NMB Loc. 18219 [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.

• 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 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 Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel.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 131219: 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 NOMENCLATURE: Unpublished data, but with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature.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.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni
"Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni Maury 1925 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Hemicerithium avus cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
Turritella (Broderiptella) gatunensis Conrad 1857 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail
Terebralia cf. dentilabris Gabb 1873 horn snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Pleuroploca olssoni Anderson 1929 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena melongena Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
"Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Oreoterebra) haitensis Dall 1895 auger snail
Terebra (Oreoterebra) isaacpetiti Maury 1925 auger snail
"Strioterebrum gausapata" = Strioterebrum gausapatum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 auger snail
Strioterebrum cf. spiriferum Dall 1895 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira aff. haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid
Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Knefastia cf. pennyi, "Knefastia cf. lavinoides" = Knefastia limonensis
"Knefastia cf. lavinoides" = Knefastia limonensis Olsson 1922 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cf. cibarcola, "Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cf. scheibei" = Pyruclia scheibei, "Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cf. scheibei" = Pyruclia scheibei Anderson 1929 snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii Anderson 1929 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea ringens Swainson 1822 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail
Neverita (Hypterita) nereidis Maury 1917 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Noetia (Noetia) reversa" = Noetia reversa
"Noetia (Noetia) reversa" = Noetia reversa Sowerby 1833 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis, "Anadara (Grandiarca) grandis" = Larkinia grandis
"Anadara (Grandiarca) grandis" = Larkinia grandis Broderip and Sowerby 1829 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia mamillaris Anderson 1929 jingle
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846 oyster
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholas sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinia) aff. delicatissima Brown and Pilsbry 1913 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia cf. lateralis Say 1822 clam
Harvella elegans Sowerby 1825 clam
Mactrellona alata Spengler 1802 clam
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta hasletti Anderson 1929 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Psammacoma (Psammacoma) gatunensis Toula 1909 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele laevis Sowerby 1833 clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
"Solena (Solena) obliquus" = Solen (Solena) obliquus
"Solena (Solena) obliquus" = Solen (Solena) obliquus Spengler 1794 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae