Also known as STRI Sample 37819
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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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: upper Castilletes Member (Castilletes Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Castilletes Formation, which conformably overlies the Jimol Formation (early Miocene) and is unconformably overlain by the Ware Formation. AGE: Langhian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition and stratigraphic position; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Likely in upper part of the Castilletes Fm; from 319 m above Jimol/Castilletes contact.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Hendy in 2013
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/22/2013. 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 156682: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell | |
Turritella (Bactrospira) cf. altilira, Turritella machapoorensis, Turritella matarucana, Turritella cocoditana
Turritella (Bactrospira) cf. altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925 turret shell
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Neverita (Glossaulax) paraguanensis Hodson 1927 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Politoleda forcati" = Nuculana (Politoleda)
"Politoleda forcati" = Nuculana (Politoleda) pointed nut clam | |
"Dosinia delicatissima" = Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima, Gouldia sp.
"Dosinia delicatissima" = Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima Brown and Pilsbry 1913 venus clam
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam | |
Lucinisca mirandana Hodson 1931 clam | |
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana Hodson 1927 clam | |
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster | |
Tucetona democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 clam |