Also known as STRI Sample 17073B
Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 68.0° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: lower Castilletes Member (Castilletes Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Castilletes Formation, which conformably overlies the Jimol Formation (early Miocene) and is unconformably overlain by the Ware 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 45 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 136908: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster | |
Anadara (Rasia) tirantensis Hodson et al. 1927 ark | |
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam | |
Phacoides sp. Blainville 1825 clam | |
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. Say 1824 slipper shell | |
Prunum quirosense Hodson 1927 margin shell | |
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
Calotrophon sp. Hertlein and Strong 1951 murex snail
Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguifer murex snail | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Neverita (Glossaulax) paraguanensis Hodson 1927 moon snail | |
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail
Terebralia dentilabris Gabb 1873 horn snail |