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