Also known as Cucurrupi beds
Where: Colombia (4.3° N, 76.9° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 4.6° N, 75.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Munguidó Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the "Cucurrupi beds", which de Porta (2003) refers to the upper Munguidó Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Miocene in Oinomkado, but referred to Pliocene by de Porta (2003). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within upper part of the formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, gray mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by Ohomachi in 1938
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: S. Ohomachi, 1938. REPOSITORY: Imperial Geological Survey of Japan.
Primary reference: T. Oinomikado. 1939. Miocene Mollusca from the Neighbourhood of Cucurrupi, Department of Chocó, Colombia. Transactions of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 46:617-630 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93723: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Aloidis sanctidominici" = Corbula (Varicorbula) sanctidominici
"Aloidis sanctidominici" = Corbula (Varicorbula) sanctidominici Maury 1925 clam | |
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box | |
"Callista maculata" = Macrocallista maculata
"Callista maculata" = Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
"Corculum (Trigoniocardia) heredium" = Trigoniocardia heredia
"Corculum (Trigoniocardia) heredium" = Trigoniocardia heredia Olsson 1922 cockle SUBSPECIES: Corculum heredium ohomachii
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"Glycymeris lamyi" = Tucetona lamyi
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"Arca occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra
"Arca occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell |