STRI Loc. 290442 - Puerto Lopez [middle Castilletes Fm] (Miocene of Colombia)

Also known as STRI Sample 16916

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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 Jimol Formation, which conformably overlies the Uipta Formation (early Miocene) and is unconformably overlain by the Castilletes Formation. This area and nearby collections have been previously mapped as Castilletes Formaton (late Pliocene-early Pleistocene). AGE: Burdigalian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From approximately 172 m in regional section, in the "Puerto Lopez" member.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siltstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unconsolidated silty matrix. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, as determined in the field and based on museum-reposited specimens.

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 136878: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail
Terebralia dentilabris Gabb 1873 horn snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Crassispira conica Jung 1965 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus talis Jung 1965 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Cymia cocoditana Hodson 1931 murex snail
Calotrophon sp. Hertlein and Strong 1951 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) cornellana Hodson et al. 1927 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Strigilla sp. Turton 1822 tellin clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Glyptoactis paraguanensis Hodson 1931 clam
Paraleptopecten quirosensis
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