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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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. 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 Castilletes Fm; from 153 m above Jimol/Castilletes contact.
• 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), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/24/2014. 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 160968: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Tucetona democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 clam | |
Anadara (Potiarca) inutilis Jung 1965 ark | |
Glyptoactis paraguanensis Hodson 1931 clam | |
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam | |
"Politoleda forcati" = Nuculana (Politoleda)
"Politoleda forcati" = Nuculana (Politoleda) pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925 turret shell
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846 worm shell | |
Cymatophos cocoditoensis, "Antillophos gatunensis" = Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis
Cymatophos cocoditoensis true whelk
"Antillophos gatunensis" = Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis Toula 1909 true whelk | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Bivetiella gabbiana Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 snail
Euclia werenfelsi Jung 1965 snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
"Cruziturricula sp." = Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula), Polystira sp.
"Cruziturricula sp." = Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) Marks 1951 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Conus talis Jung 1965 cone shell | |
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Strioterebrum cf. ulloa Olsson 1932 auger snail
Terebra (Paraterebra) sp. Woodring 1928 auger snail | |
Persicula venezuelana Hodson et al. 1927 snail | |
Prunum quirosense Hodson 1927 margin shell | |
Cymia cocoditana Hodson 1931 murex snail
Eupleura kugleri Jung 1965 murex snail
Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguifer murex snail
Calotrophon sp. Hertlein and Strong 1951 murex snail | |
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell |