Where: Atlantico, Colombia (10.8° N, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.1° N, 72.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Middle Miocene age based on correlation with other Caribbean fossil assemblages and by stratigraphic relations.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI
• Collections reposited at Cornell University (now PRI collections). Many collections collected by C.C. Anderson.
Primary reference: N. E. Weisbord. 1929. Miocene Mollusca of Northern Colombia. Bulletin of American Paleontology 14(54):1-310 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60684: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium (? Fissidentalium) solidissimum" = Fissidentalium solidissimum
"Dentalium (? Fissidentalium) solidissimum" = Fissidentalium solidissimum Pilsbry and Brown 1917 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris tumefactus Pilsbry and Brown 1917 clam | |
Spondylus colombiensis Weisbord 1929 scallop | |
"Venericardia terryi" = Cyclocardia terryi
"Venericardia terryi" = Cyclocardia terryi Olsson 1922 clam | |
"Crassatellites reevei" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei
"Crassatellites reevei" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei Gabb 1873 clam Subspecies: C. reevei pleurarostra
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"? Dermatomya harrisi" = Trinitasia sanctiandreae
"? Dermatomya harrisi" = Trinitasia sanctiandreae Maury 1925 clam | |
"Echinochama antiquata" = Arcinella antiquata, Chama corticosaformis
"Echinochama antiquata" = Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box
Chama corticosaformis Weisbord 1929 jewel box | |
Gastropoda | |
"Polinices (Mammilla) cf. brunnea" = Polinices hepaticus, "Natica cuspidata" = Natica (Natica) cuspidata
"Polinices (Mammilla) cf. brunnea" = Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail
"Natica cuspidata" = Natica (Natica) cuspidata Guppy 1910 moon snail | |
"Xancus magdalenensis" = Turbinella magdalenensis
"Xancus magdalenensis" = Turbinella magdalenensis Weisbord 1929 snail | |
Conomitra caribbeana Weisbord 1929 ribbed mitre | |
"Terebra ? isaacpetiti" = Terebra (Oreoterebra) isaacpetiti
"Terebra ? isaacpetiti" = Terebra (Oreoterebra) isaacpetiti Maury 1925 auger snail | |
"Pleurotoma barretti" = Polystira barretti1
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Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus colombiensis Weisbord 1929 cone shell | |
"Mitra cf. limonensis" = Fusimitra limonensis, "Mitra colombiana" = Subcancilla colombiana
"Mitra cf. limonensis" = Fusimitra limonensis Olsson 1922 mitre shell
"Mitra colombiana" = Subcancilla colombiana Weisbord 1929 mitre shell | |
"Strombina colombiana" = Sincola (Dorsina) colombiana
"Strombina colombiana" = Sincola (Dorsina) colombiana Weisbord 1929 snail | |
"Solenosteira falconensis" = Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) falconensis
"Solenosteira falconensis" = Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) falconensis Weisbord 1929 true whelk | |
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"Bursa crassa" = Marsupina bufo
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Petaloconchus domingensis Sowerby 1849 worm shell
Serpulorbis ? papulosus Guppy 1866 worm shell | |
Turritella lloydsmithi, "Turritella cartagenensis" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata cartagenensis, Turritella vistana
Turritella lloydsmithi Pilsbry and Brown 1917 turret shell
"Turritella cartagenensis" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata cartagenensis Pilsbry and Brown 1917 turret shell |