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Punta Espada locality, Uribia, La Guajira Department, Colombia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 12.0128,-71.2019 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Uribia, La Guajira Department, Colombia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Punta Espada locality, Jimol Fm | Flórez P., Zapata-Ramírez P., et al (2018) | Jimol | late early Miocene | sandstone | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Montastrea imperatoris species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montastraeidae : Montastraea : Montastrea imperatoris | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Pocillopora sp. genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : Pocillopora | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Porites waylandi species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : Porites waylandi | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Siderastrea siderea species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Siderastrea siderea | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
References
Flórez P., Zapata-Ramírez P., et al (2018) Early Miocene shallow-water corals from La Guajira, Colombia: part I,\r\nAcroporidae–Montastraeidae, Journal of Paleontology doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.45 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!