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
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
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea (? Turkostrea) renzoni Etayo-Serna 1979 oyster | |
Corbula (Bicorbula) manantialense Etayo-Serna 1979 clam | |
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 | |
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838 snail
Ringicula (Ringiculella) carvajali Etayo-Serna 1979 snail | |
Pseudomalaxis caceresi Etayo-Serna 1979 snail | |
Odostomia guajirana Etayo-Serna 1979 snail
Syrnola (Puposirnola) sp. Adams 1860 snail | |
Melanatria beldingi Etayo-Serna 1979 snail | |
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 | |
Confusiscala sp. de Boury 1909 wentletrap | |
Priscoficus johnstoni Rutsch 1943 fig shell
Fulguroficus hoffstetteri Etayo-Serna 1979 fig shell | |
Pseudaulicina sp. volute | |
Orthosurcula sp. Casey 1904 ribbed mitre | |
Buccinofusus sp. Conrad 1868 spindle shell
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 spindle shell | |
Hubachia ramirolobae Etayo-Serna 1979 true whelk | |
Surculites cortezi turrid
Surculites errans Solander 1766 turrid
Andicula colombiana Etayo-Serna 1979 turrid | |
Johnwyattia johnwyatti Etayo-Serna 1979 snail | |
Euspira ? gregori Etayo-Serna 1979 moon snail
Euspira ottogeyeri Etayo-Serna 1979 moon snail |