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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 160966: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
"Crepipatella insculpta" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) insculpta
"Crepipatella insculpta" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) insculpta Jung 1965 slipper shell | |
Cymia cocoditana Hodson 1931 murex snail
Eupleura kugleri Jung 1965 murex snail | |
Persicula venezuelana Hodson et al. 1927 snail | |
Subcancilla quirosana mitre shell | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Cymatophos cocoditoensis true whelk | |
Turridae indet., "Cruziturricula sp." = Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula)
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
"Cruziturricula sp." = Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) Marks 1951 turrid | |
Conus talis Jung 1965 cone shell | |
Euclia werenfelsi Jung 1965 snail
Bivetiella gabbiana Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 snail | |
Knefastia limonensis Olsson 1922 ribbed mitre | |
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852 moon snail
Polinices nelsoni moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Lindapecten buchivacoanus Hodson et al. 1927 scallop | |
Anadara (Rasia) cornellana Hodson et al. 1927 ark | |
"Hexacorbula cruziana" = Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) cruziana
"Hexacorbula cruziana" = Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) cruziana Olsson 1932 clam | |
"Chionopsis paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum
"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 | |
"Psammacoma falconensis" = Psammacoma gatunensis, Eurytellina paraguanensis
"Psammacoma falconensis" = Psammacoma gatunensis Toula 1909 tellin clam
Eurytellina paraguanensis Hodson 1931 tellin clam |