Also known as STRI Sample 17044
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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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: middle Castilletes Member (Castilletes Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Jimol Formation, which conformably overlies the Uipta Formation (early Miocene) and is unconformably 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 approximately 152 m in regional section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by Hendy in 2011
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• 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 158100: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.07.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Tucetona democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 clam | |
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835 oyster | |
Caryocorbula fortis Jung 1965 clam | |
"Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum, Gouldia sp.
"Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925 turret shell
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell |