Also known as STRI Sample 17088
Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 68.6° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: middle Castilletes Member (Castilletes Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Jimol Formation, which conformably overlies the Uipta Formation (early Miocene) and is unconformably overlain by the Castilletes Formation. This area and nearby collections have been previously mapped as Castilletes Formaton (late Pliocene-early Pleistocene). AGE: Burdigalian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From approximately 196 m in regional section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Hendy in 2011
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 03/16/2011. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at FLMNH, Gainesville.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136879: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925 turret shell
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail | |
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell | |
Neverita (Glossaulax) paraguanensis Hodson 1927 moon snail
Polinices nelsoni moon snail
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Pallacera maracaibensis snail | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Bivetiella gabbiana Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 snail | |
Conus talis Jung 1965 cone shell
Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell | |
"Cruziturricula sp." = Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula)
"Cruziturricula sp." = Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) Marks 1951 turrid | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
"Knefastia lavinoides" = Knefastia limonensis
"Knefastia lavinoides" = Knefastia limonensis Olsson 1922 ribbed mitre | |
Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail
Cymia cocoditana Hodson 1931 murex snail
Eupleura kugleri Jung 1965 murex snail
Calotrophon sp. Hertlein and Strong 1951 murex snail | |
Muracypraea aff. hyaena Schilder 1939 cowry | |
Crassispira conica Jung 1965 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster | |
Anadara (Rasia) cornellana Hodson et al. 1927 ark | |
Tucetona democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 clam | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam |