STRI Loc. 290683 - W of Paraguachon [middle Jimol Fm] (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 68.1° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: upper Jimol Member (Jimol Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Jimol Formation, which conformably overlies the Uipta Formation (early Miocene) and is conformably 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 upper section of Jimol Formation; 20 m above STRI Loc. 290682; from 90 m below the Jimol/Castilletes contact.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow sub tidal siliciclastic setting, normal salinity; 5-30 m.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Consolidated calcareous sandy matrix; nearly limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, as determined in the field and based on museum-reposited specimens.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collected by Hendy in 2013

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/26/2013. REPOSITORY: Observed (not collected).

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 156723: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Comprises characteristic molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae