Nariño (unnamed formation) (Pliocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (1.5° N, 78.0° W: paleocoordinates 1.3° N, 77.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position in regional section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: surface (float),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes. 1989. Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Angostura Formation. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 22(4):107-1187 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92625: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.11.2009, edited by Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text, and subsequent publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Show authors, comments, and common names
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Haustellum polynematicus
Haustellum polynematicus Brown and Pilsbry 1911 murex snail
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus cf. marplatensis
Platygonus cf. marplatensis Reig 1952 peccary