Where: Colombia (12.3° N, 71.8° W: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 71.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit, but unlikely to belong to the Castilletes Fm; lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Stated by Bürgl to be Pleistocene, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List from 5 m thick bed.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Bürgl
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Presumably H. Bürgl. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Primary reference: H. Bürgl. 1960. Geologia de la Peninsula de la Guajira. Boletin Geologico 6(1-3):129-168 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97679: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Pecten gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus
"Pecten gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus Linnaeus 1758 calico scallop | |
"Arca brasiliana" = Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana
"Arca brasiliana" = Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana Lamarck 1819 ark | |
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Dosinia concentrica" = Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica, Chione cancellata
"Dosinia concentrica" = Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica Born 1778 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam | |
Phacoides pectinatus Gmelin 1791 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Strombus pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
"Murex antillarum" = Murex (Murex) antillarum
"Murex antillarum" = Murex (Murex) antillarum Hinds 1844 murex snail | |
Voluta alfaroi Dall 1912 volute | |
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell |