SW of San José, La Guajira - 2 m terrace (pg. 159) (Holocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (12.3° N, 71.8° W: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 71.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit, but unlikely to belong to the Castilletes Fm; lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Stated by Bürgl to be Holocene, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy and stratal position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List from a bed 2 m in elevation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified sandstone and unlithified claystone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sands and clays. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Bürgl

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Presumably H. Bürgl. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

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

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97680: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications. Identified by M. Barrios.
unclassified
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Liropecten nodosus
Misspelled as "Liropecten"
Dulla occidentalis
Misspelled as "Dulla"
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten ziczag" = Euvola ziczac, Nodipecten nodosus
"Pecten ziczag" = Euvola ziczac Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Nodipecten nodosus Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Misspelled as "Liropecten"
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Laevicardium) venustum" = Laevicardium venustulum, Americardia media
"Cardium (Laevicardium) venustum" = Laevicardium venustulum Gabb 1873 cockle
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Dosinia concentrica" = Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica, "Chione latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata
"Dosinia concentrica" = Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica Born 1778 venus clam
"Chione latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata Conrad 1841 venus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail
Misspelled as "Dulla"
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena melongena Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella variegata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) variegata
"Turritella variegata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) variegata Linnaeus 1758 turret shell
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae