Loc. 05, Río Cucurrupi [Munguidó Fm] (Pliocene of Colombia)

Also known as Cucurrupi beds

Where: Colombia (4.4° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 76.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Munguidó Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the "Cucurrupi beds", which de Porta (2003) refers to the upper Munguidó Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Miocene in Oinomkado, but referred to Pliocene by de Porta (2003). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within upper part of the formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, gray mudstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Rather soft grey shale. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of facies description; may be unlithified, but figured specimens aren't available.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected by Ohomachi in 1938

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: S. Ohomachi, 1938. REPOSITORY: Imperial Geological Survey of Japan.

Primary reference: T. Oinomikado. 1939. Miocene Mollusca from the Neighbourhood of Cucurrupi, Department of Chocó, Colombia. Transactions of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 46:617-630 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93725: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, but somewhat antiquated nomenclature.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell
SUBSPECIES: Turritella altilira chiriquiensis
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Cantharus dalli" = Hanetia dalli
"Cantharus dalli" = Hanetia dalli Brown and Pilsbry 1911 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus cf. honensis Olsson 1922 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Pyrene (Strombina) ohomachii" = Strombina (Strombina) cyphonotus, "Pyrene (Strombina) gatunensis" = Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana, "Pyrene (Strombina) tumbezia" = Sincola (Sinaxila) tumbezia, "Pyrene (Strombina) chiriquiensis" = Sincola (Sincola) chiriquiensis
"Pyrene (Strombina) ohomachii" = Strombina (Strombina) cyphonotus Pilsbry and Johnson 1911 snail
"Pyrene (Strombina) gatunensis" = Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana Brown and Pilsbry 1911 snail
"Pyrene (Strombina) tumbezia" = Sincola (Sinaxila) tumbezia Olsson 1932 snail
SUBSPECIES: Pyrene tumbezia olssoni n. sp.
"Pyrene (Strombina) chiriquiensis" = Sincola (Sincola) chiriquiensis Olsson 1922 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus
"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus Olsson 1922 cone shell
SUBSPECIES: Conus multiliratus gaza
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
"Drillia" limonetta Olsson 1922 snail
"Drillia" papaya Olsson 1922 snail
"Drillia" aquanica Olsson 1922 snail
"Drillia" cf. musacina Olsson 1922 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Glyphostoma andersoni n. sp. Oinomikado 1939 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) gatunensis" = Strioterebrum spiriferum
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) gatunensis" = Strioterebrum spiriferum Dall 1895 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Turris (Gemmula) vanningeni" = Gemmula, "Cythara cf. cercadica" = Lepicythara heptagona, Turritella (Polystira) albida
"Turris (Gemmula) vanningeni" = Gemmula turrid
"Cythara cf. cercadica" = Lepicythara heptagona Gabb 1873 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
"Vexillum (Uromitra) cucurrupiensis n. sp." = Uromitra cucurrupiensis
"Vexillum (Uromitra) cucurrupiensis n. sp." = Uromitra cucurrupiensis Oinomikado 1939 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) dariena" = Bivetiella dariena
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) dariena" = Bivetiella dariena Toula 1908 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio clathrata Lamarck 1816 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Stigmaulax) guppyana" = Stigmaulax guppiana
"Natica (Stigmaulax) guppyana" = Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara (Scapharca) dariensis" = Anadara (Rasia) dariensis, "Anadara (Scapharca) hindsi" = Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi
"Anadara (Scapharca) dariensis" = Anadara (Rasia) dariensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 ark
"Anadara (Scapharca) hindsi" = Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi Olsson 1922 ark
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Aloidis sanctidominici" = Corbula (Varicorbula) sanctidominici
"Aloidis sanctidominici" = Corbula (Varicorbula) sanctidominici Maury 1925 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Corculum (Trigoniocardia) heredium" = Trigoniocardia heredia
"Corculum (Trigoniocardia) heredium" = Trigoniocardia heredia Olsson 1922 cockle
SUBSPECIES: Corculum heredium ohomachii