1 km E. of Usiacuri, Atlantico: Middle Miocene, Colombia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia terryi
Olsson 1922
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| recombined as Cyclocardia terryi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites reevei
Gabb 1873
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| recombined as Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) reevei | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: C. reevei pleurarosta | ||||||||||
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Crassatellites aviaguensis
Hodson 1927
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| recombined as Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) aviaguensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione (Lirophora) usiacruina
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| original and current combination Lirophora | ||||||||||
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Antigona (Dosina) caribbeana
(Anderson 1927)
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| recombined as Periglypta caribbeana | ||||||||||
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Clementia dariena
(Conrad 1855)
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| recombined as Clementia (Clementia) dariena | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: Clementia dariena dariena | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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Asaphis delicates
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Metis trinitaria
Dall 1900
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| recombined as Florimetis trinitaria | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: M. trinitaria colombiensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Laevicardium serratum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea osculum
(Pilsbry and Brown 1927)
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| recombined as Conradostrea osculum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium luna
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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| synonym of Amusium toulae | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Scapharca grandis
(Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
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| recombined as Larkinia grandis | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: Scapharca grandis colombiensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica granulatum
(Lamarck 1822)
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| synonym of Architectonica nobilis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Solenosteira falconensis
Weisbord 1929
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| recombined as Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) falconensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva cylindrica
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio aff. gatunensis
(Toula 1909)
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= Distorsio simillima
Sowerby 1850
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Beu 2010 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica cuspidata
Guppy 1910
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| recombined as Natica (Natica) cuspidata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella lloydsmithi
Pilsbry and Brown 1917
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Turritella cartagenensis
Pilsbry and Brown 1917
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| recombined as Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata cartagenensis | ||||||||||
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Turritella supraconcava
Hanna and Israelsky 1925
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| synonym of Turritella abrupta | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Glycymeris lloydsmithi
Brown and Pilsbry 1917
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| recombined as Tucetona canalis lloydsmithi | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Atlantico |
| Coordinates: | 10.8° North, 75.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.1° North, 72.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown unlithified marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Earthy brown marl. Poorly lithified based on observation of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: No paleonenvironmental data reported, though from apparently from shallow-water siliciclastic sediments. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collection method comments: Collections reposited at Cornell University (now PRI collections). Collected by G.L. greene and N.E. Weisbord. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Some lists appear exhaustive, though in cases nomenclature is antiquated, though at species resolution. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 60678 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-20 15:00:49 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-20 15:00:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17428. | N. E. Weisbord. 1929. Miocene Mollusca of Northern Colombia. Bulletin of American Paleontology 14(54):1-310 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro] |
Secondary references:
| 30037 | A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |