CAS Loc. 325A, between Chorrera and Cibarco [Tubará Fm] (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Atlántico, Colombia (10.8° N, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.5° N, 73.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-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.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but apparently siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified-unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Andeson

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: F. Andeson, c. 1920's. REPOSITORY: California Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Primary reference: F. M. Anderson. 1929. Marine Miocene and related deposits of North Colombia. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 18(4):73-213 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88312: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalves and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella mimetes" = Turritella (Broderiptella) mimetes Brown and Pilsbry 1911 turret shell
"Turritella cartagenensis" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata cartagenensis Pilsbry and Brown 1917 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva brevispira Gabb 1873 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Phos baranoanus n. sp." = Gordanops baranoanus
"Phos baranoanus n. sp." = Gordanops baranoanus Anderson 1929 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Sincola (Dorsina) colombiana2 Weisbord 1929 snail
"Strombina chiriquiensis" = Sincola (Sincola) chiriquiensis Olsson 1922 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
"Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra cirra" = Terebra (Strioterebrum) cirrus Dall 1895 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria cibarcola n. sp." = Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola, "Cancellaria scheibei" = Pyruclia scheibei, "Cancellaria codazzii n. sp." = Euclia codazzii, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp.3
"Cancellaria cibarcola n. sp." = Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola Anderson 1929 snail
"Cancellaria scheibei" = Pyruclia scheibei Anderson 1929 snail
"Cancellaria codazzii n. sp." = Euclia codazzii Anderson 1929 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp.3 Lamarck 1799 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
"Distortrix simillima" = Distorsio simillima
"Distortrix simillima" = Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices stanislasmeunieri, "Polinices subclausa" = Polinices hepaticus, "Natica guppyana" = Stigmaulax guppiana
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail
"Polinices subclausa" = Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail
"Natica guppyana" = Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846 worm shell
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica quadriseriata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica quadriseriata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Scapharca) inequilateralis" = Scapharca
"Arca (Scapharca) inequilateralis" = Scapharca clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris lamyi" = Tucetona lamyi
"Glycymeris lamyi" = Tucetona lamyi Dall 1915 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis
"Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Tivela mactroides" = Tivela (Tivela) mactroides
"Tivela mactroides" = Tivela (Tivela) mactroides Born 1778 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta woodringi n. sp." = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) woodringi
"Diplodonta woodringi n. sp." = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) woodringi Anderson 1929 clam
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta hasletti4 Anderson 1929 clam