PBDB Collection

C 14091 (Paleocene of Colombia)

Where: Guajira, Colombia (11.5° N, 72.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 10.4° N, 50.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Manantial Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• Local unit II Manantial fm. Authors tentatively suggest this is Danian age.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: prodelta; lithified, shelly/skeletal, muddy, silty sandstone

• "...between the lower tide level and 30 meters of depth. ...Summing up the history of this thin layer and its fauna, it can be interpreted as an accumulation of sediments in an inlet or channel on a marine region, where there was an abrupt increase of depth over a very short period. ... a region indirectly affected by a delta [where many different substrate environments develop in close proximity], like the case of the ‘east Mississippi Delta’, Gulf of Mexico, or the Orinoco Delta.

• Predominately packed biomicrite, although the microfacies vary from site to site, rocks appear as a very fine grained quartz sandstone with echinoderm plates and spines, shells, ostracods bryozoans and ooliths.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by W. Durham and F. Etayo-Serna in 1944-45 and 1976; reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• University of California (Berkeley), Museum of Paleontology Locality C-14091, Colombia National University, Natural Sciences Institute, Natural History and Sciences Museum Locality C-14091.

Primary reference: F. Etayo Serna. 1979. La fauna de Moluscos del Paleoceno de Columbia; Moluscos una capa del Paleoceno de Manantial (Guajira). Boleti'n de geologi'a 27:5-55 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99141: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 28.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Lithoradia ? buemoi, ? Cimonia sp., Jaumaporla jaumaporla, Laevifusus ? lormentarius Lithoradia ? buemoi ? Cimonia sp. Jaumaporla jaumaporla Laevifusus ? lormentarius
Bivalvia
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea (? Turkostrea) renzoni Ostrea (? Turkostrea) renzoni Etayo-Serna 1979 oyster
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Corbula (Bicorbula) manantialense Corbula (Bicorbula) manantialense Etayo-Serna 1979 clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Venericardia (? Venericor) sp., Baluchicardia sp., Baluchicardia nuriae, Baluchicardia obliquata Venericardia (? Venericor) sp. Stewart 1930 clam Baluchicardia sp. Rutsch and Schenck 1943 clam Baluchicardia nuriae Etayo-Serna 1979 clam Baluchicardia obliquata Etayo-Serna 1979 clam
Gastropoda
Heterostropha - Ringiculidae	Ringicula sp., Ringicula (Ringiculella) carvajali Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838 snail Ringicula (Ringiculella) carvajali Etayo-Serna 1979 snail
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	Pseudomalaxis caceresi Pseudomalaxis caceresi Etayo-Serna 1979 snail
Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae	Odostomia guajirana, Syrnola (Puposirnola) sp. Odostomia guajirana Etayo-Serna 1979 snail Syrnola (Puposirnola) sp. Adams 1860 snail
Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae	Melanatria beldingi Melanatria beldingi Etayo-Serna 1979 snail
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella sp., Turritella (Sohlitella) llinasi, Turritella (Bowlesia) pecki, Turritella (Bowlesia) mingoensis, Turritella (Torquesia) eliciloides, Turritella (Merriamella) rinconi, Woodsalia allisoni Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) llinasi Etayo-Serna 1979 turret shell Turritella (Bowlesia) pecki Etayo-Serna 1979 turret shell Turritella (Bowlesia) mingoensis Bowles 1939 turret shell Turritella (Torquesia) eliciloides turret shell Turritella (Merriamella) rinconi Etayo-Serna 1979 turret shell Woodsalia allisoni Etayo-Serna 1979 turret shell
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Confusiscala sp. Confusiscala sp. de Boury 1909 wentletrap
Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae	Priscoficus johnstoni, Fulguroficus hoffstetteri Priscoficus johnstoni Rutsch 1943 fig shell Fulguroficus hoffstetteri Etayo-Serna 1979 fig shell
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Pseudaulicina sp. Pseudaulicina sp. volute
Neogastropoda - Costellariidae	Orthosurcula sp. Orthosurcula sp. Casey 1904 ribbed mitre
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Buccinofusus sp., Fusinus sp. Buccinofusus sp. Conrad 1868 spindle shell Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 spindle shell
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Hubachia ramirolobae Hubachia ramirolobae Etayo-Serna 1979 true whelk
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Surculites cortezi, Surculites errans, Andicula colombiana Surculites cortezi turrid Surculites errans Solander 1766 turrid Andicula colombiana Etayo-Serna 1979 turrid
Neogastropoda - Johnwyattiidae	Johnwyattia johnwyatti Johnwyattia johnwyatti Etayo-Serna 1979 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Euspira ? gregori, Euspira ottogeyeri Euspira ? gregori Etayo-Serna 1979 moon snail Euspira ottogeyeri Etayo-Serna 1979 moon snail