Loc. 70, NW of Puerto Lopez [Castilletes Fm] (Miocene to of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (11.9° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 68.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jimol Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Originally stated to be from the Castilletes Fm, but more recent mapping would place this in the Jimol Fm, which conformably overlies the Uipta Fm (early Miocene) and is overlain by the Castilletes Fm (late Pliocene-early Pleistocene. AGE: Burdigalian-Serravalian on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy and Sr isotope dating. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within stratigraphy.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, calcareous sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Dark brown and rusty calcareous sandstone facies. LITHIFICATION: Often lithified, or weathered to yield loose steinkerns.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, replaced with calcite

Collected by Thomas; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR. D. Thomas, c. 1970. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text. Non-type specimens observed in USNM stratigraphic collections by A. Hendy (1/2011).

Primary reference: D. J. Thomas. 1972. The Tertiary geology and systematic paleontology (phylum Mollusca) of the Guajira Peninsula, Colombia, South America. PhD dissertation. State University of New York at Binghampton 1-138 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106369: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive list for macrofossils. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature. Nomenclature never published. New species have been re-identified by enterer (A. Hendy, 2/2011).
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella larensis Hodson 1926 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris aff. democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita paraguanensis" = Glyptoactis paraguanensis
"Cardita paraguanensis" = Glyptoactis paraguanensis Hodson 1931 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell