USGS Loc. 7873 - Usiacuri [Usiacuri Fm] (Pliocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (10.8° N, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 74.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: UsiacurĂ­ Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit; possibly the UsiacurĂ­ Fm (enterer's guess). AGE: Early Pliocene; justification not stated in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

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

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Smithsonian (USNM).

Primary reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524 [R. Baron-Szabo/R. Baron-Szabo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124677: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.02.2012, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Septastrea matsoni n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Lirastrombina) rutschi Gibson-Smith 1974 snail