Also known as AH140134; AH140133
Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 68.6° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: middle Castilletes Member (Castilletes Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Jimol Formation, which conformably overlies the Uipta Formation (early Miocene) and is unconformably overlain by the Castilletes Formation. This area and nearby collections have been previously mapped as Castilletes Formaton (late Pliocene-early Pleistocene). AGE: Burdigalian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: In faulted block, but likely from lowermost part of the middle Castilletes Formation; from 104 m above Jimol/Castilletes contact.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collected by Hendy in 2014
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/22/2014. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at FLMNH, Gainesville.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. S. Jones, F. Moreno, V. Zapata, and C. Jaramillo. 2015. Neogene molluscs, shallow marine paleoenvironments, and chronostratigraphy of the Guajira Peninsula, Colombia. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 134(1):45-75 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 156514: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
Echinoidea | |
Encope sp. Agassiz 1840 sand dollar |