Spondylus gumanomocon, Spondylus bostrychites
"Pecten pinulatus" = Lepidopecten scissuratus Dall 1898 scallop
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898 calico scallop
Spondylus gumanomocon Brown and Pilsbry 1913 scallop
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898 clam
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi" = Noetia macdonaldi
"Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi" = Noetia macdonaldi Dall 1912 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Scapharca) veatchi" = Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi, Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis2, "Arca (Anadara) usiacurii" = Anadara (Grandiarca) usiacurii, "Arca (Scapharca) patricia" = Anadara (Grandiarca) patricia
"Arca (Scapharca) veatchi" = Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi Olsson 1922 ark
Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis2 Röding 1798 ark
"Arca (Anadara) usiacurii" = Anadara (Grandiarca) usiacurii Anderson 1929 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) patricia" = Anadara (Grandiarca) patricia Sowerby 1849 ark
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Mactrella (Harvella) elegans" = Harvella elegans, "Mactra (Mulinia) atlanticola" = Trinitasia sanctiandreae
"Mactrella (Harvella) elegans" = Harvella elegans Sowerby 1825 clam
"Mactra (Mulinia) atlanticola" = Trinitasia sanctiandreae Maury 1925 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata, Clementia (Clementia) dariena, "Chione (Lirophora) latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata, "Chione (Lirophora) mactropsis" = Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis, "Antigona (Ventricola) blandiana" = Ventricolaria blandiana, "Chione (Chione) walli" = Chione walli, "Pitaria cercadica" = Pitar (Pitar) cercadica
"Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata Conrad 1841 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) mactropsis" = Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis Conrad 1855 venus clam
"Antigona (Ventricola) blandiana" = Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) walli" = Chione walli Guppy 1866 venus clam
"Pitaria cercadica" = Pitar (Pitar) cercadica Maury 1917 venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Echinochama antiquata" = Arcinella antiquata, Chama scheibei n. sp.
"Echinochama antiquata" = Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box
Chama scheibei n. sp. Anderson 1929 jewel box
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Laevicardium) gorgasi" = Laevicardium serratum, "Cardium (Trachycardium) lingualeonis" = Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) lingualeonis
"Cardium (Laevicardium) gorgasi" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium (Trachycardium) lingualeonis" = Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) lingualeonis Guppy 1866 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina gatunensis" = Psammacoma gatunensis, "Tellina protolyra n. sp." = Tellina (Miratellina) protolyra
"Tellina gatunensis" = Psammacoma gatunensis Toula 1909 tellin clam
"Tellina protolyra n. sp." = Tellina (Miratellina) protolyra Anderson 1929 tellin clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites (Scambula) densus" = Crassatella densus
"Crassatellites (Scambula) densus" = Crassatella densus Dall 1900 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita (Carditamera) arata" = Carditamera arata, Venericardia brassica, "Venericardia dominica" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica3
"Cardita (Carditamera) arata" = Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
Venericardia brassica Maury 1925 clam
"Venericardia dominica" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica3 Weisbord 1929 clam