Also known as STRI Sample 16885, 17054
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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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. This area and nearby collections have been previously mapped as Castilletes Formaton (late Pliocene-early Pleistocene). AGE: Langhian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From approximately 276 m in regional section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Hendy in 2011
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 03/17/2011. 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 158040: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.07.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Callianassidae indet. Dana 1852 decapod | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Politoleda forcati" = Nuculana (Politoleda)
"Politoleda forcati" = Nuculana (Politoleda) pointed nut clam | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Anadara (Potiarca) inutilis Jung 1965 ark
Anadara (Rasia) cornellana Hodson et al. 1927 ark | |
Glyptoactis paraguanensis Hodson 1931 clam | |
Caryocorbula fortis, "Tenuicorbula sp." = Corbula (Tenuicorbula)
Caryocorbula fortis Jung 1965 clam
"Tenuicorbula sp." = Corbula (Tenuicorbula) Olsson 1932 clam | |
Tagelus sp. Gray 1847 clam | |
Semele sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
Psammotreta hadra Woodring 1982 tellin clam | |
Dallocardia sanctidavidis, "Apiocardia sp." = Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia)
Dallocardia sanctidavidis cockle
"Apiocardia sp." = Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) Olsson 1961 cockle | |
"Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum, "Dosinia delicatissima" = Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima, Macrocallista cf. maculata
"Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam
"Dosinia delicatissima" = Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima Brown and Pilsbry 1913 venus clam
Macrocallista cf. maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Harvella elegans Sowerby 1825 clam
Mactrotoma maracaibensis surfclam | |
Arcinella yaquensis Maury 1917 jewel box | |
Gastropoda | |
Polinices nelsoni moon snail
Naticarius sp. Dumeril 1806 moon snail | |
Conus talis Jung 1965 cone shell | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk
Cymatophos cocoditoensis true whelk | |
Euclia werenfelsi Jung 1965 snail | |
Muracypraea aff. hyaena Schilder 1939 cowry | |
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925 turret shell
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Paraleptopecten quirosensis | |
Paraleptopecten quirosensis Harris 1927 |