Loc. N4, Río Copoma [Munguidó Fm]: Pliocene, Colombia
collected by Ohomachi 1938
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Aloidis hexacyma
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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| recombined as Hexacorbula hexacyma | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Pyrene (Strombina) chiriquiensis
(Olsson 1922)
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| recombined as Sincola (Sincola) chiriquiensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Drillia cf. henkeni
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus multiliratus
(Olsson 1922)
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| recombined as Conasprelloides multiliratus | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Conus multiliratus gaza | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia |
| Coordinates: | 4.3° North, 76.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.1° North, 76.2° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Munguidó | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the "Cucurrupi beds", which de Porta (2003) refers to the upper Munguidó Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Miocene in Oinomkado, but referred to Pliocene by de Porta (2003). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within upper part of the formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray poorly lithified mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Rather soft grey shale. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of facies description; may be unlithified, but figured specimens aren't available. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow carbonate setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Ohomachi | Collection dates: | 1938 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: S. Ohomachi, 1938. REPOSITORY: Imperial Geological Survey of Japan. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, but somewhat antiquated nomenclature. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Cucurrupi beds | ||
| Database number: | 93724 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-30 08:14:47 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-30 08:14:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31854. | T. Oinomikado. 1939. Miocene Mollusca from the Neighbourhood of Cucurrupi, Department of Chocó, Colombia. Transactions of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 46:617-630 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |