Where: Colombia (6.8° N, 73.6° W: paleocoordinates 4.5° N, 66.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Carbonera Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: These fossils were collected by the Venezuela Gulf Oil Company and studied by H.S. Ladd.
Primary reference: J. W. Durham, A.N. Dusenbury, Jr, H.D. Hedberg, L. Kehrer, J.G. Marks, R.M. Stainforth, and B. Stone. 1949. The age of the Hannatoma mollusk fauna of South America; a symposium. Journal of Paleontology 23(2):145-160 [L. Ivany/C. Visaggi/C. Visaggi]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42790: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Christy Visaggi on 05.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Diastoma sp. Deshayes 1850 snail | |
Melanatria "sp. A" Bowdich 1822 snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella "sp. C" Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Potamides annulatus horn snail
Telescopium sp. Monfort 1810 horn snail | |
Rimella valerensis true conch | |
Terebra "sp. B" Bruguière 1789 auger snail | |
"Polinices (Neverita) uamenensis" = Neverita, Natica sp.
"Polinices (Neverita) uamenensis" = Neverita moon snail
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Plicatula ? sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Ostrea cf. inca Woods 1922 oyster | |
Mya (Raetomya) "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
Corbicula sp. Megerle 1811 clam | |
Cyrena sp. Lamarck clam |