STRI Loc. 290846 - Yotoyoro [middle Castilletes Fm]: Langhian, Colombia
collected by Hendy 2014

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona democraciana (Hodson et al. 1927)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella venezuelana (Hodson 1927)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactrotoma maracaibensis
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) venada
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices nelsoni
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Muracypraea aff. hyaena (Schilder 1939)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cymatophos cocoditoensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena consors (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Euclia werenfelsi (Jung 1965)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Cruziturricula sp. Marks 1951
spelled with current rank as Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus talis Jung 1965
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Hindsiclava henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum quirosense (Hodson 1927)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Vokesimurex sp. Petuch 1994
Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Calotrophon sp. Hertlein and Strong 1951
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
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Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data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:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Castilletes Member:middle Castilletes
Local section:Aiptiamana Local bed:93 m
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Cocinetas Regional bed:193 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. AGE: Langhian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From middle member of the Castilletes Fm. Equivalent level to STRI Loc. 290842; from 193 m above Jimol/Castilletes contact.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal unlithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unconsolidated siltstone matrix. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, as determined in the field and based on museum-reposited specimens.
Environment:lagoonal
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Very shallow marine (0-15 m), siliciclastic.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:preferred
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 excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),sieve,field collection,observed (not collected)
Minimum sieve size:2.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collectors:Hendy Collection dates:2014
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/24/2014. REPOSITORY: Field observations and specimens reposited at Universidad del Norte, Colombia.
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 38146; AH140155, AH140156
Database number:157828
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-07-06 09:39:21 Last modified:2014-09-19 23:19:45
Access level:authorizer only Released:2016-07-06 09:39:21
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]