Cove Hill, San Andres Island: Miocene, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801
Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas sp. Gray 1825
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810
Chlamys (Argopecten) sp. (Monterosato 1889)
original and current combination Argopecten
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Anodontia (Anodontia) sp. Link 1807
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Naticidae
"Natica" sp. Scopoli 1777
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Fasciolaria sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis sp. Mörch 1852
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 12.5° North, 81.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.0° North, 81.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:San Andres
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:73797
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-06-29 05:00:33 Last modified:2007-06-29 08:00:33
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-29 05:00:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24733. J. Geister. 1975. Riffbau und geologische Entwicklungsgeschichte der Insel San Andres (westliches Karibisches Meer, Kolumbien) [Reef building and geological evolution of San Andres Island (western Caribbean Sea, Colombia)]. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, B 15:1-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]