CAS Loc. 267 (horizon M-N), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm]: Late/Upper Miocene, Colombia
collected by Andeson

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma grabaui Maury 1917
Calliostoma tropica n. sp. Anderson 1929
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella altilira Conrad 1857
recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira
Turritella perattenuata Heilprin 1886
recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata
Turritella fredeai (Hodson 1926)
synonym of Turritella abrupta
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis papulosa (Guppy 1866)
recombined as Serpulorbis papulosus
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva brevispira Gabb 1873
Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra longa Gabb 1873
recombined as Subcancilla longa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Solenosteira hasletti n. sp. Anderson 1929
synonym of Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) falconensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria cibarcola Anderson 1929
recombined as Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris albida (Perry 1811)
    = Pleurotoma barretti Guppy 1866
Hendy et al. 2008
recombined as Polystira barretti
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Conus tuberacola n. sp. Anderson 1929
Conus veatchi Olsson 1922
Conus stenostomus (Sowerby 1850)
recombined as Conasprella stenostoma
Conus planiliratus Sowerby 1850
recombined as Conasprelloides planiliratus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra sulcifera Sowerby 1849
recombined as Terebra (Paraterebra) sulcifera
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
recombined as Muracypraea henekeni
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
    = Sconsia grayi Adams 1855
Beu 2010
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica guppyana (Toula 1909)
recombined as Stigmaulax guppiana
Natica cuspidata Guppy 1910
recombined as Natica (Natica) cuspidata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites (Scambula) densus (Dall 1900)
recombined as Crassatella densus
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita (Carditamera) arata (Conrad 1832)
recombined as Carditamera arata
Venericardia brassica (Maury 1925)
Cardita (Glans) scabricostata (Guppy 1866)
    = Venericardia dominica Weisbord 1929
Weisbord 1929
recombined as Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Macrocallista maculata
Antigona (Ventricola) blandiana (Guppy 1873)
recombined as Ventricolaria blandiana
Chione (Lirophora) latilirata (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata
Chione (Lirophora) mactropsis (Conrad 1855)
recombined as Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis
Chione (Chione) walli (Guppy 1866)
recombined as Chione walli
Pitaria cercadica Maury 1917
recombined as Pitar (Pitar) cercadica
Clementia (Clementia) dariena (Conrad 1855)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactrella (Harvella) elegans (Sowerby 1825)
recombined as Harvella elegans
Mactra (Mulinia) atlanticola Anderson 1929
synonym of Trinitasia sanctiandreae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama scheibei n. sp. Anderson 1929
Echinochama antiquata (Guppy 1866)
recombined as Arcinella antiquata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Laevicardium) gorgasi (Hanna 1924)
replaced by Laevicardium serratum
Cardium (Trachycardium) lingualeonis (Guppy 1866)
recombined as Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) lingualeonis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina gatunensis (Toula 1909)
recombined as Psammacoma gatunensis
Tellina protolyra n. sp. Anderson 1929
recombined as Tellina (Miratellina) protolyra
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris jamaicensis Dall 1898
recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arca (Noetia) macdonaldi (Dall 1912)
recombined as Noetia macdonaldi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Scapharca) auriculata (Lamarck 1819)
    = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis Röding 1798
Hendy et al. 2008
Arca (Scapharca) veatchi (Olsson 1922)
recombined as Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi
Arca (Scapharca) patricia (Sowerby 1849)
recombined as Anadara (Grandiarca) patricia
Arca (Anadara) usiacurii Anderson 1929
recombined as Anadara (Grandiarca) usiacurii
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia mamillaris n. sp. Anderson 1929
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus Dall 1898
recombined as Argopecten demiurgus
Pecten pinulatus (Toula 1911)
synonym of Lepidopecten scissuratus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867
Spondylus gumanomocon Brown and Pilsbry 1913
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 11.0° North, 75.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.6° North, 73.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tubará
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Tubará Formation, which overlies the Las Pedices Group (Early Miocene), and is overlain by the Galapa Group (Late Miocene). AGE: Early Miocene, according Barrios (1960), suggested to be Early Pliocene based on more recent biostratigraphic correlations, but place in Late Miocene by enterer on the basis of faunal composition. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but apparently siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified-unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Andeson
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: F. Andeson, c. 1920's. REPOSITORY: California Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalves and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:88296
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-04-06 13:42:44 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2009-04-06 13:42:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29644. F. M. Anderson. 1929. Marine Miocene and related deposits of North Colombia. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 18(4):73-213 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
19909 A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
17428 N. E. Weisbord. 1929. Miocene Mollusca of Northern Colombia. Bulletin of American Paleontology 14(54):1-310 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro]