0.5 km W. of Puedras de Afilar, Atlantico: Middle Miocene, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella lloydsmithi Pilsbry and Brown 1917
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Solenosteira cochlearis Guppy 1873
recombined as Solenosteira (Solenosteira) cochlearis
Subspecies: S. cochlearis magdalenensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra gatunensis (Toula 1908)
recombined as Strioterebrum gatunensis
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus domingensis Sowerby 1849
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Scapharca grandis (Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
recombined as Larkinia grandis
Subspecies: S. grandis colombiensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911
recombined as Tucetona pectinata canalis
Subspecies: G. canalis colombiensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea messor Maury 1925
Subspecies: O. messor colombiensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione (Lirophora) latilirata (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata
Subspecies: C. (L.) latilirata colombiana
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia domingensis
unclassified
Glycymeris lloydsmithi Brown and Pilsbry 1917
recombined as Tucetona canalis lloydsmithi
Subspecies: G. lloydsmithi multicostata
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:Atlantico
Coordinates: 10.9° North, 75.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.2° North, 72.5° 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:15.97000 - 11.60800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Piedras de Afilar
Regional section:Atlantico
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Marl. Middle Miocene age based on correlation with other Caribbean fossil assemblages and by stratigraphic relations.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Sandstone. Unlithified 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). Many collections collected by C.C. Anderson.
Taxonomic list comments:Some lists appear exhaustive, though in cases nomenclature is antiquated, though at species resolution.
Metadata
Database number:60683
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-20 15:09:50 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-20 15:09:50
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]