Also known as STRI Sample 37172, 37194
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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 Castilletes Formation, which conformably overlies the Jimol Formation (early Miocene) and is unconformably overlain by the Ware Formation. This area and nearby collections have been previously mapped as Castilletes Formaton (late Pliocene-early Pleistocene). AGE: Langhian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From middle member of the Castilletes; from 132 m above 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 2011
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/20/2013. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at Universidad del Norte, Colombia.
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 156608: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam | |
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Cymia cocoditana Hodson 1931 murex snail |