Where: Colombia (10.8° N, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.1° N, 72.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Piojó Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Piojó Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Middle Miocene according to Woodring (1973, 1982). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96502: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana Hodson 1927 clam | |
"Flabellipecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis Toula 1909 scallop SUBSPECIES: Flabellipecten gatunensis gatunensis
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"Anadara (Grandiarca) grandis" = Larkinia grandis2
"Anadara (Grandiarca) grandis" = Larkinia grandis2 Broderip and Sowerby 1829 ark SUBSPECIES: Anadara (Grandiarca) grandis colombiensis
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