Also known as NH0016
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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 approximately 111 m in regional section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by Hendy in 2014
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/24/2014. REPOSITORY: Based on field observations only.
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 157848: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.07.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Tucetona democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 clam | |
"Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum
"Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam | |
Tagelus sp. Gray 1847 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925 turret shell | |
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail | |
Cymia cocoditana Hodson 1931 murex snail
Eupleura kugleri Jung 1965 murex snail | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail |