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
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 Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel.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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni
"Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni Maury 1925 top snail | |
Hemicerithium avus cerith snail | |
Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata Nelson 1870 turret shell
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
Turritella (Broderiptella) gatunensis Conrad 1857 turret shell | |
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail
Terebralia cf. dentilabris Gabb 1873 horn snail | |
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
Metaphos aff. turbacoensis true whelk
Perunassa baranoanus true whelk
Perunassa zorritoensis true whelk | |
Pleuroploca olssoni Anderson 1929 snail | |
Melongena melongena Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Conus molis, "Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus
Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
"Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867 cone shell | |
Terebra (Oreoterebra) haitensis, Terebra (Oreoterebra) isaacpetiti, "Strioterebrum gausapata" = Strioterebrum gausapatum, Strioterebrum cf. spiriferum
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 | |
Polystira aff. haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid
Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid | |
Knefastia cf. pennyi, "Knefastia cf. lavinoides" = Knefastia limonensis
Knefastia cf. pennyi ribbed mitre
"Knefastia cf. lavinoides" = Knefastia limonensis Olsson 1922 ribbed mitre | |
Cymia (Cymia) hasletti murex snail | |
Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cf. cibarcola, "Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cf. scheibei" = Pyruclia scheibei, "Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii
Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cf. cibarcola Anderson 1929 snail
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cf. scheibei" = Pyruclia scheibei Anderson 1929 snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii Anderson 1929 snail | |
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Malea ringens Swainson 1822 tun shell | |
Polinices brunneus, Polinices stanislasmeunieri, Neverita (Hypterita) nereidis, "Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena
Polinices brunneus moon snail
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail
Neverita (Hypterita) nereidis Maury 1917 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Bivalvia | |
"Noetia (Noetia) reversa" = Noetia reversa
"Noetia (Noetia) reversa" = Noetia reversa Sowerby 1833 clam | |
Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis, "Anadara (Grandiarca) grandis" = Larkinia grandis
Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis Gabb 1861 ark
"Anadara (Grandiarca) grandis" = Larkinia grandis Broderip and Sowerby 1829 ark | |
Anomia mamillaris Anderson 1929 jingle | |
Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846 oyster | |
Pholas sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) gatunensis Toula 1909 clam | |
Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam
Chionopsis atlantica venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinia) aff. delicatissima Brown and Pilsbry 1913 venus clam | |
Mulinia cf. lateralis Say 1822 clam
Trinitasia cf. sanctiandreae Maury 1925 clam
Harvella elegans Sowerby 1825 clam
Mactrellona alata Spengler 1802 clam | |
Raeta hasletti Anderson 1929 clam | |
Psammotreta postrema tellin clam
Psammacoma (Psammacoma) gatunensis Toula 1909 tellin clam | |
Semele laevis Sowerby 1833 clam | |
"Solena (Solena) obliquus" = Solen (Solena) obliquus
"Solena (Solena) obliquus" = Solen (Solena) obliquus Spengler 1794 clam | |
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) cf. venezuelana Hodson 1927 clam |