STRI Loc. 290841 [quadrat A] - Yotoyoro [middle Castilletes Fm]: Langhian, Colombia
collected by Hendy 2014
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea centralis
(Conrad 1841)
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R category | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella machapoorensis
Maury 1925
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C category | ||||||
Turritella matarucana
Hodson 1926
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C category | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus sculpturatus
Lea 1846
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R category | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva sp.
Bruguière 1789
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R category | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Euclia werenfelsi
(Jung 1965)
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R category | ||||||
Bivetiella gabbiana
(Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
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R category | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cymatophos cocoditoensis
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C category | ||||||
Antillophos gatunensis
(Toula 1909)
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R category | ||||||
recombined as Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum quirosense
(Hodson 1927)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Eupleura kugleri
Jung 1965
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Calotrophon sp.
Hertlein and Strong 1951
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C category | ||||||
Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguifer
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Cymia cocoditana
Hodson 1931
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R category | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Persicula venezuelana
(Hodson et al. 1927)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum cf. ulloa
(Olsson 1932)
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Terebra (Paraterebra) sp.
Woodring 1928
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus talis
Jung 1965
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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Cruziturricula sp.
Marks 1951
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spelled with current rank as Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Clathrodrillia sp.
Dall 1918
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica nobilis
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Politoleda forcati
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spelled with current rank as Nuculana (Politoleda) | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Gouldia sp.
Adams 1847
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Glyptoactis paraguanensis
(Hodson 1931)
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Potiarca) inutilis
Jung 1965
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona democraciana
(Hodson et al. 1927)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Colombia | State/province: | La Guajira |
Coordinates: | 11.9° North, 71.3° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 11.3° North, 68.6° 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: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Castilletes | Member: | middle Castilletes | ||
Local section: | Aiptiamana | Local bed: | 45 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Regional section: | Cocinetas | Regional bed: | 153 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 middle member of Castilletes Fm; from 153 m above Jimol/Castilletes contact. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal unlithified siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unconsolidated siltstone matrix. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, as determined in the field and based on museum-reposited specimens. | |
Environment: | lagoonal |
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: | preferred |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Size sorting: | poor |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Bioerosion: | occasional |
Encrustation: | none |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),observed (not collected) | ||
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Hendy | Collection dates: | 2014 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/24/2014. REPOSITORY: Field observations and specimens reposited at Universidad del Norte, Colombia. | |||
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca, but a microfossil sample was collected and is not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. ABUNDANCE: Estimate based on relative abundance within a 25cm2 quadrat; A=abundant (10 or more specimens per quadrat; C=common (3-9 specimens per quadrat; R=rare (1-2 specimens per quadrate). |
Metadata
Database number: | 160968 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Subset of collection #: | 157830 | ||
Created: | 2014-08-30 23:50:41 | Last modified: | 2014-09-19 23:16:57 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2016-08-30 23:50:41 |
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] |