Where: Ecuador (0.9° N, 79.0° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 78.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Esmeraldas Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Esmeraldas Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Early Pliocene; upper part of the Globorotalia margarita Zone according to personal communication of F. Rögl. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: About 5 m above NMB Loc. 12825.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
Primary reference: P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131334: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma dryope top snail
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Parviturbo sp. Pilsbry and McGinty 1945 snail | |
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Alabina sp. Dall 1902 cerith snail | |
Capulus pacificus snail | |
Conus camaronus, Conus esmeraldus, Conus sp., "Conus mompichensis" = Conus (Leptoconus) mompichensis
Conus camaronus cone shell
Conus esmeraldus cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
"Conus mompichensis" = Conus (Leptoconus) mompichensis Olsson 1964 cone shell | |
Thatcheria (Conicheria) ecuadoriana Olsson 1964 snail | |
Glyphostoma annae snail
Glyphostoma sp. Gabb 1872 snail | |
Scobinella ecuadoriana Olsson 1964 turrid
Lepicythara camaronensis Olsson 1964 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid
Polystira oxytropis Sowerby 1834 turrid | |
Agladrillia gracilis, Cerodrillia sp., "Hindsiclava militaris" = Crassispira (Hindsiclava) militaris
Agladrillia gracilis snail
Cerodrillia sp. Bartsch and Rehder 1939 snail
"Hindsiclava militaris" = Crassispira (Hindsiclava) militaris Hinds, in Reeve 1843 snail | |
Cochlespira cedonulli Reeve 1843 snail
Aforia ecuadoriana Olsson 1964 aforia | |
"Cancellaria (Calcarata) trochilia" = Sveltia trochilia, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp.
"Cancellaria (Calcarata) trochilia" = Sveltia trochilia Olsson 1964 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Fusiturricula oreodoxa ribbed mitre
Fusiturricula thranis ribbed mitre | |
"Mitra (Subcancilla) musa" = Subcancilla, Mitra (Atrimitra) mexicana
"Mitra (Subcancilla) musa" = Subcancilla mitre shell
Mitra (Atrimitra) mexicana Dall 1919 mitre shell | |
Strioterebrum camaronense, "Strioterebrum guanabanum" = Strioterebrum guanabana
Strioterebrum camaronense auger snail
"Strioterebrum guanabanum" = Strioterebrum guanabana Olsson 1942 auger snail | |
Nassarius (Uzita) sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Fusinus (Fusinus) terryi snail | |
Metaphos calathus, Metaphos scillus, "Kelletia ecuadoriana" = Siphonalia (Kelletia), Neosconsia ecuadoriana, Antillophos abundans
Metaphos calathus true whelk
Metaphos scillus true whelk
"Kelletia ecuadoriana" = Siphonalia (Kelletia) true whelk
Neosconsia ecuadoriana Olsson 1964 true whelk
Antillophos abundans true whelk | |
Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) esmeraldas, "Strombina (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis" = Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis
"Strombina (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis" = Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis Olsson 1964 snail | |
Xenophora dilecta carrier shell | |
Echinophoria woodringi Olsson 1964 snail | |
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail | |
Seila sp. Adams 1861 snail | |
Natica (Stigmaulax) landesiana Olsson 1964 moon snail
Polinices (Polinices) otis Broderip 1829 moon snail | |
Cyclostremiscus sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1945 snail | |
Caecum sp. Fleming 1813 snail | |
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. Say 1824 slipper shell | |
Epitonium foliaceicostum wentletrap
Cirsotrema togatum Hertlein and Strong 1951 wentletrap | |
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838 snail | |
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
Pyramidella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium (Dentalium) equisetum tusk shell
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) esmeraldum tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccella ornata d'Orbigny 1845 pointed nut clam | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Lirotarte paphia clam | |
Crassinella coxi clam | |
Semele sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Tellina (Phyllodina) francisca tellin clam
"Tellina (Angulus) sp." = Angulus Megerle 1811 tellin clam
Macoma (Psammocoma) tagua tellin clam | |
Pitar (Pitar) hera venus clam | |
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Parvilucina sp. Dall 1901 clam
"Lucina (Callucina) camaronensis" = Callucina clam
Linga (Bellucina) sp. Dall 1901 clam | |
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam | |
"Glycymeris (Tucetona) sp." = Tucetona
"Glycymeris (Tucetona) sp." = Tucetona Iredale 1939 clam | |
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Placopecten sp. Verrill 1897 scallop
"Chlamys woodringi" = Argopecten woodringi Spieker 1922 calico scallop | |
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle | |
"Crenella ecuadoriana" = Crenella decussata
"Crenella ecuadoriana" = Crenella decussata Montagu 1808 clam |