Where: Colombia (9.8° N, 75.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 9.4° N, 62.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bartonian (41.0 - 37.7 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From a unit referred to as the Carmen section of the Eocene, for which lithostratigraphic relations are unclear. AGE: Eocene, though not clear; age assignment reassigned based on the known biostratigraphic ranges of constituent taxa in more recent literature; here assigned to Bartonian (early Middle Eocene), but it is acknowledged that considerable constituent taxa have known age ranges extending (but not exclusive) to the Late Eocene and Ypresian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Horizon F of the Carmen section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, concretionary shale and lithified, concretionary sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Anderson
• COLLECTOR: F. Anderson, c. 1920's. REPOSITORY: California Academy of Sciences.
Primary reference: F. M. Anderson. 1928. Notes on Lower Tertiary deposits of Colombia and their molluscan and foraminiferal fauna. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 17(1):1-29 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88278: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.04.2009
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Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
? Xanthopsis sp. M'Coy 1849 stone crab | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium samanicum tusk shell | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Venericardia (Venericor) samanensis Olsson 1928 clam
Venericardia (Glyptoactis) carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946 clam | |
"Volupia bolivarensis n. sp." = Lucina (Here) bolivarensis
"Volupia bolivarensis n. sp." = Lucina (Here) bolivarensis Anderson 1928 clam | |
Corbula cf. arnoldi Woods 1922 clam
Corbula (Caryocorbula) carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946 clam | |
Cardium aff. triangulatum cockle | |
Tellina greggi tellin clam
Tellina cf. rostralis tellin clam
Tellina cf. subtriangularis tellin clam | |
"Cytherea perovata" = Callista (Callista) perovata, Callista (Macrocallista) dickersoni
"Cytherea perovata" = Callista (Callista) perovata Conrad 1833 venus clam
Callista (Macrocallista) dickersoni Woods 1922 venus clam | |
Mactra parilis duck clam | |
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Glycymeris caracoli Anderson 1928 bittersweet clam | |
Nucula andersoni Clark and Durham 1946 nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Akera bolivarensis n. sp.
Akera bolivarensis n. sp. Anderson 1928 snail | |
Solariella cf. louisiana snail | |
"Pseudocrommium carmenensis" = Pachycrommium carmenensis
"Pseudocrommium carmenensis" = Pachycrommium carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946 snail | |
"Calyptraea cf. aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea cf. aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
Turritella obruta Conrad 1833 turret shell
Turritella humerosa Conrad 1835 turret shell | |
Fossarus (Isapsis) bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946 snail | |
Natica sp., "Sigaretus cf. bilix" = Sinum bilix
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
"Sigaretus cf. bilix" = Sinum bilix Conrad 1833 moon snail | |
Lysis sp. Gabb 1864 snail | |
"Pyrula cf. juvensis" = Ficus
"Pyrula cf. juvensis" = Ficus fig shell | |
"Levifusus cf. pagoda" = Levifusus pagodiformis
"Levifusus cf. pagoda" = Levifusus pagodiformis Heilprin 1881 snail | |
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk | |
Clavilithes cf. harrisi Woods 1922 spindle shell | |
Athleta (Volutospina) cf. petrosa Conrad 1833 volute | |
Morum (Herculea) caracoli Anderson 1928 snail | |
Ancilla (Olivula) cf. scamba olive snail
Ancilla (Olivula) staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail
Olivancillaria cf. peruviana Woods 1922 olive snail | |
"Pleurofusia carmenensis" = Coronia carmenensis
"Pleurofusia carmenensis" = Coronia carmenensis Anderson 1928 turrid | |
Terebra (Mirula) grabrielensis auger snail | |
Ectinochilus olssoni Clark and Durham 1946 true conch | |
Cerithiopsis conica snail | |
Teinostoma subangulata snail | |
? Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Goniopora andersoni n. sp.
Goniopora andersoni n. sp. stony coral | |
Foraminifera | |
Nummulites carmenensis n. sp.
Nummulites carmenensis n. sp. Anderson 1928 |