Where: La Guajira, Colombia (12.0° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 68.0° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: middle 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 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 immediately (<1 m) above STRI 290820; From 118 m below the Jimol/Castilletes contact.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Hendy in 2014
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/20/2014. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at FLMNH, Gainesville. ABUNDANCE: Estimate based on relative abundance within a 25cm2 quadrat; A=abundant (10 or more specimens per quadrat; C=common (3-9 specimens per quadrat; R=rare (1-2 specimens per quadrate).
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 160815: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.08.2014
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 | |
Lindapecten buchivacoanus Hodson et al. 1927 scallop | |
Glyptoactis paraguanensis Hodson 1931 clam | |
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana Hodson 1927 clam | |
"Apiocardia sp." = Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia)
"Apiocardia sp." = Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) Olsson 1961 cockle | |
Macrocallista cf. maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Polinices nelsoni moon snail | |
Turbinella falconensis Hodson 1931 snail | |
Conus bravoi Spieker 1922 cone shell | |
Cymatophos cocoditoensis true whelk | |
Muracypraea aff. hyaena Schilder 1939 cowry | |
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. Say 1824 slipper shell | |
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell |