STRI Loc. 290832 - Guarparo [upper Castilletes Fm]: Langhian, Colombia
collected by Hendy 2014

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium sp. Gray 1847
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) venada
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925
SUBSPECIES: Turritella machapoorensis paraguanensis
Turritella cocoditana (Hodson 1926)
Turritella (Bactrospira) cf. altilira (Conrad 1857)
Gastropoda - Modulidae
Modulus tamanensis Maury 1925
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Muracypraea aff. hyaena (Schilder 1939)
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Cunearca) guajiraensis
Anadara (Potiarca) inutilis Jung 1965
Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi (Olsson 1922)
SUBSPECIES: Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi matarucana
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona democraciana (Hodson et al. 1927)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Leopecten sp. Masuda 1971
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Hexacorbula cruziana Olsson 1932
recombined as Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) cruziana
Caryocorbula fortis (Jung 1965)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927
Arcinella yaquensis (Maury 1917)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclinella venezuelana Hodson 1927
synonym of Cyclinella cyclica
Macrocallista cf. maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
Lirophora quirosensis (Hodson 1927)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Apiocardia sp. Olsson 1961
spelled with current rank as Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia)
Dallocardia sanctidavidis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus sp. Gray 1847
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glyptoactis paraguanensis (Hodson 1931)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella venezuelana (Hodson 1927)
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:La Guajira
Coordinates: 12.0° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.4° North, 68.5° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Castilletes Member:upper Castilletes
Regional section:Cocinetas Regional bed:320 m
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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 upper member of Castilletes Fm; approximately 320 m above Jimol/Castilletes contact.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unconsolidated silty matrix. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, as determined in the field and based on museum-reposited specimens.
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Very shallow marine (0-15 m), siliciclastic.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Size sorting:poor
Fragmentation:occasional
Bioerosion:none
Encrustation:none
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),sieve,field collection,observed (not collected)
Minimum sieve size:2.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collectors:Hendy Collection dates:2014
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/23/2014. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at FLMNH, Gainesville.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:AH140138; AH140139; AH140140; AH140141; DDS020
Database number:156524
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:161055, 161056, 161057
Created:2014-05-22 21:28:38 Last modified:2014-09-06 16:42:43
Access level:authorizer only Released:2016-05-22 21:28:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43760. 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]