S of Cuiza, La Guajira (pg. 149): Late/Upper Aptian, Colombia
collected by Bürgl

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Eogaudryceras sp. Spath 1927
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Deshayesites aff. codazzianus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Parahoplitidae
Parahoplites obliquus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Uhligella sp.
Valdedorsella inca
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Beudanticeratidae
Zurcherella zurcheri
original and current combination Zuercherella
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae
Colombiceras sp. Spath 1923
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Cheloniceras cf. subnodosocostatum (Sinzow 1906)
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Cymatoceras perstriatus (Steuer 1897)
recombined as Cymatoceras perstriatum
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 12.1° North, 71.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.8° North, 40.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2-3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Aptian
Age range of interval:119.50000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Late Aptian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List representative of group of beds in local area.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not translated. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collectors:Bürgl
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: H. Bürgl. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Not exhaustive, but fairly comprehensive. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:97675
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-08-22 10:45:46 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2010-08-22 10:45:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

33368. H. Bürgl. 1960. Geologia de la Peninsula de la Guajira. Boletin Geologico 6(1-3):129-168 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]