Where: Colombia (6.8° N, 73.6° W: paleocoordinates 4.5° N, 66.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Carbonera Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Durham, A.N. Dusenbury, Jr, H.D. Hedberg, L. Kehrer, J.G. Marks, R.M. Stainforth, and B. Stone. 1949. The age of the Hannatoma mollusk fauna of South America; a symposium. Journal of Paleontology 23(2):145-160 [L. Ivany/C. Visaggi/C. Visaggi]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42787: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Christy Visaggi on 05.08.2004
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pitar spp. Römer 1857 venus clam | |
Phacoides sp. Blainville 1825 clam | |
"Arca (Argina) samanensis" = Arginella samanensis
"Arca (Argina) samanensis" = Arginella samanensis Olsson 1929 clam | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
"Pseudofaunus sp." = Faunus (Pseudofaunus)
"Pseudofaunus sp." = Faunus (Pseudofaunus) Olsson 1931 snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Lagunitus ? sp. Olsson 1929 horn snail
Hannatoma emendorferi Olsson 1931 horn snail
Harrisianella sp. Olson 1929 horn snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Melongena "sp. A" Schumacher 1817 true whelk
Melongena "sp. B" Schumacher 1817 true whelk | |
Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Crommium palmerae Clark and Durham 1946 moon snail |