S of Cuiza, La Guajira (pg. 149): Late Aptian, Colombia
collected by Bürgl

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Desmoceratidae
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Beudanticeratidae
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Parahoplitidae
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Deshayesitidae
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Tetragonitidae
Eogaudryceras sp. Spath 1927
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Douvilleiceratidae
Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Acanthohoplitidae
Colombiceras sp. Spath 1923
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 12.1° North, 71.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.4° North, 28.9° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 2-3
Key time interval: Late Aptian
Age range of interval: 119.57 - 113.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Late Aptian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List representative of group of beds in local area.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not translated. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collectors:Bürgl
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: H. Bürgl. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Not exhaustive, but fairly comprehensive. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:97675
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-08-22 10:45:46 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-08-22 10:45:46
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

33368. H. Bürgl. 1960. Geologia de la Peninsula de la Guajira. Boletin Geologico 6(1-3):129-168 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]