Also known as STRI Sample 17095A
Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 68.6° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: middle Castilletes Member (Castilletes Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Castilletes Formation, which conformably overlies the Jimol Formation (early Miocene) and is unconformably overlain by the Ware Formation. This area and nearby collections have been previously mapped as Castilletes Formaton (late Pliocene-early Pleistocene). AGE: Langhian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From approximately 134 m in regional section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Hendy in 2011
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 03/16/2011. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at FLMNH, Gainesville.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. S. Jones, F. Moreno, V. Zapata, and C. Jaramillo. 2015. Neogene molluscs, shallow marine paleoenvironments, and chronostratigraphy of the Guajira Peninsula, Colombia. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 134(1):45-75 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136885: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cirsotrema undulatum wentletrap | |
"Crepipatella insculpta" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) insculpta
"Crepipatella insculpta" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) insculpta Jung 1965 slipper shell | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) venada cerith snail | |
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail
Terebralia dentilabris Gabb 1873 horn snail | |
Modulus tamanensis Maury 1925 snail | |
Crassispira conica Jung 1965 snail | |
Subcancilla quirosana mitre shell | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
"Antillophos gatunensis" = Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis
"Antillophos gatunensis" = Antillophos (Antillophos) candei gatunensis Toula 1909 true whelk | |
Pallacera maracaibensis snail | |
"Fasciolaria gorgasiana" = Pleuroploca gorgasiana
"Fasciolaria gorgasiana" = Pleuroploca gorgasiana Brown and Pilsbry 1913 snail | |
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Conus talis Jung 1965 cone shell | |
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail
Agladrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Paraborsonia cantaurana snail | |
Strioterebrum cf. ulloa Olsson 1932 auger snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
"Knefastia lavinoides" = Knefastia limonensis
"Knefastia lavinoides" = Knefastia limonensis Olsson 1922 ribbed mitre | |
Persicula venezuelana Hodson et al. 1927 snail | |
Calotrophon sp. Hertlein and Strong 1951 murex snail
Eupleura kugleri Jung 1965 murex snail | |
Euclia dinota Woodring 1970 snail
Euclia werenfelsi Jung 1965 snail
Trigonostoma woodringi Jung 1965 snail | |
Ficus carbasea Guppy 1866 fig shell | |
Bursa rugosa Sowerby 1835 frog shell | |
Polinices nelsoni moon snail
Neverita (Glossaulax) paraguanensis Hodson 1927 moon snail
Naticarius sp. Dumeril 1806 moon snail | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara (Rasia) tirantensis Hodson et al. 1927 ark
Anadara (Rasia) cornellana Hodson et al. 1927 ark | |
Tucetona democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 clam | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Lindapecten buchivacoanus Hodson et al. 1927 scallop
Leopecten sp. Masuda 1971 scallop | |
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835 oyster | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Phacoides sp. Blainville 1825 clam | |
"Hexacorbula cruziana" = Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) cruziana, Varicorbula zuliana, "Tenuicorbula sp." = Corbula (Tenuicorbula)
"Hexacorbula cruziana" = Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) cruziana Olsson 1932 clam
Varicorbula zuliana Hodson 1931 clam
"Tenuicorbula sp." = Corbula (Tenuicorbula) Olsson 1932 clam | |
Arcinella yaquensis Maury 1917 jewel box | |
Agriopoma paraguanensis, Macrocallista cf. maculata, Panchione mactropsis, Lirophora quirosensis, Chione sp., "Protothaca sp." = Leukoma
Agriopoma paraguanensis Hodson 1927 venus
Macrocallista cf. maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Panchione mactropsis Conrad 1855 venus clam
Lirophora quirosensis Hodson 1927 venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
"Protothaca sp." = Leukoma Römer 1857 venus clam | |
Mactrotoma maracaibensis surfclam | |
"Apiocardia sp." = Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia), Dallocardia sanctidavidis
"Apiocardia sp." = Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) Olsson 1961 cockle
Dallocardia sanctidavidis cockle | |
Eurytellina paraguanensis, "Psammacoma falconensis" = Psammacoma gatunensis
Eurytellina paraguanensis Hodson 1931 tellin clam
"Psammacoma falconensis" = Psammacoma gatunensis Toula 1909 tellin clam | |
Glyptoactis paraguanensis Hodson 1931 clam | |
Eucrassatella venezuelana Hodson 1927 clam | |
Adrana sp. Adams and Adams 1858 pointed nut clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Paraleptopecten quirosensis | |
Paraleptopecten quirosensis Harris 1927 |