STRI Loc. 290841 [quadrat C] - Yotoyoro [middle Castilletes Fm]: Langhian, Colombia
collected by Hendy 2014

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
C category
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula cantaurana
R category
Calyptraea centralis (Conrad 1841)
R category
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925
C category
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926
R category
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticarius sp. Dumeril 1806
R category
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa rugosa (Sowerby 1835)
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Euclia werenfelsi (Jung 1965)
C category
Bivetiella gabbiana (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cymatophos cocoditoensis
C category
Antillophos gatunensis (Toula 1909)
R category
recombined as Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Sincola sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Vokesimurex sp. Petuch 1994
R category
Eupleura kugleri Jung 1965
R category
Calotrophon sp. Hertlein and Strong 1951
C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula venezuelana (Hodson et al. 1927)
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum cf. ulloa (Olsson 1932)
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus talis Jung 1965
C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
C category
Cruziturricula sp. Marks 1951
R category
spelled with current rank as Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula)
Gemmula vaningeni (Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Agladrillia sp. Woodring 1928
R category
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918
R category
Hindsiclava henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
R category
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Politoleda forcati
R category
spelled with current rank as Nuculana (Politoleda)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula fortis (Jung 1965)
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae
Sportellidae indet. Dall 1899
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Transenella sp. (Dall 1884)
R category
spelled with current rank as Transennella
Macrocallista cf. maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
R category
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847
A category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Dallocardia sanctidavidis
C category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glyptoactis paraguanensis (Hodson 1931)
C category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Potiarca) inutilis Jung 1965
A category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona democraciana (Hodson et al. 1927)
R category
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:160970
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:157830
Created:2014-08-30 23:51:08 Last modified:2014-09-19 23:17:12
Access level:authorizer only Released:2016-08-30 23:51:08
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]