NMB Loc. 12826 - Rio Camarones [Esmeraldas Fm]: Early/Lower Pliocene, Ecuador

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Dentalium (Dentalium) equisetum
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) esmeraldum
Jung 1989 16 specimens
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Pyramidella sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838
Jung 1989 10 specimens
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma dryope
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Parviturbo sp. Pilsbry and McGinty 1945
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Alabina sp. Dall 1902
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. (Say 1824)
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium foliaceicostum
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Cirsotrema togatum (Hertlein and Strong 1951)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices (Polinices) otis (Broderip 1829)
Jung 1989 62 specimens
recombined as Polinices otis
Natica (Stigmaulax) landesiana Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 25 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila sp. Adams 1861
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus pacificus
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Cyclostremiscus sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1945
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Caecum sp. Fleming 1813
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) esmeraldas
29 specimens
Strombina (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 28 specimens
recombined as Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus (Fusinus) terryi
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Uzita) sp. (Adams and Adams 1853)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Metaphos calathus
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Metaphos scillus
Jung 1989 206 specimens
Neosconsia ecuadoriana Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Kelletia ecuadoriana
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Siphonalia (Kelletia)
Antillophos abundans
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Cancellaria (Calcarata) trochilia Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 4 specimens
recombined as Sveltia trochilia
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Subcancilla) musa
Jung 1989 3 specimens
original and current combination Subcancilla
Mitra (Atrimitra) mexicana Dall 1919
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Cerodrillia sp. Bartsch and Rehder 1939
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Hindsiclava militaris (Hinds, in Reeve 1843)
Jung 1989 9 specimens
recombined as Crassispira (Hindsiclava) militaris
Agladrillia gracilis
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Aforia ecuadoriana Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Cochlespira cedonulli (Reeve 1843)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Glyphostoma annae
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Glyphostoma sp. Gabb 1872
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum camaronense
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Strioterebrum guanabanum (Olsson 1942)
Jung 1989 23 specimens
recombined as Strioterebrum guanabana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus camaronus
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Conus esmeraldus
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Conus mompichensis Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 2 specimens
recombined as Conus (Leptoconus) mompichensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Thatcheria (Conicheria) ecuadoriana Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Scobinella ecuadoriana Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Polystira oxytropis (Sowerby 1834)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Lepicythara camaronensis Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Fusiturricula oreodoxa
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Fusiturricula thranis
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Echinophoria woodringi Olsson 1964
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora dilecta
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella ornata (d'Orbigny 1845)
Jung 1989 40 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Jung 1989 2 specimens
synonym of Crenella decussata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Placopecten sp. (Verrill 1897)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Chlamys woodringi (Spieker 1922)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
recombined as Argopecten woodringi
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Tucetona) sp. (Iredale 1939)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
original and current combination Tucetona
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Angulus) sp. (Megerle 1811)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
original and current combination Angulus
Tellina (Phyllodina) francisca
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Macoma (Psammocoma) tagua
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Pitar) hera
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina sp. (Dall 1901)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Linga (Bellucina) sp. Dall 1901
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Lucina (Callucina) camaronensis
Jung 1989 34 specimens
spelled with current rank as Callucina
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella coxi
Jung 1989 85 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Lirotarte paphia
Jung 1989 60 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Ecuador
Coordinates: 0.9° North, 79.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.7° North, 78.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Esmeraldas
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Esmeraldas Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Early Pliocene; upper part of the Globorotalia margarita Zone according to personal communication of F. Rögl. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: About 5 m above NMB Loc. 12825.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data provided.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMB
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Metadata
Database number:131334
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-07-23 13:28:24 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-07-23 13:28:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26828. P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]