STRI Loc. 290473 - Puerto Lopez [middle Castilletes Fm]: Langhian, Colombia
collected by Hendy 2011

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Adrana sp. Adams and Adams 1858
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Leopecten sp. Masuda 1971
2 specimens
Lindapecten buchivacoanus (Hodson et al. 1927)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona democraciana (Hodson et al. 1927)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) cornellana (Hodson et al. 1927)
7 specimens
Anadara (Rasia) tirantensis (Hodson et al. 1927)
2 specimens
Anadara (Cunearca) guajiraensis
28 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glyptoactis paraguanensis (Hodson 1931)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella venezuelana (Hodson 1927)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Dallocardia sanctidavidis
9 specimens
Apiocardia sp. Olsson 1961
9 specimens
spelled with current rank as Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Eurytellina paraguanensis (Hodson 1931)
1 specimen
Psammacoma falconensis (Hodson and Hodson 1931)
8 specimens
synonym of Psammacoma gatunensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella yaquensis (Maury 1917)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactrotoma maracaibensis
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Protothaca sp. Dall 1902
1 specimen
synonym of Leukoma
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811
2 specimens
Panchione mactropsis (Conrad 1855)
1 specimen
Lirophora quirosensis (Hodson 1927)
1 specimen
Macrocallista cf. maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Agriopoma paraguanensis (Hodson 1927)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula zuliana (Hodson 1931)
1 specimen
Tenuicorbula sp. (Olsson 1932)
2 specimens
original and current combination Corbula (Tenuicorbula)
Hexacorbula cruziana Olsson 1932
6 specimens
recombined as Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) cruziana
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides sp. Blainville 1825
1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798
7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepipatella insculpta Jung 1965
22 specimens
recombined as Crucibulum (Dispotaea) insculpta
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus carbasea (Guppy 1866)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Knefastia lavinoides (Olsson 1922)
6 specimens
synonym of Knefastia limonensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Eupleura kugleri Jung 1965
3 specimens
Calotrophon sp. Hertlein and Strong 1951
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula venezuelana (Hodson et al. 1927)
20 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Euclia werenfelsi (Jung 1965)
3 specimens
Euclia dinota (Woodring 1970)
8 specimens
Trigonostoma woodringi Jung 1965
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Agladrillia sp. Woodring 1928
1 specimen
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus talis Jung 1965
8 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Paraborsonia cantaurana
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum cf. ulloa (Olsson 1932)
10 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
1 specimen
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
14 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena consors (Sowerby 1850)
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Pallacera maracaibensis
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Antillophos gatunensis (Toula 1909)
1 specimen
recombined as Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria gorgasiana Brown and Pilsbry 1913
1 specimen
recombined as Pleuroploca gorgasiana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla quirosana
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa rugosa (Sowerby 1835)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticarius sp. Dumeril 1806
5 specimens
Neverita (Glossaulax) paraguanensis (Hodson 1927)
6 specimens
Polinices nelsoni
35 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema undulatum
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Crassispira conica Jung 1965
57 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926
36 specimens
Turritella cocoditana (Hodson 1926)
32 specimens
Gastropoda - Modulidae
Modulus tamanensis Maury 1925
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamides suprasulcatus (Gabb 1873)
1 specimen
Terebralia dentilabris (Gabb 1873)
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) venada
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758
10 specimens
unclassified
Paraleptopecten quirosensis (Harris 1927)
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:La Guajira
Coordinates: 11.9° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.3° North, 68.6° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:15.6 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Castilletes Member:middle Castilletes
Local section:Yotojoro Local bed:24 m
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Cocinetas Regional bed:134 m
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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 134 m in regional section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified siltstone
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unconsolidated silty matrix. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, as determined in the field and based on museum-reposited specimens.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Size sorting:poor
Fragmentation:occasional
Bioerosion:none
Encrustation:none
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:2.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collectors:Hendy Collection dates:2011
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 03/16/2011. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at FLMNH, Gainesville.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:STRI Sample 17095A
Database number:136885
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-12-05 13:42:15 Last modified:2014-09-19 23:14:04
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-12-05 13:42:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43760. 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]