Atlantico [Piojó Fm] (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (10.8° N, 75.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 11.5° N, 70.8° W (Wright 2013)

• 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

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

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

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa miscellaneously mentioned in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Flabellipecten gatunensis gatunensis
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) caracoli2
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Grandiarca) grandis colombiensis2
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Leopecten gatunensis1
Leopecten gatunensis1 Toula 1909 scallop
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana
1Waller 2011; 2Woodring 1973