Gachalá-Ubalá, Cundinamarca: Late Berriasian - Early Valanginian, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Berriasella sp. Uhlig 1905
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oosterellidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 5.0° North, 74.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.8° South, 33.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian - Valanginian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Late Berriasian - Early Valanginian
Age range of interval: 139.1 - 132.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Berriasian-Early Valanginian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local area.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text. Shallow marine.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSTORY: Facultad Nacional de Minas of Medllin, Colombia.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Probably not exhaustive, but representative of ammonoids. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with fairly modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:83878
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-09-06 21:23:31 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-09-06 21:23:31
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

28105. O. Haas. 1960. Lower Cretaceous ammonites from Colombia, South America. American Museum Novitates 2005:1-62 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]