Castilletes Formation
235 distinct taxa, from 1,614 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 23–12 Mya.
La Guajira, Guajira · CO
235 taxa · 1,614 fossils · 23–12 MyaMembers recorded: middle Castilletes, lower Castilletes, upper Castilletes, Lower.
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5 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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What has been found
- Crassostrea
- Anadara
- Turritella matarucana
- Gouldia
- Turritella cocoditana
- Potamides suprasulcatus
- Melongena consors
- Turritella machapoorensis
- Dallocardia
- Conus talis
- Mytilus
- Polinices
- Tucetona democraciana
- Caryocorbula fortis
- Cymatophos
- Neverita paraguanensis
- Architectonica nobilis
- Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum
- Oliva
- Glyptoactis paraguanensis
- Cymia cocoditana
- Euclia werenfelsi
- Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia)
- Calotrophon
- Dentalium
- Eupleura kugleri
- Macrocallista maculata
- Anadara (Cunearca) inutilis
- Anadara (Rasia) cornellana
- Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana
- Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
- Strioterebrum ulloa
- Muracypraea hyaena
- Phacoides
- Nuculana (Politoleda)
- Polystira
- Prunum quirosense
- Turbinella falconensis
- Crucibulum (Dispotaea) insculpta
- Cruziturricula
The 40 most often recorded, of 235.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.