Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 68.6° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: upper 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 278 m in regional section, approximately equivalent to 290461-290463; 1 m above 290604.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; poorly lithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original calcite
Collected by Hendy in 2013
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/17/2013. 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 161627: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Dallocardia sanctidavidsi cockle | |
Gastropoda | |
Bivetiella gabbiana Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 snail | |
Strioterebrum cf. ulloa Olsson 1932 auger snail | |
Cymatophos cocoditoensis true whelk |