NMB Loc. 18220 [Tubará Fm] (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (10.8° N, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 73.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tubará Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Tubará Formation, which overlies the Las Pedices Group (Early Miocene), and is overlain by the Galapa Group (Late Miocene). AGE: Early Miocene, according Barrios (1960), suggested to be Early Pliocene based on more recent biostratigraphic correlations, but placed in Late Miocene by enterer on the basis of faunal composition. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From horizon P.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

• No paleoenvironmental data provided.
• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Companía Shell de Venezuela in 1940-1950; reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Companía Shell de Venezuela geologists, 1940's-1950's. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB).

Primary reference: J. Gibson-Smith and W. Gibson-Smith. 2012. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 131220: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Unpublished data, but with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Noetia (Noetia) reversa" = Noetia reversa
"Noetia (Noetia) reversa" = Noetia reversa Sowerby 1833 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 clam
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
"Anadara (Caloosarca) cf. notabilis" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis Röding 1798 ark
"Anadara (Grandiarca) grandis" = Larkinia grandis Broderip and Sowerby 1829 ark
Anadara (Potiarca) hindsi Olsson 1922 ark
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Undulostrea cf. megodon Hanley 1846 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Laevicardium cf. laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Angulus aff. democracianus Hodson 1931 tellin clam
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele cf. claytoni Maury 1917 clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Asaphis sp. Modeer 1793 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Macrocallista (Megapitaria) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Cyclinella cf. falconensis Hodson et al. 1927 venus clam
Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam
"Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis Dall 1903 venus clam
Periglypta caribbeana Anderson 1927 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinia) cf. delicatissima Brown and Pilsbry 1913 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta woodringi" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) woodringi
"Diplodonta woodringi" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) woodringi Anderson 1929 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella cf. arcinella Linnaeus 1767 jewel box
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta cf. undulata Gould 1851 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia sp., Mulinia cf. lateralis, "Mactra (Micromactra) cf. macescens" = Mactrotoma, "Thyasira aff. sanctiandreae" = Trinitasia sanctiandreae, "Trinitasia sanctiandreae" = Trinitasia sanctiandreae, Harvella sincola, Harvella elegans
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837 clam
Mulinia cf. lateralis Say 1822 clam
"Mactra (Micromactra) cf. macescens" = Mactrotoma surfclam
"Thyasira aff. sanctiandreae" = Trinitasia sanctiandreae Maury 1925 clam
"Trinitasia sanctiandreae" = Trinitasia sanctiandreae Maury 1925 clam
Harvella sincola Olsson 1922 clam
Harvella elegans Sowerby 1825 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholas sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Cyathodonta gatunensis Toula 1909 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila (Acila) isthmica Brown and Pilsbry 1911 divaricate nutclam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium solidissimum Pilsbry and Brown 1917 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Crassispira sp. Swainson 1840 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Hemicerithium avus cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Vermicularia cf. spirata Philippi 1836 turret shell
Turritella zuliana turret shell
Turritella (Broderiptella) gatunensis Conrad 1857 turret shell
Turritella abrupta Spieker 1922 turret shell
Turritella (Torcula) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Terebralia cf. dentilabris Gabb 1873 horn snail
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
"Cerithium (Thericium) sp." = Thericium
"Cerithium (Thericium) sp." = Thericium Monterosato 1809 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917 worm shell
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846 worm shell
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell
Serpulorbis papulosus Guppy 1866 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices brunneus moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail
Polinices cf. hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail
Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail
Neverita (Hypterita) nereidis Maury 1917 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail
Sinum cf. chipolanum Dall 1892 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Siphocypraea aff. henekeni" = Muracypraea henekeni, "Cypraea noueli" = Cypraeorbis noveli
"Siphocypraea aff. henekeni" = Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850 cowry
"Cypraea noueli" = Cypraeorbis noveli Maury 1917 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell
Ficus carbasea Guppy 1866 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail
Terebra (Oreoterebra) sp. Olsson 1967 auger snail
Terebra (Oreoterebra) haitensis Dall 1895 auger snail
Strioterebrum wolfgangi Toula 1909 auger snail
Strioterebrum gausapatum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 auger snail
Strioterebrum spiriferum Dall 1895 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia nuevagranada Weisbord 1929 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira sp.3 Woodring 1928 turrid
Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid
Gemmula cf. vaningeni Brown and Pilsbry 1913 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus aff. granozonatus Guppy 1866 cone shell
Conus granozonatus Guppy 1866 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
Conus colombiensis Weisbord 1929 cone shell
Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus aff. imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
"Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra cf. lavelana Hodson 1931 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia testacea Lamarck 1811 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis, Oliva (Oliva) cf. cristobalcolon
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Typhis (Talityphis) sp." = Typhina Jousseaume 1880 murex snail
Typhis (Talityphis) precursor Keen and Campbell 1964 murex snail
Chicoreus (Siratus) cf. domingensis Sowerby 1850 murex snail
Eupleura cf. thompsoni Woodring 1959 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) sp." = Pyruclia2, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola, Cancellaria anomoia2, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp., "Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii, "Cancellaria (Charcolleria) cf. perdiciana" = Massyla perdiciana, "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cf. dariena" = Bivetiella dariena, "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) dariena" = Bivetiella dariena
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) sp." = Pyruclia2 Olsson 1932 snail
Cancellaria anomoia2 Woodring 1970 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii Anderson 1929 snail
"Cancellaria (Charcolleria) cf. perdiciana" = Massyla perdiciana Olsson 1942 snail
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cf. dariena" = Bivetiella dariena Toula 1908 snail
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) dariena" = Bivetiella dariena Toula 1908 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina sp. Mörch 1852 snail
Strombina (Strombina) cf. lessepsiana Brown and Pilsbry 1911 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Solenosteira aff. dalli" = Hanetia dalli Brown and Pilsbry 1911 true whelk
"Antillophos (Antillophos) candei" = Antillophos candeanus d'Orbigny 1842 true whelk
Amarophos dentalis Olsson 1922 true whelk
Cymatophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk
"Solenosteira santaerosae" = Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) santaerosae Anderson 1929 true whelk
Solenosteira chiriquiensis Olsson 1922 true whelk
Northia guttifera true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena cf. melongena Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Fusimitra) cf. titan Gabb 1873 mitre shell
Subcancilla dariensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 mitre shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Echinophoria andersoni" = Echinophoria hadra
"Echinophoria andersoni" = Echinophoria hadra Woodring and Olsson 1957 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea sp. Valenciennes 1833 tun shell
Malea ringens1 Swainson 1822 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Marsupina bufo Bruguiére 1792 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus (Strombus) aff. pugiloides" = Strombus proximus
"Strombus (Strombus) aff. pugiloides" = Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850 conch
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell