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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 131 m in regional section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Hendy in 2014
Collection methods: surface (float),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/25/2014. REPOSITORY: Field observations and specimens 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 160965: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Crepipatella insculpta" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) insculpta
"Crepipatella insculpta" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) insculpta Jung 1965 slipper shell | |
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925 turret shell
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Subcancilla quirosana mitre shell | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Cymatophos cocoditoensis true whelk | |
Conus talis Jung 1965 cone shell | |
Knefastia limonensis Olsson 1922 ribbed mitre | |
Persicula venezuelana Hodson et al. 1927 snail | |
Eupleura kugleri Jung 1965 murex snail
Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguifer murex snail | |
Euclia werenfelsi Jung 1965 snail | |
Polinices nelsoni moon snail
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852 moon snail | |
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara (Rasia) cornellana Hodson et al. 1927 ark | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Gouldia sp., "Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam
"Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam | |
"Apiocardia sp." = Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia), Dallocardia sanctidavidis
"Apiocardia sp." = Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) Olsson 1961 cockle
Dallocardia sanctidavidis cockle | |
Eurytellina paraguanensis, "Psammacoma falconensis" = Psammacoma gatunensis
Eurytellina paraguanensis Hodson 1931 tellin clam
"Psammacoma falconensis" = Psammacoma gatunensis Toula 1909 tellin clam | |
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana Hodson 1927 clam | |
Paraleptopecten quirosensis Harris 1927 |