Cove Hill, San Andres Island (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (12.5° N, 81.7° W: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 81.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: San Andres Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Geister. 1975. Riffbau und geologische Entwicklungsgeschichte der Insel San Andres (westliches Karibisches Meer, Kolumbien) [Reef building and geological evolution of San Andres Island (western Caribbean Sea, Colombia)]. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, B 15:1-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73797: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Fasciolaria sp. Lamarck 1799 tulip snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis sp. Mörch 1852 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica" sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet., "Chlamys (Argopecten) sp." = Argopecten, Spondylus sp.
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
"Chlamys (Argopecten) sp." = Argopecten Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801 sand dollar
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas sp. Gray 1825 sea urchin