STRI Loc. 290828 - Guarparo [upper Castilletes Fm] (Miocene of Colombia)

Also known as STRI Sample 38133; AH140137

Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 68.5° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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. AGE: Langhian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper member of Castilletes Fm; from 386 m above Jimol/Castilletes contact.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; unlithified siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Very shallow marine, probably slightly reduced salinity.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unconsolidated silty matrix. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, as determined in the field and based on museum-reposited specimens.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collected by Hendy in 2014

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/2014. 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 156362: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Cunearca) guajiraensis