Hannatoma D: Carbonera Fm: El Cerrito, Columbia (Hedberg): Late/Upper Eocene, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Pachychilidae
Melanatria informal sp. A Bowdich 1822
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Turritella informal sp. C Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamides annulatus
Telescopium sp. Monfort 1810
Gastropoda - Diastomatidae
Diastoma sp. Deshayes 1850
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra informal sp. B Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Rimella valerensis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices (Neverita) uamenensis
original and current combination Neverita
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya (Raetomya) informal sp. A Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cyrenidae
Cyrena sp. Lamarck
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula sp. Megerle 1811
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea cf. inca Woods 1922
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula ? sp. Lamarck 1801
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 6.8° North, 73.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.5° North, 66.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Carbonera
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: The collection does not form a typical marine fauna, but probably an estuary or similar brackish environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: These fossils were collected by the Venezuela Gulf Oil Company and studied by H.S. Ladd.
Taxonomic list comments:Taxonomic list was compiled from text.
Metadata
Database number:42790
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:C. Visaggi
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-05 11:23:27 Last modified:2004-08-09 16:46:15
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-05 11:23:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11374. J. W. Durham, A.N. Dusenbury, Jr, H.D. Hedberg, L. Kehrer, J.G. Marks, R.M. Stainforth, and B. Stone. 1949. The age of the Hannatoma mollusk fauna of South America; a symposium. Journal of Paleontology 23(2):145-160 [L. Ivany/C. Visaggi/C. Visaggi]