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<strong>Publicaciones</strong><br />
<strong>Geolo</strong>_<strong>gicas</strong><br />
<strong>Especiales</strong><br />
<strong>Del</strong><br />
lngeomina s<br />
No.2,pp. 1-186,1979<br />
Bogota - Colombia<br />
ISSN- 0120- 078X<br />
By<br />
FERNANDO ETA YO-SERNA<br />
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA<br />
ISSN . 0120. 078X<br />
Publ. Geol. Esp.<br />
Ingeominas
PRESENTACION<br />
Podni parecerles extrafio a los lectores que se publique en Colombia un tra<br />
bajo en ingles. Esta decision del Comite de <strong>Publicaciones</strong> del INGEOMINAS responde a<br />
consideraciones puramente practicas. Efectivamente, traducir un trabajo tan extenso<br />
como el del profesor Fernando Etayo significa un esfuerzo enorme; por otra parte, su<br />
nivel y su especializacion lo destinan fundamentalmente a ser leido por profesionales<br />
de Ia geologia. "··<br />
Gustenos o no, el ir.gles se ha vuelto el idioma del intercambio cientifico,<br />
una especie de latin del siglo XX. Todo profesional de las Ciencias de Ia Tierra -y me<br />
atreverfa a decir, de las otras Ciencias-· que no quiera permanecer aislado de los ultimos<br />
avances en su campo debe absorber mensualmente varias decenas de articulos especiali<br />
zados.<br />
La inmensa mayorfa de esta produccion, que a muchos les parece desmedida,<br />
es publicada en ingles.<br />
De manera que a menos de contentarse con traducciones de textos que ge<br />
neralmente tienen varios afios de retraso o con trabajos sabre temas locales publicados<br />
en su propio idioma, todo ge6logo que intente mantenerse razonablemente informado<br />
debe leer en ingles.<br />
INGEOMINAS tiene como una de sus funciones mas importantes el difundir·<br />
los conocimientos que existan acerca de la <strong>Geolo</strong>gia de Colombia. En esta oportunidad,<br />
el Instituto presenta a la comunidad geologica el excelente trabajo del profesor Fernan<br />
do Etayo, realizado para optar el titulo de PhD. en la Universidad de California de<br />
Berkeley. No quiero caer en Ia academica costumbre, tan difundida en nuestro media,<br />
de lanzarme en un elogio rimbombante de mi buen amigo Fernando; ofenderia ademas<br />
su tradicional modestia. Sin embargo es buena que los gedlogos colombianos·sepan que<br />
en este momenta Fernando, gracias al Convenio celebrado entre Ia Universidad Nacio<br />
nal y el INGEOMINAS, esta desarrollando con ge6logos de esta ultima entidad y estu<br />
diantes de la primera una intensa labor de corr elacion estratigrruica de las rocas crta<br />
ceas de la Cordillera Oriental, cuya programacion inicial es de dos ailos.<br />
colombiana.<br />
Estoy convencido del gran avance que significara este trabajo para la geologia<br />
Este Instituto se ha propuesto publicar en forma sistematica todos los traba<br />
jos ineditos acerca de la geolog!a en nuestro pais. Esta en imprenta la tesis de doctora<br />
do de Daria Barrera y seguiran, en esta colecci6n de <strong>Publicaciones</strong> <strong>Geolo</strong><strong>gicas</strong> Especia<br />
les, otras contribuciones ineditas tanto de colombianos como de extranjeros, en espa-<br />
. fi.ol y en ingles. Espero que los estudiosos de la geologia colombiana no vean en este<br />
esfuerzo un intento extranjerizante sino una clara decision de robustecer el desarrollo<br />
de las Ciencias de la Tierra en Colombia.<br />
Junia de 1979<br />
Michel Hermelin
PUBLICACIONES GEOLOGICAS ESPECIALES DEL<br />
""<br />
INGEOMINAS<br />
ZONATION OF THE<br />
CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL<br />
COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES<br />
By<br />
FERNANDO ETA YO-SERNA<br />
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA<br />
(Departamento de Geociencias, e I.C.N.M.H.N.)<br />
MINISTERIO DE MINAS Y ENERGIA<br />
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICO·MINERAS<br />
1979<br />
Bogota-Colombia, No, 2, pp, 1·188 ISSN • 0120 · 078X
Precio de cada ejemplar: $ 300.00<br />
7.50<br />
Publicacion no periodica<br />
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Fonnato de Publicacion: 21.5 x 27.5 em<br />
Derechos Reservados por:<br />
INGEOMINAS: lnstituto Nacional de Investigaciones <strong>Geolo</strong>gico- Mineras<br />
Carrera 30 No. 51-59<br />
Apartado Aereo No. 4865 ·Bogota- Colombia<br />
All the concepts emitted in this publication are of the entire responsability of the author.<br />
Edited and printed by Ingeominas.
CONTENTS<br />
ABSTRACT . . . . .. . . . · . . • • . • • . . . . . . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . • • . . . . • • • • . . . . • • , 1<br />
.<br />
INTRODUCTION .<br />
CKNOWLE GMENTS-<br />
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Page<br />
PHYSICAL STRATIGRAPHY • . . . • '" ' . • • • • • . . . • . • • . . • . • . . • • . • . • ,.• .,"ii.... 4<br />
I. THE CRETACE OUS SECTION FROM VILLA DE LEIVA TO LOMA PIEDRA<br />
GORDA, LA RGELY FROM ETAYQ-SERNA,1972. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
PAJA FORMATION . . . . . • • , . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • , • . • : . .. . .. . ... . . . 4<br />
SAN GIL GROUP . . . . . . . • . - . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . .<br />
2<br />
3<br />
. . . .. . . . 4<br />
CHURUVITA GROUP • . . . . . . ·- · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
CHURUVITA FORMATION . . . . . . • . . • . . . . , . . • . . . • , . • . , ....... ,. 7<br />
SAN RAFAEL FORMATION . . . . • .. . • • • . . . . .. . . • . • .. • . . .. . . •. • ,.. 7<br />
CONEJO FORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • . ; .......... , .. , . . . 7<br />
PLAENERS FORMATION . • • . . . . . .. . . • . ,. . . ...... . ..... . . .... . 8<br />
GUADALUPE FORMATION . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . 8<br />
II. THE CRETACEOUS SECTION IN THE APULO, VIOTA, LAS MESITAS REGION 8<br />
LA NA VETA FORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . 8<br />
VILLETA GROUP . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . 8<br />
SOCOT A MEMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . • . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . 9<br />
CAPOTES MEMBER • , . . . . , • . . • . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 10<br />
HILO FORMATION • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . • • . . 11<br />
LA FRONTERA FORMATION. . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
COMMENTS . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 11<br />
BIOSTRATIGRAPHY . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . • . .<br />
ASSEMBLAGE ZONES PROPOSED FOR USE IN COLOMBIA. . • . . . . . . • . .<br />
. . . . 13<br />
. 13<br />
Du{renoyia sanctorum-Stoyanowiceras tre{{ryanus Assemblagezone<br />
........................................ 13<br />
Parahoplites (?) hubachi- Acanthohoplites (?) /eptocerati{orme<br />
Assemblage-zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 13<br />
Douvilleiceras solitae-Neodeshayesites co/umbianus Assemblagezone........................................<br />
14<br />
Platiknemiceras co/ombiana-Rinconiceras rinconi-Lyelliceras<br />
pseudolyelli{orme Assemblage-zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • 14<br />
Mammites nodosoidesappelatus-Franciscoites suarezi Assemblage-zone<br />
. • . . . . . • • . . . . • . . . • , . . • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 14<br />
G/oriaceras correai-Protexanites cucaitaense - Codazziceras<br />
scheibei Assemblage-zone ...... : . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . • 15<br />
Lenticeras baltai-Paralenticeras sieversi Assemblage-zone. . . . . .<br />
TABLE I................................................. 16<br />
·i-<br />
· · 15
Page<br />
SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS • • . • • • • . . . . . . • . • • . . • . • • . • • . . • . . · · • · • . • . • 17<br />
Order AMMONOIDEA . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • 17<br />
Family PHYLLOCERATIDAE. . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . . • . . . 17<br />
Family GAUDRYCERATIDAE.................................. 19<br />
Family ANCYLOCERATIDAE .................................. 20<br />
Family PTYCHOCERATIDAE................................... 21<br />
Family ACONECERATIDAE . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . • . . • • . . 22<br />
Family DESMOCERATIDAE . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />
Family P ACHYDISCIDAE . . . . . . • . . • . . • . . . . . • . . . . . • . . • . . • • . • . . . 30<br />
Family TROCHLEICERATIDAE. . . • . . • . . • • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • . . . 31<br />
Family DOUVILLEICERATIDAE. . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . 32<br />
Family DESHA YESITIDAE . . . . . . • . • . . . . . • . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 58<br />
Subfamily PARAHOPLITINAE............. . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • 72<br />
Family ENGONOCERATIDAE . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . 74<br />
Family BRANCOCERATIDAE ......... . . . . . . . • . . . . . • • . . . . • . . . . . 78<br />
Family LYELLICERATIDAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . : ... ... . . . .. 79<br />
Family ACANTHOCERATIDAE ................................. 83<br />
Family MAMMITIDAE. . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br />
Family VASCOCERATIDAE. . . • . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87<br />
Family COILOPOCERATIDAE.................................. 90<br />
Family COLLIGNONICERATIDAE. . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92<br />
Order NAUTILIDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104<br />
Family CYMATOCERATIDAE................ .................. 104<br />
SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . • • . • • . . 105<br />
RESUMEN • • • . • . . . . . • • . • • . . • . • • . • . • • • • . . • . . • • • . . . ; • . • . . . . . . . • . . • 106<br />
RESUME. .. ... . . .. ...... . . . ... ..... .. . ... ...... ...... .. .... ... . 107<br />
RIASSUNTO • . . . • . . . • • . • . . . . • . . . . • . . . . . • . . • . • . . • • . • • . • . . • . . . . • • . 108<br />
ZUS.AIDIENF ASSUNG . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . • . . . • . . • . . • . . . . . • . . • • • . . . . . . . 109<br />
REFERENCES.... .. .... .... . . . ...... ... ...... ... ... .. ... . . . ...... 110<br />
'INDEX OF GENERA AND SPECIES. • . . • . • . . • . • • . • • . • . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • • . • 182<br />
ILLUSTRATIONS<br />
Text-Fig. 1. Map of Colombia showing location of sections investigated in detail • • . . 5<br />
Text-Fig. 2. Composite columnar sections Villa de Leiva · Apulo. • . • • . . . • • . . . . . 6<br />
Text-Figs;--·3 • 9. Sutures and whorl sections of the studied ammonites . . . . . • • . . . . • . . 12C<br />
Text-Figs. 10·17. Scattem diagrams of some of the studied ammonites . • . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
Plate 1.<br />
Plate 2.<br />
Plate 3.<br />
Ammonites from the Dufrenoyia sanctorum·Stoyanowiceras treffryanus<br />
Assemblage zone. Figs. 1-8. Upper Aptian.<br />
Ammonites from the Du(renoyia sanctorum-Stoyanowiceras tre(fryanus<br />
·<br />
Assemblage zone . Figs. 1-10. Upper Aptian.<br />
Ammonites from the Dufrenoyitz sanctorum-Stoyanowiceras treffryanus<br />
Assemblage zone. Figs.1-2, 4-8, 10·13. Ammonites from the Parahoplites<br />
('?) hubachi-Acanthohoplites ('?) leptocerati(orme Assemblage zone. Figs.<br />
3, 9. Upper Aptian. --<br />
.-11·<br />
13<br />
15:<br />
15
Pl ate 4.<br />
Plate 6.<br />
Plate 6.<br />
Plate 7.<br />
Plate 8.<br />
Plate 9.<br />
Plate 10.<br />
Plate 11.<br />
Plate 12.<br />
Plate 13.<br />
Plate 14.<br />
Plate 15.<br />
Ammo nites fro m the Du(renoyia sanctorum-Stoyanowiceras treffryanus.<br />
As semblage zo ne. Figs. 1- 3, 5, 7- 8. Ammo nites fro m the Prahoplites (?)<br />
hubachi-Acanthohoplites (?) Jeptocerati(orme Asse mblage zo ne . Figs .<br />
4, 6. Uppe r Apt ian. . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 158<br />
Ammo nites fro m the Du(renoyia sanctorum-Stoyanowiceras tre(fryanus<br />
Assel!l blage zo ne . Fi gs. 3, 9. Ammo nites fro m the Parahoplfte11 (?) hubachi·Acanthohoplites<br />
(?) leptocerati(orme Asse mblage zo ne . l'' igs. 1- 2, 4- 8.<br />
Uppe r Ap tian . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160<br />
Ammo nite s from the Dufenoyia sanctorum-Stoyanowiceras treffryanus<br />
Asse mblage zone. Fi gs. 1- 20. Upper Ap ti an • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162<br />
Ammo nites fro m the Du(renoyia sanctorum-Stoyanowiceras tre{fryanus<br />
As se mblage zone. Fi g. 9. Ammo nite s fro m the Parahoplites (?) hubachi<br />
Acanthohoplites (?) leptocerati{orme Asse mblage zo ne . Figs; 1- 4, 8.<br />
Uppe r Ap tian. Ammonites fro m the Douvilleiceras solitae-Neodeshayesites<br />
columbianus Assemblage zo ne . Fi gs. 5-7 . Lo wer Albian • . . . . . . . 164<br />
Ammo nite s fro m the Douvilleiceras solitae-Neodeshayesites columbianus<br />
As se mbl age zone . Fi gs. 1-7 . Lo wer Albian .. . • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 16.6<br />
Ammo ni tes fro m the Douvilleiceras solitae-Neodeshayesites columbianus<br />
Asse mbl age zo ne . Fi gs. 1- 3, 7- 8. Lo we r Al bian . Ammonites fro m the Platiknemiceras<br />
colombiana-Rinconiceras rinconi-Lyelliceras pseudolyelli-<br />
{orme Asse mblage zone . Fi gs. 4-6 . M idd le Albian .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , ·. · 168<br />
Ammonite s fro m the Parahoplites (?) hubachi-Acanthohoplites (?) leptocerati{orme<br />
Assembl age zo ne . Fi gs . 2- 3. Uppe r Aptian . Ammo nites fro m<br />
the Douvilleiceras so/itae-Neodeshayesites columbianus Asse mbl age zo ne .<br />
Fi gs. 1, 3- 10 . Lo wer Al bian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
Ammo nite s fro m· the Platiknemiceras colombiana-Rinconiceras rinconi-<br />
Lyelliceras pseudo/yelli{orme Assemblage zone. Fi gs. 1-9. Midd le Alb ian .<br />
Ammonites fr om the Plaliknemiceras colombiana-Rinconiceras rinconi-<br />
Lyelliceras pseudolyelli{orme As se mblage zone . Figs. 1· 4. Midd le Al bi an . 174<br />
Ammonite s fro m the Mammites nodosoidesappelatus-Franciscoites suarezi<br />
As se mblage zone . Figs. 1-11, 13-15. Lo we r Turon ian . Ammonites<br />
from the Gloriaceras correai-Protexanites cucaitaense-Codazziceras scheibei<br />
Asse mbl age zo ne. Figs. 12, 16- 19. Lo wer Con iacian . . . . . . . . . . . . 176<br />
Ammoni te s from theMammites nodosoidesappelatus-Franciscoites suarezi<br />
Asse mblage zo ne . Fi g. 5. Lo wer Tu ro nian. Ammonite s fro m the Gloriaceras<br />
correai-Prolexanites cucaitaense·Codazziceras scheibei Asse mblage<br />
zo ne. Fi gs. 1- 4, 7- 10.Lower Co ni aci an . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8<br />
Ammon ite s fr om the Gloriaccrus correai-Protexanites cucaitaense-Codazziceras<br />
scheibei As se mblage zone. Fi gs 1- 4. Lo wer Co niacian. . . . . . . 180<br />
* * *<br />
17 0<br />
17 2
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMtlNITES 1<br />
Cretaceous rocks ranging in age from<br />
. Upper Aptian to Lower Santonian llve been<br />
carefully mapped, measured and colleoted bed<br />
by bed in two regions (it Central Colombia namely_:<br />
Villa de Leiva (Department Boyaca) and<br />
Apulo (formerly Rafael Reyes, Department<br />
·<br />
Cundinamarca).<br />
The first mentioned sequence comprises<br />
about 2.000m of locally highly fossiliferous<br />
shales, although limestones, sandstones and<br />
chert beds are interspersed and sporadically<br />
yielded fossils. At Apulo the sequence consists<br />
dominantly of shales with locally abundant<br />
fossiliferous calcareous "concretions" and one<br />
intercalcation of fossiliferous graded-beddedsandstones<br />
(turbidites) with a total thickness of<br />
about l.OOOm.<br />
The lithostratigraphic terminology utilized<br />
is that previously proposed and published by<br />
the writer, the old terminology is reevaluated<br />
and some new units are introduced and their<br />
type sections and reference sections described.<br />
Similarly the occurrence of ammonites is indicated.<br />
The core of the investigation is however<br />
the study and description of ammonite taxa:<br />
102 species assigned to 52 genera were thoroughly<br />
investigated, of them 85% of the species<br />
and 21% of the genera are considered to represent<br />
new taxa. A zonal scheme consisting of<br />
7"A'iSemblage zones" is proposed, based on the<br />
succession of ammonites in these two sections,<br />
hopefully it will be a yardstick for the Cretaceous<br />
biostratigraphy of the· northern part of<br />
South America. No close correspondence between<br />
lithostratigraphic boundaries and bios-<br />
Caminante no hay camino ,<br />
se hace camino a/ andar.<br />
ABSTRACT<br />
* * *<br />
Yo u ask me the secret<br />
It only has a word,again.<br />
tratigraphic units has been found, however<br />
some taxa of ammonites witeculiar morphologic<br />
characteristics seem to-'associated with<br />
definite lithofacies.<br />
The diverse taxa of ammonites were studied<br />
through dissection of their conchs in order<br />
to determine their ontogenetic changes and all<br />
morphological characteristics were evaluated in<br />
an attempt to understand each taxon independently.<br />
From the taxonomic investigations and<br />
the known stratigraphical distribution of the<br />
faunas it is shown once more that similar--although<br />
not 'identical' -morphologic types of<br />
ammonites recurred during Cretaceous times.<br />
The taxonomy resulting from· the-criteria<br />
utilized herein indicate that the described taxa<br />
have proportionally a distinctly South American<br />
character, however some ubiquitous elements,<br />
several of them previously unknown from the<br />
Cretaceous of South America are recorded; as a<br />
possible biological explanation for this fact it is<br />
hypothesized, that as in the case of modem cephalopods<br />
the ubiquitous elements of the ammonoid<br />
faunas may correspond to those hatched<br />
from small eggs (with small protoconchs) and<br />
vice versa.<br />
All the species described are illustrated by<br />
drawings of their whorl cross-section and suture<br />
line, and at least one photograph of each.<br />
Conch measurements are expressed in<br />
mm. The symbol D represents the diameter<br />
of a volution. Euw is the external umbilical<br />
width. H is the maximum height and W the<br />
maximum width of the whorl.<br />
Me habeis preguntado que hila el<br />
crustacea entre sus patas de oro<br />
y os re spondo: e/ mar lo sabe.<br />
(MACHADO, HOLUB, NERUDA, poets)<br />
But all this is unripe fruit. Our scholars will some day know more than their masters do<br />
now; so let us patiently continue our work and rema in friends.<br />
E. Suess.
2 F. ETA YO· SERNA<br />
The materials that constitute the core of<br />
this study have been worked on through several<br />
years. Originally Professors J. de Porta and M.<br />
Julivert suggested I undertake the summarization,<br />
according to lithologic units, of the<br />
faunas recorded in any way from the Creta·<br />
ceous of Colombia.<br />
At the end of the original investigation it<br />
was apparent that if progress was to be made in<br />
the biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous in Colom·<br />
bia, it had to be started {rom the beginning,<br />
that is to say through the detailed geologic<br />
mapping of the key areas, the building up of columnar<br />
sections, the collecting bed by bed of<br />
the fossiliferous units, the monographic treatment<br />
of the faunas recovered and the proposal<br />
of zonal schemes based on the information obtained<br />
during the field work. I have attempted<br />
to do that and I hope that I have not contributed<br />
additional complications to the task.<br />
It is obvious that a work of this nature<br />
necessarily had to pass through several pauses<br />
and obstacles, however cooperation was always<br />
found, willingly and uncompromisingly from<br />
the people in charge of the geological institutions<br />
of Colombia.<br />
I have collected fossils largely from two<br />
rions where I have mapped in detail mySirf,<br />
or have had the valuable cooperation of other<br />
field geologists; the areas investigated in the stratigraphical<br />
researches have been more extensive<br />
than those studied in detail. Two regions were<br />
selected as initial key areas, both are classical in<br />
the geological literature of Colombia: .Jijljp_.de<br />
L_!fY.Jl (Department Boyaca) and /wJJ]o (formerly<br />
called Rafael Reyes; Department Cundinamarca).<br />
I have limited my study to beds and<br />
fossils in the interval Upper Aptian to Lower<br />
Santonian; two reasons have influenced my decision:<br />
many classical fossils in the paleontological<br />
literature of Colombia presumably had come<br />
from beds of these ages, and second the<br />
opening of new roads offered the possil-,ility of<br />
exploring fresh, undisturbed outcrops. As a rule,<br />
fossils not found in situ, or impressions only<br />
were not collected in the early phase of the<br />
study.<br />
Two hypotheses arrived at as a result of<br />
this study I think worth emphasizing: A) It has<br />
been common to find con ere lions or lens-like<br />
calcareous ·bodies paved with ammonites, fish<br />
remains, bivalves and gastropods. This has occurred<br />
in different types of host rock: clay-shale,<br />
graded sandstones, etc. (Rod and Mayne, 1954,<br />
p. _207; f:JJO'O·Serna, 1968). _It is suggested in<br />
th1s repdrt . . _t6pt these "bod1es" represent the<br />
result "ote'chanical 'concentration, by the<br />
action of submarine currents on organic remains ·<br />
with similar hydrodynamic behavior; in other<br />
words these "bodies" may represent "microchannels"<br />
and their fossiliferous content may<br />
I. IN TRODUC TION<br />
include both morphologically different or morphologically<br />
similar groups that by a simple<br />
statistical analysis could be treated as a single<br />
taxon. I surmise also cephalopods had definite<br />
niches in their communities. B) The distribution<br />
of cephalopods may be considered mainly<br />
{rom two different points of view: a) necroplanktonic,<br />
2) planktonic; the first approach<br />
does not have any bearing on the origin and<br />
development of new groups or the establishment<br />
of new communities of cephalopods in<br />
areas newly invaded by the sea.<br />
A biological reference point to keep in<br />
mind is that most living mollusks attain their<br />
distribution largely by the possession of at least<br />
one life stage capable of active dispersal or to<br />
passive transportation. The latter type of<br />
dispersal is usually accomplished during the<br />
larval stage, and the larval stage resulting from<br />
development from eggs poor in yolk usually has<br />
a long planktonic stage (Thorson, Scheltema,<br />
Ockelman). This seems valid not only for<br />
mollusks with a larval stage but for recent<br />
cephalopods with a direct development (Vokes<br />
in Lane, 1960, p. 127).<br />
Druschitz and Khiami (1970, p. 36) have<br />
called this early ontogenic stage in fossil cephalopods<br />
ammonite lla. I agree with their idea that<br />
probably the)' did not behave differently from<br />
thir modern relatives in mode of reproduction.<br />
Recent Nautilu s hatches from large eggs sacs.<br />
(Willey, 1896, 1902) and its intraegg development<br />
lasts long enough to produce large ''n autiloide<br />
lla (?)" [see Stenzel, 1964, K82], but as<br />
noted by Willey (1896, p. 222) from observing<br />
the protoconchs of ammonites, could not some<br />
of them have hatched from eggs poor in yolk<br />
with a corresponding ability {or long lasting<br />
planktonic transportation?.<br />
Some groups of ammonoids could have<br />
been distributed by currents in their ammon ite<br />
lla stage. In consequence endemic morphologic<br />
types of cephalopods could be associated<br />
with those "transoceanic travelers", with the<br />
latter making intercontinental correlation<br />
feasible, while the former groups may be useful<br />
for establishing local biostratigraphical sequences.<br />
In consequence I do not find it necessary or even<br />
practical to invoke a ubiquitous nature {or<br />
many of ammonite genera. Convergent iterative<br />
groups have repeatedly been shown among<br />
ammonoids. Consequently I feel that the<br />
necroplanktonic distribution of fossil cephalo·<br />
pods has its special role in intrabasinal distribution<br />
of fossil cephalopods but the life dispersal<br />
o. ( them occurs during the arnmonitella stage.<br />
· - All the material studied in this report will<br />
be housed as the basic type collection of the Ins·<br />
titulo de Ciencias Naturales Museo de Historia<br />
Natural of the Uhiversidad Nacional de Colombia,<br />
Bogota (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. No.).
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 3<br />
Many thanks to Professors J. de Porta and<br />
M. Julivert for their valuable suggestion and al·<br />
ways encouraging example. I also want to thank<br />
Professor Robert Hoffstetter who called to my<br />
attention the importanc..of attending afoteign<br />
Institution for advanced studies; to Dr. Jesus A.<br />
Bueno [former Thechnical Director of the Mi·<br />
nisterio de Minas y Petroleos of Colombia), to<br />
Dr. Andres Jimeno rformer Director of the<br />
<strong>Geolo</strong>gical Survery o{ Colombia 1 who gave me<br />
their support from the beginning of this investigation;<br />
to Dr. Ramiro Lobo [Chief of the Conservation<br />
Branch of the Ministerio de Minas y<br />
Petroleos of Colombia 1 for his cooperation in<br />
obtaining a loan for my graduate studies at<br />
Berkeley.<br />
I have to thank the Universidad Nacional<br />
de Colombia, the Institute de Especializaci6n<br />
Tecnica en el Extranjero (ICETEX) and the<br />
Scholarship Division of the Organization of the<br />
American States (OEA) for their economic sup·<br />
port to complete my researches. Financial sup·<br />
port for the plates included herein was provided<br />
by the Fondo Colombiano de Investigaciones<br />
Cientfficas y Proyectos <strong>Especiales</strong> "Francisco<br />
Jose de Caldas" (COLCIENCIAS).<br />
I have to acknowledge Professors W.B.N.<br />
Berry, D.A. Savage, J. T. Gregory, C.M. Gilbert,<br />
for their willingness to be member of my com·<br />
mittee; thanks are also due to Dr. Ralph W.<br />
Imlay and again to Professor Charles M. Gilbert<br />
for their willingness to serve on my thesis .committee.<br />
Many friends have shared with me their<br />
ideas and also their skill in field work, of them<br />
G. Renzoni, D. Barrero and C. Caceres-Giron<br />
should not be blamed for my errors. Several<br />
friendly field aides, Messrs. C. Giraldo, H.<br />
Peiia, A. Aleman, J. Higuera, J. Duarte, had to<br />
bear with my stubborn insistency to work<br />
under changing weather conditions or had to<br />
carry the heavy load of unprepared fossils. L. F.<br />
Peii.a, and J. Garzon were very useful in helping<br />
with the preparation of the fossils, I<br />
thank them also.<br />
ll.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />
The following institutions are acknowledged<br />
for their gracious loan of specimens for<br />
comparison: Museum of Paleontology, University<br />
of California, Berkeley [Mr. J. Peck, Jr.],<br />
Museo <strong>Geolo</strong>gico, lnstituto Nacional de Investigaciones<br />
<strong>Geolo</strong>gico Mineras, Bogota, Colombia<br />
rProf. L. F. Rincon and former Director Dr.<br />
A. Alvarez]; the University of Michigan, the<br />
Texas Christian University and the Academy of<br />
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; the British Mu·<br />
seum (Natural History). Dr. J. Helms of the<br />
Humboldt • Universitat in Berlin, DDR; provi·<br />
ded me with excellent photographs of H. Karsten's<br />
original material.<br />
I have to acknowledge two old classmates<br />
of mine, deceased <strong>Geolo</strong>gist Pedro Carvajal,and<br />
Geol. Dip!. Ruben D. Llimis, who unafraid<br />
backed with their wealth my loan from<br />
ICETEX; Mrs. Amparo Prada was most helpful<br />
in my dealing with the OEA.<br />
Many thanks to Mrs. Gloria C. de Campos<br />
and Mrs. Ines E. de Torres, who did the compo·<br />
sing operation of the final version of the<br />
manuscript. I thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz for his<br />
assistance in improving the quality of the<br />
text-figures.<br />
The author could not have published this<br />
paper had it not been for the compelling interest<br />
of Dr. Alberto Sarmiento-Alarcon, and<br />
especially Dr. Michel Hermelin, Director<br />
Institute Nacional de Investigaciones <strong>Geolo</strong>gico<br />
Mineras (INGEOli;JINAS).<br />
I have a deep debt to Professor J. W. Durham<br />
for his highly valuable scientific advise, his<br />
thoughtful interest and his thoroughly under·<br />
standing of my purposes during my studies at<br />
Berkely.<br />
In no way I am holding anybody except<br />
myself, for any heresy I may have fallen into.<br />
I hope this study, as simple as I see it, to<br />
be acceptable to my family, my teachers, my<br />
friends and to those who preceded me in the<br />
study of the Cretaceous of Colombia. If this<br />
work is found to be useful to my own country,<br />
then I will be really pleased.
4 F. ETA YO· SERNA<br />
PHYSICAL STRATIGRAPHY<br />
In the present report only those units<br />
dealt with or that have yielded fossils conside·<br />
red in the investigation will be discussed. A mo·<br />
re extensive discussion will be found in Etayo<br />
Serna (1968a, 1968b), Julivert (1968) and Ca·<br />
ceres and Etayo-Serna (1969). The location of.<br />
the two areas studied in detail is shown on Text<br />
Fig. 1.<br />
,... .._ _<br />
--:-\.YTHE CF;_TA_OUS SECTION_!:ROM<br />
VILLA DE LEIVA TO LOMA PIEDRA<br />
. GORDA. LARGELY_FII,OM .'J'AYQ<br />
SERNA, 1972, SEE TEXT FIG. 2A<br />
PAJA FORMATION<br />
(LoweFHauieriViafi"-Upper-Aptian pars)<br />
The fonnation is typically exposed on the<br />
north bank of Quebrada La Paja where it enters<br />
the Rio Sogamoso (Middle Magdalena Valley),<br />
and was nrst described by 0. c. Wheeler<br />
(Morales et al., 1958). The Paja Fonnation crops<br />
out extensively at Villa de Leiva and surrounding<br />
areas. In addition, it is exposed in a broad<br />
band east of the Arcabuco Anticline. Morpho<br />
logically it forms hills, some of which are being<br />
mined for gypsum. Essentially, the Paja is a thick<br />
sequence of black to variegated shales with abundant<br />
calcareous concretions. Frequent intercalations<br />
of gypsum and thin beds of argillaceous<br />
limestone are also present.<br />
The formation can be divided in three<br />
units: (a) a !erpE _of blak clay she which<br />
weather to a reodJSli color, w1th sandy mterbeds<br />
which represent the feather edge of a thick sandstone<br />
body observed at this S8llle horizon to the<br />
northeast of Villa de Leiva; (b) 8J!1J4_1e_
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ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES<br />
CHURUVITA GROUP<br />
(Upper Albian ? pars-Turonia!" pars?)<br />
The name "Churuvita Group" was first<br />
proposed by Etayo Serna (1968b), with the type<br />
locality a section on Quebrada Churuvita (a<br />
tributary of Rio Samaci) along the Sachica<br />
Puente Samac& highway; According to Etayo<br />
Serna, the Churuvita Group is comprised of the<br />
Churuvita Fonnation and the overlying San Rafael<br />
Fonnation.<br />
The Churuvita Fonnation was originally<br />
described by Etayo Serna (1968a) who selected<br />
as the type locality the exposures on Quebrada<br />
Churuvita along the Sachica-Puente Samaca<br />
road. In the area of interest, the Churuvita Formation<br />
forma the highest ridge on the west<br />
flank of the Arcabuco anticlinorium; it is also<br />
exposed on the limbs of the Churuvita syncline<br />
along the Sachica-Puente Samaca highway. A<br />
tripartite division of the formation is observed;<br />
(a) a basal unit consisting essentially of gray,<br />
thick-bedded, quartzose sandstones with thin<br />
interbeds of claystone and siltstone; (b) a mid·<br />
dle interval of lenticular limestone beds, sometimes<br />
argillaceous, rich in Exogyra, which alternate<br />
with claystone and siltstone as well as occasional<br />
quartzose sandstones; and (c) an upper<br />
unit comprised of massive beds of fine to medium<br />
grained sandstones and equally massive<br />
limestones interbedded with claystones and siltstones.<br />
In general the formation changes facies<br />
toward the west where it becomes more arena·<br />
ceous. The three subdivisions of the formation,<br />
from bottom to top, measure 105 meters (244<br />
feet), 75 meters (246 feet) and 225 meters (738<br />
feet), respectively, giving a total of 405 meters<br />
(1328 feet). The fonnation thins toward the<br />
north. Contact with the San Gil Group is con·<br />
formable at some localities and transitional at<br />
others whereas the relationship with the overl·<br />
ying San Rafael is everywhere conformable.<br />
Fauna collected from the Churuvita Formation<br />
consists for the most part of bivalve mollusks;<br />
they are not described in the present report;<br />
after Etayo Serna (1968, p.41) the mollusks are<br />
the following:<br />
Exogyra boussingaultii Dietrich (non<br />
D'Orbigny)<br />
Plicatulopecten concentricus Brtiggen<br />
Ostrea syphax Coquand?<br />
Pecten tenouklensis Coquand<br />
Exogyra squamata d'Orbigny<br />
Paleontological data from the underlying<br />
and overlying strata suggest that the unit may<br />
be assigned to the Albian pars (?)·Cemomanian.<br />
The report of Venezoliceras (?), previously<br />
(cp.cit)tentatively assigned to the base of the<br />
unit iS now considered unreliable information.<br />
SAN RAFAEL FORMATION<br />
· (Lower Turonian)<br />
Etayo Serna (1968a) first proposed the<br />
fonnation. As type locality he chose the que·<br />
brad a whose source is 200 meters south of Chircal<br />
San Rafael. The San Rafael Formation crops<br />
out to the east of the Serrania de Arcabuco; it<br />
is also exposed along the axis of the Churuvita<br />
syncline. At its type locality, the formation<br />
may readily be divided into: (a) a lower unit of<br />
gray shales which weather to lighter tones with<br />
minor beds of thinly interbedded limestones;<br />
and (b) an upper unit consisting of thinly bedded,<br />
siliceous siltstones with several narrow<br />
bands of chert and toward the top, a single sha·<br />
le bed. The lower unit of the San Rafael is 60<br />
meters (197 feet) thick at the type section, the<br />
upper unit is 14 meters (46 feet), giving a total<br />
fonnational thickness of 74 meters (243 feet).<br />
Whereas the lower unit is variable, the upper<br />
one is of remarkably uniform thickness. From<br />
the lower unit of the San Rafael Formation<br />
near the axis of the Churuvita syncline along<br />
the Sachica·Puen te·Samaca highway, several ce·<br />
phalopods have been collected; Paramammites<br />
colombianus n. sp., is described in the present<br />
report.<br />
CONEJO FORMATION<br />
(Upper Turonian ? -Lower Senonian pars)<br />
The Conejo Formation was first named<br />
by Renzoni (1967; published in Etayo Serna<br />
1968a). Its type locality is the Alto del Conejo<br />
located on the Oicata.Chivata road, some 9 kilometers<br />
(5.6 miles) due northeast of Tunja.<br />
In the study area, the Conejo Formation crops<br />
out on the folds forming the margins of the Sa·<br />
maca-Sora Valley. The Formation is comprised<br />
of three units: (a) an unnamed lower part con·<br />
sisting predominantly of black shales with occa·<br />
sional thin interbeds of fine·grained sandstones<br />
or siltstones; (b) the middle, Cucaita Member<br />
which is exposed in the core of the Cucaita an·<br />
ticline. Its lower part is a series of calcareous<br />
shales alternating with several sandy limestones<br />
beds, the shales containing abundant calcareous<br />
concretions. The member as a whole takes on a<br />
whitish-yellow color due to the claystones toward<br />
the upper part which become progressively<br />
more arenaceous upward; and (c) an upper in·<br />
t.;rval, also unnamed, composed of yellow·white,<br />
quartzose sandstones intercalated with dark·<br />
gray, usually sandy shales. Near the top of the<br />
interval are found highly fossiliferous lenses of<br />
limestone. The total thickness of the Conejo<br />
Formation is 370 meters (1214 feet), divided as<br />
follows: lower interval, 80 meters (262 feet);<br />
Cucaita Member, 170 meters (558 feet); upper<br />
interval, about 120 meters (394 feet). In the<br />
area of this study, the contact with both the si·<br />
liccous siltstones of the San Rafael Formation<br />
and the overlying Plaeners Formation are con·<br />
fom1able. The middle, or Cucaita Member, has<br />
yielded the following assemblage described in<br />
the systematic part of this report.<br />
Nice{oroceras boyacaense n. sp.<br />
Peroniceras robertogarciae n. sp.<br />
Peroniceras diabloi n. sp.<br />
Peroniceras guerrai n. sp.<br />
Prionocycloceras (?) cucaitaense n. sp.<br />
Gloriaceras correai n. sp.<br />
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Gloriaceras paulinae n. sp.<br />
Zumpangoceras ospinai n. sp.<br />
Zumpangoceras (?) sorae n. sp.<br />
Buenoceras loboi n. sp.<br />
Protexanites cucaitaense n. sp.<br />
The uppermost part of the upper interval<br />
contains fossils of early Santonian age, including<br />
Lenticeras baltai Lisson.<br />
PLAENERS FORMATION<br />
(Santonian pars)<br />
According to Julivert (1968), the Plaeners<br />
Formation was frrst differentiated by Hubach<br />
(1931). The type section is located on the Sabana<br />
de Bogota, at "Boqueron de Tabio". The<br />
Plaeners can be traced from its type locality in·<br />
to the study area. It forms the prominent spur<br />
observed to the east of the Samaca-Sora Valley.<br />
The unit consists of a series of gray, siliceous<br />
siltstones in beds of 5-20 centimeters (2-8 inches)<br />
exhibiting rhomboidal fracture and rich in foramlnefera.<br />
The siltstones are frequently intercalated<br />
with beds and lenses of dark-gray chert<br />
and occasional layers of phosphatic sandstone.<br />
In the Quebrada San Joaquin, 50 meters {164<br />
feet) are measured. The contact with the<br />
underlying Conejo Formation is conformable<br />
and with the overlying unit, gradational.<br />
GUADALUPE FORMATION<br />
Julivert (1968) states that Hubach in<br />
1931 named {or perhaps more accurately, redefined)<br />
this unit from exposures in Cerros<br />
Guadalupe and Monserrate,immediately east of<br />
Bogota. The sequence forms the uppermost<br />
·p.rominent cliffs to the east of the Samaca-Sora<br />
valley and represents the northern continuation<br />
of the sandstone of the same name which is exposed<br />
on the mountains surrounding the Saba·<br />
na de Bogota. The lower part consists of beds<br />
of siliceous argillites or siltstones, some of<br />
which tend to fracture rhomboidally. The overlyingTierna<br />
Sandstone is a white, yellow-weathering,<br />
coarse grained arenite which exhibits pro·<br />
mlnent cross-bedding toward its base. In the<br />
studied area the argillites reach a thickness of<br />
50 meters (164 feet) and the overlying sands·<br />
tone 9 meters (30 feet). Contact of the lower<br />
part with the Plaeners is gradational, and contact<br />
of the Tierna Sandstone with the Guaduas<br />
Formation is conformable.<br />
WHE CRETACEOUS SECTION IN THE APULQ,<br />
- VlOTA, LAS MESITAS REGION,<br />
SEE TEXT·FJG. 2B.<br />
·<br />
L<br />
A NAVETA FORMATION<br />
·-?:·.-. . '""- ·r· ., ;.<br />
.<br />
. • - .<br />
.<br />
The' name was originally introduced by<br />
Hubach (1931, p.44) to describe a sandstone<br />
horizon; it has been granted formational ranking<br />
by Caceres and Etayo-Sema (1965, p.5). Its<br />
name comes from the cement factory of that<br />
F. ETA YO· SERNA<br />
name. The unit crops out as the core of the<br />
Diamante anticline [Cerros del Diarnante to the<br />
north, and Cerro del Trueno to the south 1. The<br />
unit is well exposed on the road from La "Naveta<br />
Cement factory to Ingenio Central San Anto·<br />
nio (now Escuela Vocacional), just beyond the<br />
bridge over the Bogota River, or on the west<br />
limb of the El Diamante anticline where the type<br />
section was measured. The La Naveta Formation<br />
consists of a sequence of white to yellowish<br />
quartzitic sandstones, medium to coarse<br />
grained with frequent grains of chert; not very<br />
compact, with interbeds of shale rich in plant<br />
remains. The La Naveta Formation includes<br />
three units of member rank.(!) pi_-m.;<br />
... ber; its name comes from the Ctirros D1amante;<br />
it consists of coralline limestones interbedded<br />
with shales and sandstones, the upper beds are<br />
19 meters (63 feet) thick; it has been mined for<br />
use in cement. A specimen of Thurmanniceras<br />
sp. was found loose near the outcrop of the<br />
unit on the east flank of the El Diamante Anticline,<br />
north bank of Rio Bogota. (2) 'Th . J?.j;<br />
cal member; its name comes from Cerro de Bejiicanvnere<br />
it has been mined.lt is a biostrome<br />
of bivalves, worm tubes and a few corals. It<br />
yielded in situ: Heinzia (Carstenia) sp. The total<br />
thickness measured without having reached the<br />
base of the La Naveta Formation is 243 meters<br />
(801 feet).<br />
VILLETA GROUP<br />
This unit was established by Hettner {1892),<br />
it has been thoroughly reviewed by Julivert<br />
(1968); no type locality has yet been formally<br />
proposed. The name was introduced in this region<br />
by Hubach (1931, plate 1). Several units<br />
with formational rank have been proposed within<br />
the group; {1) the basal unit or Trincheras<br />
Formation named" after its type locaiitfat Quebrada<br />
Trlncheras. It consists of an alternation<br />
of limestone beds very rich in bivalves; its age is<br />
believed to be partly Barremian to Lower Ap·<br />
J!:!l. The lower and upper contacts are confor·<br />
mabie at the type locality. The formation crops<br />
out forming a band around the core of the El<br />
Diamante anticline; towards the northeast the<br />
formation changes into shales. The thickness<br />
measured at the type locality is 180 meters<br />
(594 feet). (2) The. Sos2!Lfl1Tlatiqn. The·<br />
.name was first used by Caceres and"Etayo-Sema<br />
(1969, p.5); it is derived from Quebrada Socota.<br />
This unit is intended to embrace the litho·<br />
logic sequence from the frrst graded quartzitic<br />
and calcareous sandstone at the base of the<br />
Socota Member (to be described next) which is<br />
-here taken as the basal member, and extending<br />
up to the first occurrence of porcellanite beds<br />
here considered the basal element of the<br />
overlying unit,_jhe_lliliL.Eormation. The type<br />
locality of the So"CcifaF"OrfiiatiO'if'tinilong the<br />
new road from Anapoima to Apulo, beginning<br />
at km 3 + 320. Except for its basal member the<br />
:socota Formation consists of a succession Of<br />
shales, they are superficially variegated but dark<br />
gray at depth; there are frequent calcareous<br />
concretions and · ·:gypsum veinlets usually crossing<br />
the bedding of the shales. The maximum<br />
thickness of the unit is estimated as 150 meters
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 9<br />
(495 (et). Two members are described in de-'<br />
tail: {iij thQOTfiA -rlrIT'J.'l .-,E,;.f,_:--.... -...<br />
TION measureu aoou .., me rs " teeL1 norou<br />
of culvert No. 19 [Km 3+220) on the new road<br />
Anapoima·Apulo.<br />
XI Argillaceous limestone bed • . . . . 0.15 m<br />
or 0.49 feet.<br />
.<br />
X Variegated calcareous shales with reniform<br />
calcareous concretions, or lens-like argillaceous<br />
limestones. At base of this segment,<br />
"fP sample C • 199 yielded !llw.clites obli·<br />
- quum (Riedel) . • • . . . . 8 m or 26 feet.<br />
IX Calcareous shales with lenses of argillace·<br />
pus limestones; crushed ammonites,bival·<br />
ves; altop sample C • 200 yielded Riedeli·<br />
"'-' tes obliquum (RiedeQ . . 1.8 m or 5[eet<br />
VTII Argillaceous limestone lens ..... 1 m or<br />
3.3 feet.<br />
vn variegated shales, with intercalations of<br />
thin layers of very fine grained calcareous<br />
and quartzitic sandstones, with bands rich<br />
in fragments of cephalopods and bivalves<br />
................. 8 m or 26 feet.<br />
VI TOP Quartzitic calcareous sandstones,<br />
very finely to finely grained in parallel layers<br />
of 0.001 m (or 0.003 feet); calcareous<br />
concretions are locally present, they contain<br />
crushed ammonites and bivalves . ...<br />
11.50 m or 38 feet.<br />
V Quartlitic calcareous sandstones, fine to<br />
very fine grained, laterally tending to<br />
appear massive, but regularly occurring in<br />
parallel or wavy, fine to very fine layers<br />
of 0.001 m (0.003 feet) thickness, locally<br />
with calcareous concretions surrounded<br />
by fragments of cephalopods or bivalves<br />
or coarse quartzitic sand . • . . 15.50 m or<br />
41 feet.<br />
[V Light gray quartzitic, fine grained sands·<br />
tone, massive, 1 m (3.3 feet? thickness,<br />
with interspersed calcareous concretions<br />
. . . . • 1 m or 3.3 feet.<br />
UI Quartzitic siltstones with intercalations of<br />
very fine grained sandstones; predominan·<br />
tly parallel laminae of 0.001 m (0.003 feet)<br />
thickness. Locally there are lenses with<br />
rounded quartz grains up_ to 0.005 m dia·<br />
meter and crushed ammonites and bival·<br />
ves. Some lenses of limestone also occut . •<br />
7 m or 23.5 feet.<br />
II Calcareous quartzitic siltstones to very<br />
fine grained sandstones with subparallel<br />
to wavy lamination; calcareous concre tions<br />
with fragments of cephalopods and sporadic<br />
rounded quartz grains up to 0.001 m<br />
diameter . • . . . . • . . 7.30 m or 24 feet.<br />
BASE<br />
Dark gray shale . . • • • . 4.5 m or 15 feet.<br />
..<br />
REFERENCE SECTION. SOCOTA MEM·<br />
BER. The base of the measured section is<br />
· near the culvert at K 4 + 06.<br />
Variegated shales, partly covered.<br />
V TOP. Dark gray, quartzitic sandstone,<br />
calcareous, very fine grained to fine grained,<br />
locally medium grained.Subparallel<br />
lamination, with calcareous concretions<br />
which seem to merge in to the envelop ping<br />
surrounding rock; fossiliferous: at 1.4 m<br />
(4.6 feet) from top, sample C-220yielded:<br />
' G_olombiceras sarmientoi n. sp.<br />
r. Xcantliohoplites bigoureti(orme n. sp.<br />
i Clieloniceras(Epicheloniceras) pardoi n. sp.<br />
at-4--m (13.2 feet) from top, sample C-222<br />
yielded Ridelite!i_ esthersemae n. sp . • . . •<br />
5.5 m or 18'"'fee C;· ,"-·
10 F. ETA YO -SERNA<br />
coarse grained sandstone occur and the<br />
rock tend to become massive . 7.1 m or<br />
23.4 feet.<br />
I Alternation of calcareous lenses up to 0.5<br />
m (1.65 feet) thickness, which enclose<br />
abundant fragments of cephalopods and<br />
bivalves and also has rounded grains of<br />
quartz up to. 0.001 m diameter, in &;Iternation<br />
w1th sdtstones beds or fine gramed<br />
quartzitic sandstones • • • 4.15 m or 13.7<br />
feet.<br />
The Socota Member is a particularly interesting<br />
unit; it is missing toward the southwes·<br />
tern part of the region but it increases notably<br />
in thickness and areal distribution northeastwards.<br />
amrtWrdJf:·dAlf?ro;rt!f·e <br />
SECTION of its basal beds was measured<br />
adjacent to the house of Hacienda Capotes. This<br />
name was introduced by Caceres and Etayo<br />
Sema (1969, p.5), without description of type<br />
section. This unit can be recognized by the<br />
frequent occurrence of argillaceous, thinly<br />
bedded limestones or the abundance of highly<br />
fossiliferous calcareous concretions up to 0.5 m<br />
in diameter distributed in layers; the top of this<br />
unit is marked by the dominance of clay-shale<br />
with frequent occurrence of small argillaceous<br />
to slightly calcareous concretions.<br />
Section of the basal beds of the Capotes<br />
Member measured along the road from the casa<br />
of Hacienda Capotes to Japon, it begins inmediately<br />
adjacent to the house.<br />
VIII Argillaceous limestone • • . 0<br />
feet.<br />
.5 m or 1.65<br />
VII Variegated shales with calcareous concretions;<br />
just above the underlying limestone,<br />
sample C-255 yielded :<br />
j Lyel/iceras pseudolyelliforme n. sp.<br />
i Lyelliceras isaacleai n. sp .<br />
..t:. Hypophylloceras wiedmanni n. sp . • . 2.5<br />
f m or 8.25 feet.<br />
VI Argillaceous limestone thinning and wi·<br />
dening irregularly; sample C-255 x yielded:<br />
"! Ne odehayesites columbianus (Riedel) . • •<br />
0.5 m or 1.65 feet.<br />
V Variegated shales with interspersed calcareous<br />
concretions; argillaceous limestones<br />
separated by variegated shales, with crushed<br />
ammonites . . . . 1.8 m or 5.9 feet.<br />
IV Variegated shales with lenses of limestone<br />
up to 0.5 m (1.65 feet) thickness . . • . . .<br />
2.7 m or 8.9 feet. • .<br />
Ill Argillaceous limestone that tends to split<br />
in thin layers . . . . . . 0.8 m or 2.6 feet.<br />
II Variegated shales . . . 2.5 m or 8.2 feet.<br />
I Argillaceous limestone . 0.8 m or 2.6 feet.<br />
REFERENCE SECTlON of the bottom<br />
of the Capotes Member, ·measured . aetnebegiilning<br />
of trail to the power transmission tower,<br />
just west of village of Tarapaca.<br />
II Dark gray shale; three intercalated layers<br />
of fossiliferous concretions. Sample C-12<br />
yielded :<br />
Neodeshayesites co/umbianus (Riedel) . ..<br />
. . . . . . . . 1.2 m or 4 feet.<br />
I Dark gray shales with very fine argilla·<br />
ceous limestone beds and calcareous concretions<br />
with crushed ammonites. 25 m<br />
(82.5 feet) below sample C-12, sample<br />
C-13 yielded:<br />
Trochleiceras juliverti n. sp.<br />
Douvilleiceras tarapacaense n. sp.<br />
Carloscaceresiceras caceresi n. sp.<br />
BASE . . . . . . . . . . . 60 m or 198 feet.<br />
Hard, red-brick, Trigonia bearing limestone<br />
(Trincheras Forrnation). At this<br />
geographical point the Socota Member<br />
is absent.<br />
REFERENCE _SECTION for basal part of<br />
the Capotes Member and'underlying units; this<br />
section was measured at Cerro Bejucal, from<br />
the machinery house of the limestone mine,<br />
and extending SE along the abandoned road.<br />
VIII Gray shales, sporadic calcareous concre·<br />
tions . . . . . . . . . . . 50 m or 165 feet.<br />
VII Variegated shales with gypsum veinlets,<br />
calcareous concretions and thi n fossiliferous<br />
limestones. At top of these shales,<br />
sample C-169 yielded:<br />
- Rinconiceras rinconi n. sp.<br />
_.., Pla tiknemiceras colombiana n. sp .<br />
.,. Ca rloscaceresiceras sp. . 30 m or 99 feet.<br />
VI Variegated shales with gypsum veinlets,<br />
calcareous concretions and thin fossiliferous<br />
limestones. At top, sample C-170<br />
yielded:<br />
'l' Eodouvilleiceras pedrocarvajali n. sp.<br />
,.. Neodeshayesites columbianus (Riedel)<br />
_ J)·o chleicerasjuliverti n.sp. 12m or 40 feet.<br />
V Variegated shales with frequent calcareous<br />
concretions and lenses of fossiliferous limestones<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . 9 m or 30 feet.<br />
IV Variegated shales with gypsum veinlets<br />
and locally abundant gastropods and bivalves<br />
bearing concretions .... 27 m or<br />
89 feet.<br />
III Dark gray shales . ... 200 m or 660 feet.<br />
II (Socotii"'·Member). Quartzitic graded bedded<br />
sandstones; large blocks of limes<br />
- tone . . .Du(renoyio codazziano (Karsten)<br />
. . . . . . . . . . · . . . ... . 10 m or 33 feet.
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 11<br />
I (Trincheras Formation). Limestone in thin<br />
beds . • . . • • • . . • . • . • . . • . • . • • . • • • • •<br />
-· uu,.Q SUISlti .This formational<br />
name was mtroucen this region by Hubach<br />
(1931); its type locality is at Hilo on the road<br />
to Cambao. Lithologically it is characterized by<br />
an alterntion of liditet"or porcellanite& with<br />
dark gray clay-shale . In the present report its<br />
base is taken at the rm t occurrence of liditic or<br />
porcellanitic beds. A good reference locality'ls<br />
on the old road Anapoima-Apulo before entering<br />
the Apulo alluvial terrace. The morphologic expression<br />
of this unit is usually steep ciifs or high<br />
peaks with rounded tops; the presence ofbrick<br />
like siliceous fragments allows its presence to be<br />
recognized in the field. Although i!n.P-i<br />
of..a.I;Dln .P,nites are foundJr:t these rocks they were<br />
not studiedl_'"the present Investigation.<br />
UNNAMED UNIT. Above the previous<br />
unit there is a succession of shales, not forma·<br />
lly named, they did not yield any fossils during<br />
the field studies.<br />
..X,B..Q,.F,O.RMA'IlQN . . This for<br />
mational nairie was introduced in this region by<br />
Caceres and Etayo- Serna (1969, p. S);it consists<br />
of an alternation of thin limestones and dark<br />
shales towards its base but towards the top it<br />
conaists ofporcellanites or finely stratified cherts;<br />
the succession at several reference localities fo·<br />
llows.<br />
REFERENCE SECTION, La Frontera Formatiori,<br />
road Ctimaca:vtOli;at La Cabana. K23.<br />
XII Dark gray, siliceous shale, finely lamina·<br />
ted . . • • • . . . . . . . . 1.4 m or 4.6 2 feet.<br />
XI Alternation of porcellanite& in layers up<br />
to 0.15 m (0.49 feet) thick with gray to<br />
maroon mud shale . . . • 4 m or 13.2 feet.<br />
X Gray shales. • . . . . . . 1.5 m or 4.9 fe et.<br />
IX Creamy porcellanites, sticky when wet,<br />
with impressions of ammonoids . . . . . • .<br />
1:6 m or 6.3 feet.<br />
Vill Gray silt-shale very rich in compressed<br />
impressions of "Inoceramus". . • . . . . . .<br />
2.3 m or 7.59 feet.<br />
Vll Maroon mud-shale and porcellanites • . . •<br />
0.9 m or 3.0 feet.<br />
VI Creamy porcellanites with abundant im·<br />
pressions of ammonites and bivalves, with<br />
some cherty concretions; the rock is stra·<br />
tified in layers up to 0.25 m thick • • • • • •<br />
5.1 m or 16.80 feet.<br />
V Gray silt-shale with elliptical calcareous<br />
concretions • • • • . . • 1,5 m or 4.90 fe et.<br />
IV Creamy porcellanite stratified in layers up<br />
to 0.2 5 m thick, with mud shale intercala·<br />
tions; the porcellanite& tend to break in<br />
small brick-like blocks.4.5 m or 14.8 feet.<br />
·<br />
Ill Dark gray, siliceous silt or mud shale, it<br />
breaks in small slabs. Ammonite impressions<br />
are frequent; there are interspersed<br />
calcareous concretions up to 0.6 m In diameter<br />
. . . . . . . • • • 14.3 m or 4 7.0 feet.<br />
n · Dark gray , mud to clay shale, weakly to<br />
moderately laminated, with elliptical cal·<br />
careous concretions up to 0.5 m in diameter<br />
. . . • • . . . . . . • • 7.7 m or 25.4 fe et.<br />
I Dark gray, clay-shale, with petroleum odor,<br />
there are interspersed limestone concretions<br />
or lenticular beds up to 0.5 m; sample<br />
C-300 yielded:<br />
Mammites nodosoidesappelatus n. sp.<br />
Mammites scutulatus n. sp .<br />
Hoplitoides hemanmojicae n. sp.<br />
Hoplitoides {?) sp . ind.<br />
Franciscoites suarezi n. sp. ·<br />
Fagesia zanellai n. sp.<br />
Imlayiceras {?) ralphimlayi n. sp . • • • • • •<br />
9.01 m or 30.0 feet.<br />
.... R J;:R.E!.NG-CIIQ\':Ult.J.a .. frg!)._a<br />
Formation 'Iriea8tired· at Hacienda La Giraldii,<br />
at place where the formation forms the ridge<br />
alongside the Bogota-Las Mesitas road, Km 27+<br />
832.<br />
Ill Dark shales, partly covered . • . • • . . • • •<br />
II TOP. Fine layers of siliceous shales in alternation<br />
with porcellanites, in layers dominantly<br />
0.1 m (0.33 feet), with intercala·<br />
tions of limestone beds up to 0.5 m (1.6<br />
feet) . . 12.5 m or 41 feet.<br />
I Finely laminated dark gray shales with in·<br />
terspersed lenses of limestone up to 0.5 m<br />
or 1.6 feet thickness, very compact, pyri·<br />
tized, some of them are fossiliferous; sample<br />
C-264 collected 18 meters (59.40 feet)<br />
below the top of this interval yielded:<br />
Hoplitoides lagiraldae n. sp.<br />
Sample C-263 coiiected 11.2 m (37 feet)<br />
below the preceding sample yielded:<br />
Mammites fugax n. sp . . 39 m or 129 feet.<br />
ROAD LEVEL<br />
The laminated clay shales overlying the<br />
Frontera Formation yielded sample C-134:<br />
Prionocycloceras longispinatum (Basse).<br />
Prionocycloceras portarum n. sp.<br />
Codazziceras scheibei (Riedel).<br />
Codazziceras fina n. sp.<br />
COMMENTS<br />
With respect to the lithostratigraphic<br />
scheme utilized in the present report a further<br />
comment is necesary. Some of the fossils ill us-
12 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
trated in several of the early paleontological<br />
works on Colombian Cretaceous: I.Lea (1841);<br />
E. Forbes (1845 ); H .. Karsten.(1858); A. D'- O . r<br />
bi!Wr(!B""2)i L_. jec:lel (1938), arne from the ·<br />
Apulo , Vwta, Las Mesitas reg1on. The first<br />
attempt to present a stratigraphic sequence of<br />
the Cretaceous rocks of this region is that of E.<br />
Hubach (1931), in a paper in which a geologic<br />
map and a columnar section are presented ; fossils<br />
were collected and preliminarily studied but<br />
they were not described or illustrated and only<br />
a brief account of them was later given by J!m.;__<br />
istroffer .(t9E?1 presumably based on the mate<br />
nil re'TerreCtO by Hubach . Hubach (Op. Cit.,<br />
p.55) discussed the stratigraphic sequence<br />
studied by him and the faunas with preliminary<br />
identifications by C. Rhein listed in the text.<br />
Of his lithologic units ("Horizons" in Hubach's<br />
terminology) discussed, the most frequently<br />
quoted has been that called "Horizonte<br />
de Colombiceras (rY)" about which Hubach<br />
wrote (Trad., lb., p. 57) "It has been possible to<br />
study carefully the 'Horizonte de Colombiceras'<br />
only in its upper part. These levels of the upper<br />
part have been divided in the level of Hoplites<br />
Acanthoceras (IV c), in the level of ammonitiferous<br />
concretions (lVb) and in the level of Colombiceras<br />
(IVa). The highest of these levels 1<br />
which form together about 50 to 70 meters ot<br />
the upper part of the horizon, consists of a<br />
bank of lime composed of ammonites of the<br />
group Acanth oceras-Hoplites, that can not be<br />
separated satisfactorily. Furthermore, ch&racteristic<br />
species of Hoplites and of Desmoceras:<br />
D. Hopkinsi F., D. Mayorianus '! are observed".<br />
However and unfortunately the levels<br />
were numbered upside down in the stratigraphic<br />
column on the left side of the geologic<br />
map accompanying the paper, that is level (IV a)<br />
appears as the highest and level (rYe) as the<br />
lowest, but the expression "Nivel de Acanthoceras-Hoplites"<br />
remains attached to the highest<br />
level.<br />
Breistroffer (19 36, p. 156) ave a list of<br />
the fossits='ot-Hubach's levels thJS way: "Le<br />
Gargasien correspond a !'horizon a Colombiceras<br />
(IV) de M. Hubach. Sa partie inferieure<br />
(rYa) renferme, a Viota-Capote-Apulo, Du{renoya<br />
(?) nov. sp. (gr. Codazzklna Krst. sp., sub<br />
Colombiceras Karsteni ap . Rhein). Sa partie<br />
moyenne (rYb) presente, a Cerro del Capote,<br />
Douuilleiceras solitae d'Orb.sp.( ::multinodosum<br />
Rhein in litt.). Sa partie superieur (rv c) montre,<br />
i San-Antonio, Phylloceras cf. Buchwnum<br />
Forl)s sp. (sub Desmoceras Ma yorianus ? ap.<br />
Rhein),· Pse udohaploceras Hopkinsi Forbes sp. ·<br />
et Du{renoya nou. sp. (interm. entre D. lurensis<br />
Kil sp. et D. texana Burckh.).Enfin, Ia locali·<br />
te de Cerro del Capote (IVb-c) a encore donne<br />
Brancoceras cf. aegoceratoides Steinm. (affinites<br />
avec 1' Albien du Perou ). "<br />
Here it is to be observed that there is a<br />
precise correspondence between Hubach's enumeration<br />
of levels in the text and Breistroffer's<br />
usage of the roman numeration.<br />
Hubach (Op. Cit., p. 45-46) had written<br />
"In the Viota region, ascending the Cerro del<br />
Capote, it is found, on the upper part of the<br />
horizon of Colombiceras, first a bank of limestone<br />
30 em thick, consisting exclusively of the<br />
species of ammonite Colombiceras karsteni<br />
Marcou. . . the horizon of Hoplites -Acanthoceras<br />
is above that of the horizon of Colom·<br />
biceras. The magnitude of the sediments that<br />
separate both horizons does not seem considerable,<br />
at most about 50 meters."<br />
Evidently l:!istr?ffer was rong when he<br />
used the expressiOn "I horizon a Colombiceras<br />
(IV) de M. Hubach. Sa partie inferieure (IVa)"<br />
because level (IVa) of Hubach's terminology<br />
represents the base of the upper part of the<br />
Horizonte de Colombiceras; unfortunately Hubach<br />
used both the words horizon and level<br />
(lb., p. 45,46) for two different things.<br />
. Sub
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CEN TRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 13<br />
tion a6 appeared on lJ. 720 (1963) and on<br />
which the new term "Ubaque-Sandstein-Hypachanthoplites<br />
Niveau" was Introduced. The<br />
above discussed terminology is not followed in<br />
the present study.<br />
1--B-I_o ....<br />
sT_R_A_T_W_ . _AP_H_Y R __ -[.<br />
The following subdivision of the lithologic<br />
sequences investigated in this report, based<br />
on their faunal content (mainly ammonites),<br />
that is their zonation, attempts to be in agree·<br />
ment with the recommendations of the Intema·<br />
ttonal Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification:<br />
"An International Guide to Stratigraphic<br />
Classification, Tenninology, and Usage"<br />
(1972). All the proposed zones in this scheme<br />
are considered ••Assemblage-zones (Cenozones)".<br />
The purpose-of estibliSJITng Oils zonation IS to--facilitate<br />
the geological work currently being<br />
done on the Cretaceous rocks of the Cordillera<br />
Oriental Colombiana, and I am not attempting<br />
to establish a rigid" Archetypical" scheme. I feel<br />
it is important to have a reference element, an<br />
objective starting point whose value it is hoped<br />
will be challenged by others,<br />
In other words, the subdivisions are<br />
based on the succession of the paleontological<br />
material collected in situ in the field and from<br />
successive sequences of rocks as measured and<br />
mapped at localities of easy access and unequi·<br />
vocal identification. The lower boundary of the<br />
units is established at the fll'S t known occurren·<br />
ce of new taxa, especially genera; the upper<br />
limits of the unit are consequently determined<br />
by the occurrence of the next new groups at<br />
the base of the overlying unit. Correlation or<br />
time equivalence with the zonal scheme established<br />
in Europe is not attempted in greater<br />
detail other than the mere comparison of the<br />
common occurrence of certain groups of<br />
ammonites considered significant enough to<br />
permit usage of the stage terminology for the<br />
Cretaceous rocks as first proposed by_ d'Orbigny<br />
and Coquand.<br />
THE FOLLOWING ASSEMBLAGE ZO·<br />
NES ARE HERE PROPOSED FOR USE IN CO·<br />
LOMB lA.<br />
As far as these studies demonstrate, the<br />
zonal species have their rtrst appearance along<br />
with the fU"S t record of Cheloniceras (EpichelonicerCI$),<br />
Vectisites (Zambranoites), Riedelites,<br />
Juandurhamiceras and GargasicerCI$, Cortezicenzs,<br />
Pseudoptychoceras, Toxoceratoides (Colomboceratoides).<br />
AS TYPE LOCALITY for the base of this<br />
zo e the beds immediately above the white,<br />
argillaceous (tuffaceous?) layer rich in compre·<br />
sse specimens of ''Procheloniceras, cf. Proche<br />
lomceras albrectUJustriae Hoh." are selected.<br />
These were previously recorded in Etayo-Sema<br />
(1968), "Estacion 10e", columnar section Fig.3,<br />
and "Est.lO", km. 28 on the road Sachica-Puen-<br />
te Samac&, geological map. Lithologically this<br />
zone is represented by La Paja Formation, sg<br />
rE'lt<br />
i!nt E as described by'"Etayo•Seiiia:,--1968. A<br />
CE LOCALITY Cor the zone is the<br />
previously described sections of the_ Socot8<br />
Member on the road Anapoima-Apulo.<br />
Species referred to the zone described in<br />
this paper are:<br />
Du{renoyia sanctorom Biirgl<br />
Du{renoyia boteroi n. sp.<br />
Du{renoyia codazziana (Karsten)<br />
Stoyanowiceras treffryanus . (Karsten)<br />
Stoyanowiceras cintatum n. ·sp.<br />
Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) dognaeluirae<br />
n. sp.<br />
Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) camachoi<br />
n. sp.<br />
Cheloniceras (Epichelonicenzs) carlosacos-<br />
tai n. sp.<br />
Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) jimenoi n.<br />
sp.<br />
Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) barreroi<br />
n. sp.<br />
ChelonicerCI$ (Epicheloniceras) pardoi n.<br />
sp.<br />
ChelonicerCI$ (Epicheloniceras) leonhardtriedeli<br />
n. sp.<br />
Vectisites (Zamur-anoites) cadenai n. sp.<br />
Vectisites (Zambranoites) crozi n. sp.<br />
Vectisites (Za mbranoites) zambranoi n. sp .<br />
Vectisites (Zambranoites) duquesi n. sp.<br />
Vectisites (Zambranoites) mateusi n. sp.<br />
Riedelites obliquum (Riedel).<br />
Riedelites (?) quebradanegra n. sp.<br />
Riede lites estheemae n. sp.<br />
Juandurhamiceras juandurhami n. sp.<br />
Juandurhamiceras giraldoi n. sp.<br />
Gargasiceras interiectum (Riedel).<br />
Gargasiceras pulcher (Riedel).<br />
Corteziceras cortezi n. sp.<br />
Pseudoptychoceras gilberti n. sp:<br />
Toxoceratoides (Colo mboceratoides) renzoni<br />
n. sp .<br />
Aconeceras gutierrezpalmae n. sp.<br />
Melchiorites palmeri n. sp.<br />
Eogaudryceras helmsi n, sp.<br />
Eogaudryceras (Eo te tragonites} cabaricoi<br />
n. sp.<br />
Pseudohaploceras le ivaense n. sp .<br />
. Valdedoella (?) colombiana n. sp.<br />
Colombiceras sarmientoi n. sp.<br />
Eodouvilleiceras (?} tequendamai n. sp.<br />
Colombiceras foreroi n. sp.<br />
.P..lil. . aJ.Jw!HI.Gbi. · &gatfJahQuli&<br />
.J!_ptocerati{orme Ass :_ ml Se - zone<br />
As far as known to me these species have<br />
their most occurrence in this part of the sequence;<br />
the absence of Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras},<br />
Du{renoyia, Stoyanowiceras, Vectisites<br />
(Zambranoites), Aconeceras, Eogaudryceras,<br />
seems indicative also.<br />
AS TYPE LOCALITY for the base of<br />
this zone the clay-shale beds with abundant<br />
argillaceous-calcareous concretions at point<br />
C-127 on the road Anapoima-Apulo is design-<br />
-
14 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
ated. In the lithostratigraphic nomenclature it is<br />
represented by the unnamed sequence of shales<br />
overlying the Socota Member and below the<br />
Capotes Member of the sequence in the region<br />
of Apulo, Viota, Las Mesitas,<br />
Species referred to the above named zone<br />
Parahoplites (?) hubachi n. sp.<br />
Parahoplites (?) tristan n. sp.<br />
Acanthohoplites bigoureti{orme n. sp.<br />
Acanthohoplites luisperezi n. sp.<br />
Acanthohoplites seunesiforme n, sp.<br />
Acanthohoplites pluricostatum n. sp.<br />
Acanthohoplites eleganteante n. sp.<br />
Acanthohoplites (?) leptoceratiforme n.sp.<br />
Acanthohoplites (?) serpenti{orme n. sp.<br />
Riedelites (?) filosum n. sp.<br />
Corteziceras latecostata (Riedel)<br />
Melchiorites media Riedel<br />
Both preceding zones represent the pPr<br />
.1\Rtian of Colombia. The tenn Aptian proposea<br />
by· d'Orbigny (1840, I, p. 631) is here adopted;<br />
its previous use in the stratigraphy of the Creta·<br />
ceo us of Colombia has been thoroughly reviewed<br />
by the author (Etayo-Sema, 1964). I find a general<br />
agreement, in broad sense, between my<br />
succession of faunas and those discussed by<br />
Breistroffer (1947), Casey (1961), and Thomel<br />
(1964) for the European uPper Aptian.<br />
As far as known these two species have<br />
their first occurrence in this part of the sequen·<br />
ce. All the genera recorded for the preceding<br />
zones are absent, but this is not so when com·<br />
pared to Europe; the new species listed below<br />
occur for the first time.<br />
AS TYPE LOCALITY for the zone is<br />
selected the same type locality as for the basal<br />
·· part of the Capotes Member, however litholo·<br />
gical characteristics and fossils do n.:t necessa·<br />
rily correspond; as a REFERENCE LOCALITY<br />
the same reference locality as for the Capote&<br />
Member is designated. Other species belonging<br />
to this zone are also given:<br />
Ho/cophylloceras hernandezi n. sp.<br />
Douui/leiceras abozagloi n. sp.<br />
1Jouuilleiceras tarapacaense n. sp.<br />
Eodouuilleiceras pedrocarvajali n. sp.<br />
Neodeshayesites karsteni (Marcou)<br />
Neodeshayesites albertoalvarezi n. sp.<br />
Neodeshayesites cingulatum n. sp.<br />
Neodeshayesites contracta (Riedel)<br />
Carloscaceresiceros monteroi n. sp.<br />
Carloscaceresiceras caceresi n. sp.<br />
Trochleiceras (Trochleiceras) .<br />
juliuerti n.<br />
sp.<br />
Trochleiceras(Jaumaportaiceras) hof{ste·<br />
tteri n. sp.<br />
Elatilmemiceras .colombiana-R inconiceras<br />
rinciiniLjielliceras pseud01ye1Ufor"!e -<br />
_5ssembly .<br />
Some of the preceding species also occur<br />
in this zone but the faunal spectrum changes in<br />
favor of Lyelliceratidae and Engonoceratidae.<br />
AS TYPE LOCALITY of this zone is<br />
chosen the "Estacion 33a" previously recorded<br />
by the writer (1968), columnar section Fig. 9,<br />
and on the geological map annexed to that<br />
paper. Lithologically at its type locality this<br />
zone is represented mainly by "Nivel 8" of the<br />
"Segment B" of the Upper San Gil Formation.<br />
At the type locality the name-bearing species of<br />
the zone have not been recorded yet. AS REFE· .<br />
RENCE SECTION where the species occur are,<br />
first the clay-shale concretions bearing succession<br />
found at Cerro Bejucal, extending SE<br />
along the abandoned road and from the machi·<br />
nery house of the limestone mine.<br />
Other species generally occurring in<br />
the zone are :<br />
- Engonoceras (?) duartei n. sp.<br />
-Xnemiceras semicostatum Sommermeier<br />
-J(nemiceras pegnai n. sp.<br />
-Engonoceras olgaluciae n. sp.<br />
tTegoceras benavidescaceresi n. sp.<br />
):-Lyelliceras pseudolyelliforme n. sp.<br />
'Lyel/iceras isaacleai n. sp.<br />
Ralphimlayites apuloense n, sp.<br />
The last two assemblage-zones discussed<br />
represent the lpwer Albian and the base of the<br />
Middle Albian jn Colombia. The tenn Albian<br />
proposed-by a'Or6lEliY"-
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 15<br />
Other species occurring in thla zone am:<br />
-·· Mammites scutulatus n • .sp.<br />
--Hop/itoides hemanmojicae n. sp.<br />
... Fagesill zanell6i n. sp.<br />
_ Imlayiceras (?) ra/phimlayi n. sp.<br />
- Mammites {ugax n..sp.<br />
- Hop/itoides lagiraldae n. sp.<br />
- Paramammites co/ombitznus n. sp.<br />
1bis zone ia here considered to represent<br />
tile lower Turonian of Colombia. The Turonian<br />
Staie';--pl(i'd '"'by d'Orbigny (1842) 1a aJao<br />
adopted; its previous use in the geological literatuft!<br />
on Colombia has already been discussed by<br />
the author (1964). The affinities of the listed<br />
fossils am given in the systematic descriptions.<br />
G/oriaceras con-eai-Pro texanltes<br />
cucartilense:Codliizrceras scheroei<br />
ml!£e.zone<br />
As far as known these species occur for<br />
the first time in this part of the sequence.<br />
TYPE SECTION of the zone Is the expo·<br />
sores of the Cucaita Member at "Estaciones 6-9"<br />
on the road Cucaita· Piedra Gorda as previosly<br />
recorded by the author (1968, p. 45, Fig. 13,<br />
and annexed geologic map); a REFERENCE<br />
LOCALITY is the less accessible outcrops of<br />
the beds above the La Frontera Formation<br />
(Coordinates 42000W-979000N, . on Plancha<br />
M6·1·A, Cundmamarca of the I.G.A.C.).<br />
Other species consideed belonging to this<br />
zone are:<br />
..aloriaceras paulinae n. sp .<br />
...Peroniceras solorzanoi n. sp .<br />
... Peroniceras dillbloi n. sp.<br />
...Peroniceras guerra/ n. sp.<br />
....Prionocycloceras longispinatum (Basse)<br />
-Prionocycloceras portarum n. sp.<br />
..Prionocycloceras (?) cucaitaense n. sp.<br />
-Nice(oroceras boyacaense n. sp.<br />
-zumpangoceras ospinai n. sp.<br />
.-Zumpangoceras (?) sorae _. sp.<br />
This zone is here considered to represent<br />
the lower Coniacian. The term Coniacian as<br />
proposeci"""by"'d0qu8iia (1857, p. 748) is here<br />
adopted. Similar faunas occurring abroad are<br />
discussed in the taxonomic part of this report.<br />
Lenticeras baltoi-Paralenticeras sieuersi<br />
Assem6lage-zone<br />
The name-giving species have previously<br />
been discussed by the wnler (1969). . .. ·· . . .<br />
The TYPE LOCALITY for the .zone Is<br />
the outcrop of the upper part of the' Conejo<br />
Formation and below the Upper Lidita'Forma•<br />
tion, about 100 meters south of well .B·20, as<br />
depicted by the writer on the <strong>Geolo</strong>gic map of<br />
the Villa de Leiva Area, near the road·Puente<br />
Samaca-Cucaita (1968). The Santonian . Stage<br />
also proposed by Coquana1t857,-p -749) is<br />
here stressed, however the basis for Its recognition<br />
is not especially strong when the poverty of<br />
ammonites now known from Colombia is considered.<br />
The proposed zonation is summarized in<br />
Table 1.
16 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
TABLE I<br />
ASSEMBLAGE ZONES PROPOSED FOR USE IN COLOMBIA<br />
z<br />
<<br />
-<br />
z<br />
0<br />
E-<<br />
not represented<br />
z<br />
<<br />
Cll<br />
Len ticeras baltai Paralenticeras siiwersi<br />
z<br />
<<br />
-<br />
0<br />
not represented<br />
< Gloriaceras correai Peroniceras diabloi Niceforoceras<br />
-<br />
z<br />
0 Protexanites cucaitaense Prionocycloceras (?) cucaitaense<br />
0<br />
Codazziceras scheibei Z umpangoceras -ospinai<br />
z<br />
<<br />
-<br />
z<br />
not represented<br />
0<br />
<br />
Mammites nodosoidesappelatus Hop litoides lacabagne Fagesia zanellai<br />
0<br />
E-< Franciscoites suarezi Mammites fugax Paramammites<br />
0<br />
+ not represented<br />
<<br />
Platiknemiceras colombiana L_y_e lliceras carvajalorum<br />
z Rinconiceras rinconi Knemiceras pegnai<br />
< LyeUi9as pseudolyeli.iforme Engonoceras (?) duartei<br />
- -<br />
-<br />
..::I Neodeshayesites columbianus R:ZIJ_himlayi_ts Jaumaportaiceras<br />
<<br />
Carloscaceresiceras caceresi<br />
Douvilleiceras solitae Neodeshayesites karsteni<br />
Parahoplites (?) hubachi Acanthohoplites (?) lep toceratiforme<br />
z Juandurhamiceras Riede lites<br />
<<br />
-<br />
E-<<br />
(:I._<br />
<<br />
Stoyanowiceras treffryanus<br />
.<br />
.<br />
Corteziceras<br />
Aconeceras<br />
Zambranoites Colombiceras<br />
Co lorn boceratoides Gargasiceras<br />
Pseudoptychoceras Epicheloniceras<br />
Dufrenoyia sanctorum Melchiorites Pseudohaploceras
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 17<br />
SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS<br />
Phylum MOLLUSCA<br />
Class CEPHALOPODA<br />
Order AMMONOIDEA<br />
Family PLLRATIDAE<br />
Genus I Ph ]lote Suess, 1866<br />
Phylloceras Suess, 1866, p. 7.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Ammonites heterophyUus<br />
J. Sowerby, original designation.<br />
Phylloceras. buchjqnu;(Forbes) ?<br />
PI. 8, F1g. 4; Text- 1g. 3C.<br />
1844 Ammonites Buchilzna Forbes, p. 177,<br />
Fi· a,b, under the species name.<br />
? 1858 Ammonites Buchilznus Forbes, Karsten,<br />
p. 84.<br />
1881 A. r mmonites.] BuchitJna Fbs., Hyatt,<br />
p. 3'10.<br />
1883 [Phylloceras] BuchitJna Forb., Uhlig,<br />
p. l82.<br />
' ' ·<br />
1907 Amm. [onitesl Buchiana Forbes, Prvinquiere,<br />
p. 50.<br />
1910 Ph. fylloceras] Buchianum Forbes,<br />
Fallot, p. 70.<br />
1920 Ph. [ylloceras] BuchitJnum Forbes,<br />
Gignoux, p. 91.<br />
1923 Ammonites Buchiana, Forbes, Bose,<br />
p. 125.<br />
1923 Ph. [ylloceras] buchitJnum (Forbes),<br />
Spath, p. 17.<br />
1924 Ammonites buchiana Forbes, Sherborn,<br />
p. 925.<br />
? 1936 Phylloceras cf. BuchitJnum Forbes,<br />
Breistroffer, p. 156.<br />
? 1955 Phylloceras cf, BuchitJnum Forbes, ex<br />
Breistroffer, :aurgl, p. 13.<br />
1964 Phylloceras buchianum (Forbes), Etayo<br />
Serna, p. 101. pars.<br />
Holotype B.M.N.H. .<br />
Hypotype C-217. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Hy. N.1)<br />
I am referring to this species a group<br />
of small, inflated and Involute conchs; they ha·<br />
ve a broad venter and convex sides that round<br />
abNptly into a deep umbilicus.<br />
The adapical part of the last preserved<br />
whorl of the hypotype has low, broad, subdued<br />
leats especially visible with oblique illumina<br />
tion. These pleats have a sinuous trend, they<br />
describe an arc on the inner half of the flank<br />
and a broad adoral concavity on the adventral<br />
half, they project onto the venter fanning an<br />
adoral arc. The pleats increase their width slowly<br />
but steadily towards tho venter.<br />
There are shallow but wide constrictions<br />
that approximately follow the trend of<br />
the ribs but project strongly forward as a lingui·<br />
fonn arc on venter; they are weU developed on<br />
the internal mold but only as broad and low<br />
areas on the surface of the test. On the adoral<br />
portion of the last whorl the shell Is preserved<br />
and the pleats are well defined as flattened belts<br />
of growth striae wider than the intercostal<br />
spaces. These belts stretch approximately to the<br />
adumbilical third of the flank .where they fade<br />
out and only fine raised growth lines extend<br />
toward the umbilicus. The periumbilical area<br />
seems smooth. Strigations are visible especially<br />
around the umbilicus.<br />
The suture line has L. trifid,., , _<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species Is characterized<br />
by: A) its sinuous, low ribs especially developed<br />
on the external half of the flank, B) the lingui<br />
fonn projection of the constrictions on 'ventei:<br />
on the intemal mold, C) the broadly rounded<br />
section of whorls on venter.<br />
Meuuremenu. D Euw H W DfEuw % D/1{%<br />
Hypotype 14 3 ?7 8 21 ?60<br />
COMMENTS. This peculiar species has<br />
been synonymized with P. uelledae (Michelin)<br />
d'Orb. [Fallot, 1910, p. 70; Gignoux, 1920, p.<br />
91], but Spath (1923, p. 17) has given it<br />
specific standing because "It is more inflated<br />
throughout"; in Forbes' species the periventral<br />
and ventral zones fonn a broader arc than in P.<br />
velledae. Phylloceras moriezense Sayn (1920,<br />
p. 194, pl. 1, Figs. 2,3) has a similar develop·<br />
ment of the ornamentation but the whorl<br />
section seems less inflated and its ribs are clearly<br />
rounded in contrast to those of Forbes' species.<br />
However on both species the ribs are slightly<br />
projected on venter.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Capotes Member.<br />
Genus \Holcophylloceras]Spath, 1927.<br />
Holcophylloceras Spath, 1927, p. 38.<br />
TYPE SPECIES, Phylloceras mediterraneum<br />
Neumayr, original designation.<br />
Holotype C-13 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N. 1)<br />
Paratype C·13 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Pt. N.1)<br />
In the juvenile the conch is inflated, na·<br />
rrowly umbilicated, the umbilicus is deep; the<br />
conch Is divided into protruding segments by<br />
biconcave constrictions that are Ungulate on<br />
venter, when the shell is preserved one adapical<br />
ridge parallels the contrictions; the omamenta-
18 F. ETA YO ·SERNA<br />
tion consisfli only of rme growth lines that tend<br />
to form almost imperceptible bands that para·<br />
<strong>Del</strong> the constrictions and ridges. There are seven<br />
constrictions on the preserved last whorl.<br />
The section of the whorl is subquadrate,<br />
slightly wider than high, it has flat parallel flanks<br />
which are weakly beveled at the periventral<br />
margins producing a narrow venter; the umbilical<br />
wall is oblique on the ad apical segment of the last<br />
whorl, it is subvertical on the adoral portion.<br />
There are seven constrictions on the last preserved<br />
whorl. 'The suture line has subrectangular<br />
bifid saddles and wide, slightly asymmetrical<br />
tripartite lobes.<br />
In the adults the whorl section is subquadrate,<br />
slightly wider than high; the flanks are<br />
flat but round into a narrower feebly arched<br />
venter; the periventral z one is feebly beveled.<br />
The umbical wall is subvertical and the umbilical<br />
rim is rounded.<br />
The conch is divided into segment"$ by fi.<br />
ve wide and shallow constrictions on the internal<br />
mold,these are represented by very feeble<br />
low zones on the shell and are rimmed ad orally<br />
by a slightly thickened ridge. 'These constric·<br />
tions follow the trend of the growth Iirae.<br />
'The ornament consists of raised growth<br />
lirae that gather and crowd in broad, flat,<br />
rib·like sheaves; now and then these sheaves<br />
may raise as low ribs, they begin at the umbilical<br />
seam where they form a minute adoral concavity<br />
just near the umbilical seam from which<br />
point they trend prorsiradiate up to the adumbilical<br />
third of the whorl where they bend<br />
abruptly to form and arc on the middle and<br />
part of the ad ventral thirds of the flank; on th<br />
periventral margin they forin a conspicuos<br />
adoral concavity and on the venter form an<br />
acute adoral arc. The internal mold in covered<br />
by low undulations corresponding to the<br />
sheaves of striae.<br />
The suture line has phyUoid bifid saddles<br />
with narrow bases; E/L is bifid and its external<br />
branch is also bifid and its lower branch contacts<br />
the midventral saddle.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the conch divided into protruding segments<br />
between deep sinuous constrictions, lingulate<br />
on venter in the young, B) flattened segmenbi<br />
of the conch between attenuated constrictions<br />
in the adult, C) its falcoid sheaves<br />
of lirae stressed adventrally, and D) its quadrate<br />
whorl section with feebly beveled perivenargins.<br />
i '<br />
Meuurementa D<br />
Holotype 21<br />
Pmtype 13<br />
EuW H W E(Euw •fJ)fH'%<br />
6 10 11 24 48-<br />
3 7 8 23 64<br />
- COMMENTS. The early whorls of this species<br />
resemble Va ldedorsello getulina (Coquand)<br />
as Ulustrated by Pervinquiere (1907, p. 151, pl.<br />
6, Fig. 16), but the latter has a depressed whorl<br />
section. The Tetrogonites-Iike aspect of the adult<br />
whorl is a mere chance morphological similarity<br />
because in contrast to the latter genus the Colombian<br />
species has L tripartite.<br />
These striking differences between the<br />
juvenile and adult whorls are of common occurrence<br />
in Phylloceratidae (see Wiedmann, 1963,<br />
p.186); the specimens I consider conspecific<br />
came from the same concretion and are similar<br />
in the development of the subquadrate whorl<br />
section.<br />
Of the Cretaceous species referred to this<br />
genus, Holcophylloceras guettardi (Raspall) [in<br />
Wiedman,. 1963, p. 258, ,Pl. 17, Fig. Sa, 8b] ,is<br />
most sirnil.ar to my spec1es. In the European<br />
species thew horl section is rounded (Wiedmann,<br />
ibid, text-Fig. 62a). In the Colombian species the<br />
growth striae are accentuated adumbilically<br />
contrary to those of the Mallorcan species.<br />
This species is named in honor of the zoo·<br />
logist Jorge Hernandez, of the Universidad Nacional<br />
de Colombia.<br />
OCCURRENCE: Capotes Member. Lower<br />
Albian.<br />
Genus l Hypophyllocer3Salfeld, 1924.<br />
Hypophylloceras Salfeld, 1924, p.5<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Phylloceras onoense Stanton,<br />
original designation.<br />
Jil'llPDlWiacerg§ wjed:WIJ.i n. sp.<br />
Pl.10, Fig. 3; Text-Fig ·<br />
? 1938 Phylloceras velledae Mich. var seresitense<br />
Perv., Riedel, p. 8, pl. 4, Figs. 6,7;<br />
pl. 12, Fig. 7, pl.14. Fig. 1.<br />
? 1968 Phylloceras serecitensis sensu Riedel<br />
(non Perv .), Etayo-Sema, 1968, Fig.3,<br />
Table I.<br />
Holotype . C-255 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N.2).<br />
The conch is involute, narrowly umbilicated,<br />
the umbilicus is rimmed by a narrow plano·<br />
concave surface. The adumbilical half of the<br />
whorl has an almost smooth surface on which<br />
with adequate illumination, the extension of the<br />
ribs are visible as rm e threads. The adventral<br />
third of the whorl-side is convex and covered<br />
with fme, rounded ribs, separated by subequal<br />
intercostal spaces up to twice as wide as the ribs.<br />
The boundary between the callused and ribbed<br />
ZONATION OF TilE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 19<br />
and tend to fonn bundles some of which beco·<br />
me more prominent near the adumbilical third<br />
of the whorl side that appelll'll<br />
as a surface covered<br />
with irregularly distributed pleats. The section<br />
of the whorl has a broadly rounded venter<br />
and flattened diverging flanks which at the urn·<br />
bllical rim attain their ,!Daximum width and<br />
then tum abruptly into the. oblique umbical rim.<br />
No living chamber is available.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the callused ad umbilical half of the whorl,<br />
B) the channel-like intercostal spaces, the broa·<br />
dly arched trend of the fme rounded ribs on the<br />
flanks, and their feeble projection on venter,<br />
C) the whorl section with broadly rounded<br />
venter and central third of the flank flattened,<br />
and D) the plano concave adumbilical surface.<br />
Meuurementl D Euw H W DfEuw % D/H.04<br />
Holotype 46 6 24 18 13 54<br />
COMMENTS. On Riedel's specimen of<br />
Phylloceras velledae Mich. var. seresitensis Perv.,<br />
from Utica, not far from the region studied in<br />
the present report, (see especially Riedel's illus·<br />
tration of the internal whorl, pl.4, fig.6) the<br />
adumbilical half of the whorl is eroded so the<br />
callused co,yering and urdrlying fme. ribbing<br />
can not be recognized, but Riedel remBl'ks:<br />
"Los flancos estan cubiertos de numerosas listas<br />
finas que, naciendo aproximadamente a media<br />
altura de las espiras, siguen derecho bacia el<br />
!ado extemo, donde forman un arco apenas<br />
perceptible hacia adelante". Riedel commented<br />
that his specimen does not' show the falciform<br />
trend o"f the ribs as in Ph. velledae Michelin (see<br />
the figured cast of the neotype of this species in<br />
Wiedmann, 1963, pl.12). The lectotype of Ph.<br />
seresitense Pervinquiere (1910, p.9, Fig. 2, pl. 1,<br />
Fig. 1; se·e Wiedmann, 1963, p.222) shows a<br />
flattened surface of the flanks that descends<br />
funnelwise to the umbilicus, this surface is<br />
reduced to a mere rim around the umbilicus in<br />
Riedel's figured specimen and in the present<br />
specimen.<br />
Wiedmann, the last reviewer of the<br />
group (1963), recognized three "subspecies" of<br />
Ph. seresitense based on the section of the whorl<br />
and the width of the umbilicus. In the present<br />
species the umbilicus is narrow and the section<br />
of the whorl, like that figured by Riedel (1938<br />
pl,. 12, Fig. 5) has a broadly rounded periventrai<br />
shoulder rather than beveled shoulders as seen<br />
i the lectotype of PerVinquiere (1910, pl. 1,<br />
F1g. lb) and the hypotype figured by Wiedmann<br />
(1963, pl.21, Fig. 1b).<br />
. The. flattening of the flanks in the Colom-<br />
bian spcunens produces a middle third of the<br />
whorl 11de that diverges from the venter and<br />
en pptly rounds into the umbilicus; in Per<br />
\'Ulqulere s illustrations, both middle and<br />
adumbilical thirds of flanks are flattened but<br />
sho"! . a. tendency to converge toward the<br />
umb1cal rim. Wiedmann used the flattening of<br />
the s1d s as a specific character (1963, p.202·<br />
203, F1g_. 47b): Phy/locerrl$ (Hypophylloceros)<br />
subserec1tense Wiedmann. The trend of the ribs<br />
In the latter species is radial to slightly concave<br />
adorally (?) (op.cit., pl. 15, Fig. 6) on flanks.<br />
The subspecies P. (H.) seresitense tanit Pervin·<br />
quilre (Wiedmann, p. 228, fig. 54) has a biconcave<br />
type of ribbing.<br />
This new species is named in honor of<br />
Dr. Jost Wiedmann, of the Tiibingen Universitat,<br />
West Germany.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Capotes Member. Lower<br />
Albian. Paja Fonnation (Arcillolitas abigarradas<br />
Segment E.). Upper Aptian.<br />
Family GUJ R;;cTIDAE<br />
Genus \E
20 F. ETA YO ·SERNA<br />
increasing overlap of the whorls with age. pressed; the sides and venter are nattened.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the change in shape from subcircular to<br />
rounded rectangular cross-section in the ontoge·<br />
ny, B) the bundle fonning convex Urae, and<br />
C) the lack of 'constrictions' in later stages of<br />
growth.<br />
Meuurementa D Euw H W DfEuw % D{H %<br />
Holotype 17 8 11 1& 41 61<br />
COMMENTS. This species differs from<br />
Eogaudryceras vocontianum (Fallot) [1921, p,<br />
233 b pl. 2, Fig.2] because the lirae are radial ('!)<br />
on ank of his species, (Fallot, op.cit., p.235)<br />
and the constrictions are accentuated, further·<br />
more its maximum thickness is toward the umbilical<br />
margin whereas in the Colombian<br />
species it is located toward center of the flank.<br />
The specimens of Fallot's species referred to by<br />
Wiedmann (1962, p. 40, pl.2, Figs. 2,6,8) as<br />
showing variation of the width of the section<br />
(ib., p.41), clearly show a high vaulted section<br />
also. From Eogaudryceras numidum var. inter·<br />
mediLJ (Fallot) f1920, p. 235, 1?1.2, Fig.3: lecto·<br />
type, Breistroffer, 1947, p.56j the Colombian<br />
species differs because its cross section profile is<br />
more evenly rounded and wider and the less<br />
accentuded constrictions on its flanks attenuate<br />
very early.<br />
This species is named in honor of Dr.<br />
J. Helms of the Humboldt • Universitat in Ber·<br />
lin, DDR.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
Subgenus . (Eojetraponites1nreistroffer, :[D<br />
19 7.<br />
Eotetragonites Breistroffer, 1947, p. 56.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Lytoceras (Tetragonites) depressus<br />
Raspail, original designation.<br />
.. fogaudr:x,ceras (E otetrag,onites2 cabaricoi,..<br />
n. sp.<br />
Pl. 6, Fig.ll; Text-Fig. 3M, 3N.<br />
Holotype. C-513. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht. N.4).<br />
On the earliest whorl observed (the se·<br />
cond?) the section is reniform, wider than high,<br />
it has a broadly rounded venter; the whorl sides<br />
are convex and round into a vertical umbilical<br />
wall. The ornament on the internal mold con·<br />
sists of rounded prominent undulations which<br />
fonn feeble adoral arcs on the whorl side, they<br />
are separiid by constriction-like low zones; on<br />
the test fine transverse lirae are visible on venter.<br />
On the_ th.. _whorl· [of the paratype ] the omamnt<br />
consiits of bundles of striae, but wide<br />
constrictions that follow the pattern of the<br />
bundles develop on the opposite sides of the<br />
whorl without crossing the venter. On the third<br />
whorl, the whorl section is subquadrate and<br />
has a clear tendency to become higher than de-<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by A) the ontogenetic changes of the section of<br />
the whorl from renifonn in the inner whorls to<br />
subquadrate In the outer whorls, and B) the<br />
sporadic strong constrictions that do not cross<br />
the venter.<br />
Meuuements. D Euw H W D(Euw % D{H%<br />
Holotype 26 6 11 14 24 44<br />
COMMENTS. This species is comparable<br />
to Eotetragonites jacobi ambigua Breistroffer<br />
f= Guadryceras in termediLJ Fallot, 1920, pl. 2,<br />
Fig. 6, 10), from the French Gargasian but on<br />
the latter species the constrictions are more numerous<br />
and frequent than in the Colombian species<br />
which furthennore is more robust and involute.<br />
This species is named in honor of Mr. Ma·<br />
nuel Cabarico, of the <strong>Geolo</strong>gical Survey of Colombia.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socoti Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
Family<br />
ncM -c Genus<br />
Toxocerat6ides Spath, 1924, p. 78.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Toxoceras royeriLJnum d'Orbigny<br />
(I.C.Z.N.?).<br />
Subgenus-? {QiJo}itbog}!!!J<br />
n. subge-<br />
::- 7Q not/a,. o'kJ nUS , fp
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 21<br />
area the ribs describe a wide adoral arc and on<br />
both sides of this arc two narrow adoral conca<br />
vities are formed; the ribs then trend obliquely<br />
and slightly arcuately across the flanks and fl.<br />
nallY they cross normal to th ventral medial<br />
axis where they become depressed and even<br />
very attenuated but not lnterrupted. The inter<br />
costal spaces are channel like with rounded<br />
bottom and usually subequal in width to the<br />
ribs but occasionally are a bit wider. The moilt<br />
adapical preserved segments of shaft have ribs<br />
of uniform strength that bear low, rounded to<br />
compressed bullae on either side of the vef\tral<br />
median depression;· now and then however a<br />
fmer, almost ventrally nontuberculated rib<br />
occurs, likewise stronger and ventrally noded<br />
ribs are intercalated.<br />
With maturity a clear differentiation of<br />
the ribs occurs: one non stressed rib alternates<br />
with one strong rib which bears one spinose<br />
tubercle on the periventral margin and a second<br />
mammiform tubercle at the boundlllY betwen<br />
the peridorsal and central thirds of the flank;<br />
the costal whorl section acquires a beveling of<br />
its profile on the adventral third of the flank.<br />
With further growth the primlllY ribs develop<br />
an additional, smaller, mammiform tubercle<br />
near the rim of the dorsal side but the ribs are<br />
nearly interrupted on venter, developping a weak<br />
channel along the ventral median line; two<br />
intercalary ribs may occur on mature stages.<br />
Later the section of the whorl becomes roun·<br />
ded subrectangular, the segment of the ribs<br />
between the ventral and lateral tubercles is<br />
flattened, with a tendency to split longitudinally.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by A) the rapid increase in width of the shaft,<br />
B) the ontogenetic development of its ornament<br />
from undifferentiated barely tuberculate ·ribs,<br />
not interrupted on venter, to an alternation of<br />
trituberculate primary ribs and almost non tu·<br />
bereulate intercalatory ribs all of which become<br />
attenuated on venter, and C) the progressive<br />
development-of the lateral tubercles.<br />
COMMENTS. This species differs from<br />
.Toxoceratoides royerianus ("d'Orbigny) as emen·<br />
ded by Casey (1961, p. 77) because the ribs do<br />
not divide on the dorsum or if they do no more<br />
than two riblets appear; they differ also in the<br />
suture line which is less complicated in the Co·<br />
lombian species. However this difference may<br />
be due only to the diameter of the whorl at<br />
which the sutu:res were drawn.<br />
. This species is named in honor of the geo·<br />
logqt Giancario Renzoni.<br />
• OCCURRENCE. Paja Formation (Arci·<br />
llolitas ablgarradas. Segment E.). Upper Aptian.<br />
Toxcerutoides (Colomboceratoides} ren<br />
zom n. sp.<br />
. (Morph I).<br />
Text-Fig. 3P.<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N.2.)<br />
The shaft Is slightly arched. The early section<br />
of the whorl is vaulted; the dorsal area ia<br />
arched with the sides rounding outwardly up to<br />
the center of the whorl then evenly rounding<br />
toward venter which is flat.<br />
The ornament consists of prominent<br />
rounded ribs which cross the dorsal area linearly<br />
or with a slight adoral bow, they cross the<br />
flanks forming frst a weak adoral concavity on<br />
the dorsal rim and then trending prorsiradiate<br />
or describing a slight arc, or even forming an<br />
adoral concavity; on venter they become interrupted<br />
-on the internal mold- or very attenuated<br />
on exterior of the test around the ven·<br />
tral medial line; the end of the ribs converge<br />
toward the siphonal line forming a wide V with<br />
its apex pointing adorally. All ribs •develop<br />
rounded to spinose periventral tubercles. Though<br />
sporadically one rib may show greater strength,<br />
the ribs gain strength progressively and do not<br />
develop a regular alternation of strong and<br />
weak ribs. The intercostal spaces are deep and<br />
twice as wide as the ribs on the internal mold,<br />
but they appear shallow and narrower when the<br />
shell is preserved. · · .<br />
NOTE: This morph is notabl_e- for the steady<br />
growth of the section of the shaft, by<br />
the strong, uniform and unituberculate<br />
ribbing and the early stressing of the<br />
ventral tuberculation.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socoti Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
Family P Y HOCERATIDAE.<br />
Genus 1 Pse udoptychoceras n. (}<br />
.=:: £o.plyrh11u -""A. <br />
TYPE SPECIES. Pse udoptychocerrzs gilberti n.<br />
sp.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. Straight or slightly undula·<br />
ted, slowly increasing initial shaft, ornamented<br />
with prominent, oblique annular rounded ribs,<br />
separated by conspicuous constriction-like intercostal<br />
spaces; the section of the whorl is elliptical<br />
to almost circular, the first shaft bends to<br />
a shorter (?) branch which leaves an opening<br />
("needle hofe") before appressing against the<br />
:lorsum of the first shaft; this second branch is<br />
ornamented with annular acute ribs distant<br />
from each other. The suture line has short sub·<br />
rectangular elements, relatively undisected, L<br />
Is trifid.<br />
COMMENTS. This new genus differs<br />
from Ptychoceras because of its loop forming<br />
hook and its trifid L; from Euptychoceras<br />
(Breistroffer, 1947) because the fanner Is<br />
smaller and has strong ornamentation on both<br />
shaft and hook.<br />
Pseudoeachoceras gjlberti, n. sp.<br />
P[G, li'ig. 18; Text-Fig.3S, 3T.<br />
Holotype. C-223 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht. N. 6).<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C • .M.H.N.C.P.Pt. N.3) .<br />
There are three fragments of the shaft,<br />
two of them with part of the hook preserved.<br />
The shaft is straight, progreSBively tapering, It
22<br />
has a subelliptical to subcircular section: the<br />
dol'Bal region is wide, flattened, abruptly changing<br />
into the feeble convex sides which evenly<br />
round toward the narrow arched venter. There<br />
are broadly rounded, low ribs, slightly thickened<br />
on venter. On the dorsal area the ribs are<br />
barely visible, they cross it as fm e lirae normal<br />
to the dorsal-central axis; at the margins of the<br />
dorsal region the ribs become well defmed and<br />
cross the flanks of the shaft in an arc convex toward<br />
the hook; they cross the venter normal to<br />
the ventral-central axis; the intercostal space,<br />
constriction-like in appearance, is prominent<br />
on flanks and venter and subequal to slightly<br />
narrower than the ribs.<br />
The beginning of the hook Is indicated by<br />
three narrower ribs which appear as a bundle at<br />
the dorsal margin; of the three ribs, that nearest<br />
to the hook is the most prominent and the one<br />
adjacent to it Is the weakest but this relationship<br />
may be inverted on other specimens; a<br />
second group of two ribs follows on the hook<br />
and thereafter only single ribs appear; on the<br />
hook the ribs tend to taper acutely toward the<br />
margin of the dorsal area and to broaden on<br />
venter; toward the beginning of the hook the<br />
ribs sometimes develop a weak tendency to<br />
depress along the ventral-central line.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the change of tbe whorl section through<br />
development from circular to subovate, and B)<br />
its peculiar broad ribbing which gave it a wormlike<br />
aspect.<br />
COMMENTS. This species diffeD from<br />
the type species of the genera Ptychoceras and<br />
Euptychoceras as discussed under the genus.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
Pseudoptychoceras gilberti n. sp.,<br />
rMorph I]<br />
1'1.6, Fig. 17.<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt. No.4).<br />
One complete hook (?) and a section of<br />
tbe shaft. The dorsum is flattened and rounds<br />
smoothly into the slightly bulging flanks which<br />
in tum grade into a narrowly arched venter.<br />
There are very broad rounded ribs separated by<br />
constriction-like interspace& which cross the<br />
flanks obliquely and project slightly on venter;<br />
both rib and constriction fade out at the margins<br />
of the donal area. The hook has only single<br />
ridge-like rib8'""whicb taper toward, the dorsal<br />
area and are rounded on venter, the adapical<br />
aide of these ridges is steep whereas the adoral<br />
side Is elongated giving that part of the shell the<br />
appearance of consisting of interlocking segments.<br />
NOTE: These fragments have the section of<br />
their shafts more inflated around the<br />
dorsal zone, the ribs are strong and<br />
rounded and cross the venter obliquely,<br />
and the ribs form interlocking rid-<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
ges on the living chamber.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
Rif.A::T:iliD A !i(j E m,--<br />
··---am=ilY:_A C O !I!iN EC E !ii<br />
uenus @co1eceros(Hyatt, 1M3.<br />
r;rcocros H'yaft, 19oa·;·p.loo.<br />
•.•• ,. •• ,.,... .,. ••• • •.<br />
. • -.. :.:-• - .. . · . .•. - 4'• .- -. . . . • ..- · .··-:- · .. <br />
TYPE SPECIES. Ammonites nisus d'Orbigny,<br />
mono typic.<br />
"ficw "ros tierrezealmf.- n.sp .<br />
. 6, Fig. 15;exi-Figs. 33Y, 3Z.<br />
Holotype.C-223 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht. N.7)<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Pt. N.5)<br />
A) Up to 10 mm diameter. The fil'Bt whorl<br />
of the phraginocone is inflated and has a whorl<br />
section only slightly higher than wide, evenly<br />
rounded and with a wide ventra] area. On the<br />
specimen studied the internal mold of the fiDt<br />
whorl shows a rounded rib parallelled on each<br />
side by a rather shallow constriction. On the se·<br />
cond whorl the section is ovoid and has a narrower<br />
ventral zone. On the third whorl the flanks<br />
become flattened and the ventral zone fastigate<br />
and slightly shouldered at its margins, the umbi·<br />
Iical wall is short but vertical with a blunt umbilical<br />
rim. The ornament consists of bundles of<br />
falcate pleats, they trend prorsiradiate to weakly<br />
concave from the umbical rim to the boundary<br />
between the adumbilical and middle thirds of<br />
the flank where they bend sharply, fonning cres·<br />
centic adoral concavity and fm ally projecting<br />
on venter. The pleats are stressed and slightly<br />
raised about the involution line where the sharp<br />
acute bend occurs. The space between the plea<br />
is narrower than the pleats themselves.<br />
B) Up to 20 mm diameter. The most im·<br />
portant aspect of the conch at this diameter is<br />
that the umbilicus has not increased its width at<br />
all, in spite of the great increase in the height of<br />
the whorl; the sides are noticeably flattened<br />
and the venter is planifastigate.<br />
The suture line has E/L divided by a lobe<br />
into two branches of which tbe external one is<br />
the widest and it is also bisected; the internal<br />
branch is subdivided into three ramose bran·<br />
ches. The L/U2 has the internal branch larger<br />
than the rest of the saddles; the external lobe is<br />
subsymmetrical.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its ontogenetic development changing<br />
from inflated involute to septicarlnate oxycone;<br />
the internal mold is almost planlfastigate, and<br />
B) iUI strongly falcate Urae and the tendency of<br />
these to become stressed about the centrolateral<br />
,cute bend.<br />
Meuuremental<br />
Holotype<br />
Para type<br />
D Euw<br />
19 2<br />
9 2 ..<br />
H. W D/Euw0h, D/HOfo<br />
11 5 10 57<br />
5 2 22 55<br />
COl\!MENTS. This species can be differen-
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 23<br />
tlated from Aconeceras nisus d'Orbigny (1841,<br />
p.184, pl. 55, Figs. 7, 8, 9; Sarasin 1893, p. 153,<br />
pl. 4-6, Fig. 9a, b, c, Text-Fig. 1, 2) irrespective<br />
of size, mainly by the more massive and rectan<br />
gular base of E/L in the Colombian species. On<br />
Sara&in's Figs. 2,3 (ib., p.153) and in d'Orbigny's<br />
Fig. 9 of plate 55, the io_temal branch of E/L is<br />
stronger than the exteni81 branch of the same<br />
saddle, but in the Colombian specimens the re·<br />
verse 1s true.<br />
On Aconeceros nisoides (Sarasin) [ 1893,<br />
i.155, pl.4-6, Figs. lOa, b,c, Text-Flg.3; Casey,<br />
961. p. 125, pl.26; Figs. 3-5, Text-Fig. 41a-c],<br />
again the internal branch of E/L is the predo<br />
minant (see also Fig. 4le, p.127, Casey, op.cit.);<br />
the growth striae in the Colombian species are<br />
more acute than in the French species (see<br />
Casey op.cit., fig. 41c). The specimen figured<br />
by Somay (1955, p.l2, pl.l, Fig.14) has<br />
a juvenlle suture with E/L symmetrically bifid.<br />
Incidentally, immature whorls of the<br />
Colombian species bear constrictions that are<br />
absent on mature whorls;<br />
': ·.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
Family DEPcMOCEATIDAE<br />
Genus<br />
Melchioriie sptit. i923, p.33 -<br />
_., .... ,. ---.. .. ...... , . ·<br />
·<br />
'· . __ ... .... ..<br />
-- ..<br />
IMe Chiorite{ Spath, 1923.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Ammonites melchioris Tietze,<br />
original designation.<br />
*ehtBrites media Riedel '?<br />
: : ig. 9; Text:Fig. 3Q, 3 R.<br />
1938 Melchiorites emerici Rasp. var. media<br />
· Riedel, 1938, p. 17, pl. 4, Figs. 9 · 11<br />
pl.12, Fig. 7, pl. 14, Fig. 3.<br />
·· 1957 Melchiorites emerici meaius Riedel,<br />
Burgi, p. 134.<br />
1964 Melchiorites emerici medius Riedel,<br />
Etayo-Serna, p. 111.<br />
non 1965 Melchiorites inca (Forbes), Btirgl, in<br />
.. Campbell arid BUrgi, L. C. D. 8393.<br />
1!:1.65 Melchiorites emerici media Riedel,<br />
BUrgi, in Campbell and Btirg L.C.D.<br />
839"3.<br />
l{olotype. Riedel's figured specimen, 1938, pl. 4,<br />
... ·• . . . . .. Fig. 10-11.<br />
!otype.C-127 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Hy.N.2.).<br />
·,.t'e locality. Utica (Cundinamarca).<br />
.. · · .. .<br />
Two specimens are available, one of them<br />
deformed. The conch is moderately involute· the<br />
section of the whorl is subquadrate, feebly on<br />
vex tq Oattened and subparallel on adumbilical<br />
halt of.flanks, then slightly converging to the<br />
feebly arched venter; the umbilical wall is short,<br />
vertical, and rounds abruptly Into the flanks. In<br />
both specimens the adapical third of the last<br />
preserved whorl is septate, the remaining part of<br />
the conch represents the living chamber; there<br />
are constrictions which begin at the umbilical<br />
seam, they are falcoid and wide, they describe<br />
an adoral arc on middle of flank and they project<br />
in a strong linguiform fashion on venter.<br />
On the test of the hypotype C-127 there are<br />
faint falcoid sheaves of stressed growth striae<br />
forming thin, flat ribbons that project on venter<br />
paralleUing the constrictions; on the living cham<br />
ber this ornament is visible also on the internal<br />
mold where the ribs still retain a uniform thickness.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by A) Its compressed section of whorl, slightly<br />
taller than wide, and B) its peculiar sheaves of<br />
rm e striae that form low, flat falcoid bands on<br />
test.<br />
Meuu:rementa. D Euw H W D(Euw % -jH%<br />
Hypotype 18 5 7 7 28 38<br />
COMMENTS. The type species of the genus,<br />
"Ammonites melchioris" Tietze (1872, p.<br />
135, pl. 9, Fig. 9a, b, 10) has a higher and<br />
narrower vaulted whorl section than Riedel's<br />
species. Riedel has .discussed other comparable<br />
species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Unnamed unit above the<br />
Socota Member and below the Capotes Member.<br />
Upper Aptian.<br />
.Me.l£hiorites121Jlmruj n. sp.<br />
PI. 6, Figs. 6, 10; Text-Fig. 3$<br />
Holotype. C-223 (U .N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.8).<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N.6.).<br />
A) Up to 20 mm fC-2001. Whorls slightly<br />
wider than high (at D:l1,H:7, W:9);each whorl<br />
covers approximately half of preceding whorl.<br />
The inner whorls have rather close, narrow but<br />
conspicuous oblique constrictions; on the adapica!<br />
segment of the last preserved whorl of this<br />
specimen the constrictions begin at the umbilical<br />
seam, slant across the umbilical wall, then<br />
bend and widen near the middle of the flank,<br />
and next project forward as a linguiform arc,<br />
that is most narrow at the ventral median line.<br />
The constrictions are preceded adapically by a<br />
rib which starts near the middle of the flank<br />
and on venter it projects in the same fashion as<br />
the constrictions; a very shallow depressed zone<br />
adorally precedes the rib also.<br />
The ornament becomes distinctive with<br />
growth. It consists of fine rounded riblets some<br />
of which begin in a subdued manner on the<br />
umbilical rim and one or two shorter intercalatory<br />
ribs appear about middle of the whorl; the<br />
large ribs are falcoid, all ribs are well developed<br />
on venter. The constrictions trend across the<br />
ribs. There are 8 constrictions on the last pre·<br />
served whorl and 8 riblets on the space between<br />
the two last constrictions; the intercostal dis·<br />
tance is slightly larger than the width of the<br />
ribs. The umbilical wall is short, vertical, it
24 F. ETAYO ·SERNA<br />
rounds abruptly into the convex sides.<br />
B) Up to 30 rmn [C-223]. One incomplete<br />
specimen septated throughout is available. The<br />
early whorls are smooth. The phragmocone is<br />
sculpt .. ued with periodic, widely spaced radial<br />
flared ribs. These prominent ribs begin at the<br />
umbilical margin in a subdued manner; they<br />
trend obliquely on the adumbilical third of the<br />
whorl or form a tenuous adoral concavity. At<br />
the boundaey with the central third of the whorl,<br />
the ribs make a sharp bend and then up to the<br />
ventral zone they fonn an adoral concavity.<br />
Next they cross the venter in a linguiform ado<br />
ral arc; they are emphasized adventrally. The<br />
section of the whorl is subcircular, slightiy wi·<br />
der than high (H: 10m.m; W: llmm), especially<br />
on the internal whorls; the venter is broadly<br />
rounded grading smoothly into the convex<br />
flanks which grade abruptly into the vertical<br />
umbilical wall.<br />
On the internal mold and also observable<br />
on the exterior of the test there is a constriction<br />
just ad oral to the flared rib; a flattened<br />
area develops adapical to it. Between two of<br />
the prominent ribs there are numerous fm e ribs<br />
(up to 10-14 on venter) which are divided into<br />
two types: 1) slightly prominent, low, fine, top<br />
rounded ribs that begin slightly above the urn·<br />
bilical rim, their trend is that of an elongated S,<br />
like the flared ribs, and 2) fine intercala..T)' ribs<br />
. which rise slightly higher on whorl and only rarely<br />
bifurcate from the primary ribs. The inter·<br />
costal space is at least twice as wide as the ribs,<br />
sometimes greater; the umbilical rim is smoot!":;<br />
with growth the bifurcation or trifurcation of<br />
the ribs seem rather common. On the adoral·<br />
most preserved segment the ribs gather in bundles<br />
·fanning a low triangular periumbilical thic·<br />
kenning which extends form the center of the<br />
flank to the umbilical rim but this does not<br />
occur on the preceding whorls.<br />
. DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
·<br />
by. A) its subrounded whorl section, B) the in·<br />
, creasing number of fine ribs through the onto·<br />
· geny, and C) by its strong, flaring linguiform<br />
ribs;<br />
Miluurements. D Euw · H w<br />
Holotype - 31 12 7 1<br />
·Paratype 22 7 1 7<br />
D{Euw % D/H %<br />
39 ?<br />
32 ?<br />
. .<br />
COMMENTS,: Both specimens here COfilSi·<br />
dered conspecific have to be compared indepel)<br />
·dently to other species. In regard to the smaller<br />
specimen, the .closest species known to me is the<br />
one figured by Pervinquiere (1907, p. 155, p.<br />
156, Text-Fig. 61, pl. 6, Figs. 21a-b, 22a-c) as<br />
"Puzosia AnglGdei Sayn"; this thick form shows<br />
fine ribs mostly near the constrictions when:as<br />
in my specimens the ribbing is more uniform<br />
and perc.eptible inwards, down to the involution<br />
line; in the latter feature the Colombian species<br />
is more like the holotype (?) figured by Sayn<br />
(1890, p. 173, pL.2, Fig. 13a, b, c); this could<br />
possibly be due to preservation though.<br />
Pervinquiere (ib., p. 156) compared his<br />
specimens to "Puz. Emerici Raspail" though he<br />
remarked on the flattened flanks and the greater<br />
development of the last who;l in the latter.<br />
In regard to the large specimen (holotype},<br />
this is somewhat similar to "Desmoceras akus·<br />
chaense Anthula" as figured by Jacob (1905, p.<br />
402, pl. 12, Fig. 1; =Valdedorsella Brei&troffer,<br />
1947), but the French species is much more in·<br />
volute and its flared ribs have a peculiar splitting<br />
at that point where the Colombian species have<br />
a centro-lateral acute adoral bend. The African<br />
and European species referred to Valdedorsella<br />
by Breistroffer (194 7, p. 60) are much more in·<br />
flated and narrowly umbilicated than the speci·<br />
mens from Colombian here assigned to Melchiorites.<br />
The constrictions on the latter group of<br />
species is Puzosia-like. This interesting Colom·<br />
bian species also resembles Melchiorites media<br />
Riedel, but the latter lacks the discrete ribbing<br />
on the external part of the whorl and its whorl<br />
section is ogival rather than rounded.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
Genus · \Valdedorsella)Breistroffer,<br />
1947.<br />
: Valdedorsella Breistrofer, 1947, p. 60. . :<br />
'' --t. -·..,..-p:•• ,,_.._., • ...,,.,.::,•,j,..p...r•'""<br />
-.... ,...-.,., ,.·,· --- ... . ••-· '• •-·· ----...·-<br />
TYPE SPECIES Desmoceras akuschaense An·<br />
tula, origtilal designation •<br />
Valdedoryella f71 colQ.mbia n. sp.<br />
'M:3, Fig. 10; Text-Figs. 3V, 3W. .<br />
Holotype. Santa Ana (U. N. C. M. H. N. C. P. Ht.: '<br />
N.9).<br />
Paratype. Santa "Ana (U.N.C. M. H,. N. C. P. Pt.<br />
N. 7).<br />
A) Up to 35 mm D. [Sta. Anal. 'The section<br />
of the whorls is suboval, inflated. The test<br />
is ornamented with sinous, flared ribs (27 per<br />
whorl), which correspond to prominent ribs on<br />
the internal mold. There is a constriction on<br />
both sides of the ridge on the internal mold,<br />
they follow the trend of the flared ribs but<br />
attenuate on venter. On the test the constric·<br />
tions are indicated by smooth bands parallel to<br />
the ridges. The sulcus immediately adapical to<br />
the flared ribs is usually the most prominent on<br />
the adumbilical half of the whorl side, but the<br />
reverse is true on the adventral half of the<br />
whorl side. Between two of the ·prominent ribs<br />
there are numerous (:up to 8), rounded ribs,<br />
separated by intercostal spaces one and a half as<br />
wide as the ribs. 'These ribs on venter represent<br />
both primary ribs that originate above the umbi·<br />
Iical rim and secondary ribs that arise from the<br />
primary at about the midpoint of the Oanks. At<br />
the same time the frrst pair of ribs immediately<br />
.adoral to constrictions tend to separate therrisel·<br />
ves from the rest which gather to form a low<br />
bundle at the umbilical rim.<br />
B) Up to 60 mm D [Sta. Ana]. The deve·<br />
lopment of the ornament continues similar to<br />
the previosly described stage except that there
ZONA'riON OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 25<br />
seems to be a tendency to decrease the number<br />
of the ribs on venter between the constrictions,<br />
from 8 to 6 or 5. The living chamber has been<br />
preserved as a quarter of a volution.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the decreasing number of the ribs between<br />
contrictions from...S to 5 through growth,<br />
B) the stressed ribs gathered in bundles toward<br />
the umbilical margins, ands C) the inflated<br />
whorl section.<br />
Meuurements<br />
Holotype<br />
Puatype<br />
D Euw<br />
57 22<br />
37 ?<br />
H W DfEuw% D/H %<br />
22a 20a 38 38<br />
? ? 7 7<br />
COMMENTS. The disposition of the<br />
constriction in this species is close to that des·<br />
cribed by Jacob (1905, p. 402, pl. 12, Fig. 1)<br />
for ''Desmocerasakuschaense Anthula" although<br />
in the French species the flare is divided at the<br />
bend at the midpoint of the flank. This species<br />
resembles "Desmoceras " sparsicosta Boese<br />
(1923, p. 107, pl. 7, fig. 1-3) from Mexico; the<br />
latter, however, possesses intermediate ribs that<br />
bifurcate twice at differente levels on flank<br />
(Boese, ibid., p. 107), whereas in the Colombian<br />
species the bifurcation occurs only once;<br />
the ribbing is much more prominent on theMexican<br />
species, which in addition, is less inflated<br />
than the Colombian species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
== pseu doha plc er a s }.!:1!-oo:_<br />
Pseudohaploceras Hyatt, 1900, p. 570.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Haploceras liptoviense Zeuschner,<br />
in Uhlig 1883, original<br />
designation.<br />
uf!l!jaeJ ceras leivaense.l}· sp.<br />
P g:-'1 , Text-fig. au, au.<br />
Holotype. VI-10-17 (U. N. C. M. H. N. C. P. Ht.<br />
N. 10).<br />
The inner whorls are apparently smooth.<br />
The section of the second whorl is vaulted.<br />
Flanks diverging from the rather narrow venter,<br />
reach their maximum width near the external<br />
part of the adumbiliclil third of the flank and<br />
then grade abruptly into the vertical umbical<br />
wall. The last whorl has a cross section much<br />
the same but more inflated.<br />
The test of the last preserved whorl is<br />
ivided into seven trapezoidal areas by flared<br />
nbs which begin irregularly on the adumbilical<br />
thir of the flank although the growth lines<br />
project obliquely onto the umbilical wall. The<br />
intercostal distance between flaring ribs increases<br />
toward the aperture; between two of the<br />
fiared major ribs there are from 7 to 9 finer<br />
alcoi ribs which begin as stressed growth<br />
lines. Independently or in bundles (barely<br />
bulgmg), and which become clearly defined just<br />
adumbilical to mid-venter; they are rounded<br />
and are half as wide as Ule intercostal spaces;<br />
some of Ulem widen irregularly on venter. On<br />
the living chamber Ule ribs become very accen·<br />
tuated especially where Uley fonn bundles but<br />
they do not develop real bullae.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species in characteri·<br />
zed by: A) its ogival whorl section, B) the in·<br />
creasing width between its flaring ribs or constrictions<br />
through growth, and C) the progressive<br />
stressing of the primary ribs on the flanks.<br />
COMMENTS. There is some resemblance<br />
between this species and "Puzosia Douvillei"<br />
Fallot rFallot, 1920, p. 259, pro. "Puzosia Matherom<br />
d'Orbigny" H. Douville (1916, p. 103,<br />
pl.13, Figs. 1 to 7)'J, especially"in the tendency<br />
of ribs to gather in prominent bundles adumbi·<br />
lically without, however, Conning heavy bullae<br />
as in Uhlige lla (Jacob, 1907). The African spe·<br />
cies shows more discrete and finer ribbing. Mo·<br />
re similar in appearance, however are several of<br />
the specimens figured by Boese from Mexico as<br />
different species of "Desmoceras " in which the<br />
tendency of the ribs to gather in umbilical bundles<br />
is much more accentuated; one of the most<br />
similar species would be "Desmoceras alzatei"<br />
Boese (1923, p. 114, pl. 8, Fig. 15-18) but the<br />
Mexican species has closer, less distinct ribbing<br />
than the Colombian species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Paja Formation. (Arcillolitas<br />
abigarradas;segment E). Upper Aptian .<br />
· ·-ae-nus __ -- · ·_-r:coae-;c!{.3n.·<br />
g. ;;. _; J<br />
_<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Carloscaceresiceras caceresi n.<br />
sp.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. Moderately evolute conchs,<br />
with low ogival whorl section; the umbilical<br />
wall is vertical and merges abruptly into the<br />
flanks. The ornament consists of sinuous to bi·<br />
concave growth striae gathered in bundles or<br />
weak riblets which sometimes produce on the<br />
internal mold a ribbon-like subdued costation,<br />
particularly visible on venter. There are cons·<br />
trictions preceded by a prominent rounded<br />
swelling visible both on test and the internal<br />
mold but which develop on the adventral<br />
third of the flank only; adorally the constric·<br />
tion is margined by a blunt ridge extending<br />
across the flank down to the umbilical edge, it<br />
is not noticeable on the test. The constrictions<br />
are accentuated progressively with growth,<br />
from almost incospicuos on the early wh·oris to<br />
very wide on the living chamber. The constric·<br />
tions cross normal to the ventral median line.<br />
The apertural border is plain and follows the<br />
path of the growth striae.<br />
The suture line has E shorter than L,<br />
which is deep and very incised.<br />
COMMENTS. . This _<br />
_new _ __genus .. difters<br />
JI(J.ffi_}3_eudanticeras m_i! ... 19_95) because of<br />
its lomr ·mer wider whorl section, its more<br />
evolute whorl and the strengthening of the<br />
internal sculpture during growth. It differs from<br />
Pseudorbulites [Casey , 1961, p.145, ex Breistro·
26 F. ETAYO · SERNA<br />
ffer, 1963, p.74, nom. nudum type species<br />
UhligellD convergens Jacob, 1907, p.29, pl.2,<br />
fig. 25a, b,c} because the latter lacks flanges<br />
bordering tlie constrictions, has narrow and<br />
falcate constrictions and has a funnel-like<br />
umbilicus. From Puzosia (Bayle , 1878) it<br />
diffen in the lack of linguifonn projection of<br />
the constrictions on the venter and the suture<br />
line with only feebly retracted suspensive lobe.<br />
This genus is named in honor of geologist<br />
Carlos Caceres.<br />
Holotype. C - 170 · 20 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.<br />
N.lll<br />
Paratypes. C· 1 · 1,2,3- (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.<br />
8,9,10).<br />
A) Up to 20 mm (C-13·1,2 ). The first<br />
whorl after the protoconch is subcircular in sc·<br />
tion, the second whorl is slightly higher than<br />
wide but already has a steep umbilical wall; on<br />
the third whorl the vaulted shape of the whorl<br />
section is reached. The test has growth striae<br />
that extend obliquely from the umbilical rim<br />
and describe a feeble concavity on the umbilical<br />
third of the flank; on the central third of the<br />
flank they fonn an adoral arc and on the adven·<br />
tral third of the flank they fonn one acute concavity,<br />
next they project mode!ately on the<br />
• -<br />
venter.<br />
B) Up to 26 mm diameter (C- 13-3]. Up to<br />
this size no special change occurs on the test<br />
ornament except that the umbilicus has already<br />
begun to widen. The growth striae tend to form<br />
irregular bundles which may leave slight bands<br />
or rib-like impressions on the internal mold;<br />
some striae appear more accentuated than others<br />
especially on venter.<br />
C) Up to 50 mm D (C-13- The specimens<br />
are septate; weak elongated S·h e constrictions<br />
appear; the remainder of the conch corresponC:.s<br />
to the living chamber. Approaching the beginning<br />
of the living chamber the constrictions become<br />
progressively more accentuated; the constrictions<br />
are preceded adapically by a flange-like<br />
bulging on the periventral margins and vent.er<br />
only, but the adoral margin of the constrictions<br />
fonn a short vertical ·wall on the internal mold.<br />
Very wide and · slightly arched constrictions tP.nd<br />
to divide the internal mold corresponding to the<br />
living chamber into triangular segments, and on<br />
these there are htdications of tenuous ribs that<br />
cross the venter, they are narrower than the intercostal<br />
spaces and extend down to the umbilical<br />
seam. These ribs correspond to bundles of<br />
growth striae on the test. The living chamber<br />
occupies half the length of a whorl. On venter<br />
there are ridge-like thickenings of the test co·<br />
rresponding to the constrictions on the inter·<br />
nal mold, but the thickenings are restricted to<br />
the venter and are not noticeable on the flanks.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. The same as for the genus.<br />
Meuurement 0 Euw H W Vw O{Euw O{H W{Vw<br />
% % ,Ofo<br />
C- 13• 1 26 6 12 10 6 24 48 50<br />
c- 13· 2 19 4 9 8 4 21 47 50<br />
C- 13· 3 26 6 13 10 5 24 62 50<br />
c- 13- 4 20 4 10 9 4 20 1>0 44<br />
C· 13· 5 17 3 9 7 1 17 52 1<br />
c- 13·12 25 6 13 7 1 24 62 1<br />
c- 13-13 29 7 14 11 6 24 48 45<br />
c- 13·14 18 4 9 8 4 22 60 50<br />
c- 13·1fi 28 7 14 10 6 25 60 60<br />
C- 13·17 29 7 14 10 6 24 48 60<br />
c- 1a-1s 30 6 16 11 6 20 40 1>4<br />
C- 13·19 32 8 16 7 ? 26 50 7<br />
C· 13·20 35 9 17 14 7 26 48 50<br />
C· 13·22 34 9 16 13a 7a 26 47 40<br />
C- 13·23 37 10 17 13 8 27 47 61<br />
C• 13·26 41 12 18 14 9 29 44 64<br />
C· 13·27 42 11 20 16 9 26 47 60<br />
C- 13-28 42 12 20 16 9 28 47 60<br />
C· 13·29 48 13 21 18 11 27 44 60<br />
C- 13-30 48 14 20 17 10 29 41 59<br />
C- 13·33 34 8 16 13 8 23 47 61<br />
C- 13-34 50 17 21 7 1 34 42 ?<br />
C· 13·36 53 17 23 18 9 32 43 50<br />
C- 13·36 68 20 21 ? ? ? 34 7 ?<br />
C- 1 3·37 52 21 18 ·u 18 36 40 60<br />
C·170· 1 20 6 12 8 4 25 60 50<br />
C-1 70· 2 22 6 12 9 5 23 M 56<br />
C-170· 3 30 6 16 10 5 20 53 60<br />
C-170· 4 32 7 16 12 7 22 60 68<br />
C-170· 7 29 7 14 10 6 24 48 60<br />
C-170· 9 41 10 20 15 8 24 48 63<br />
C-170·11 48 14 21 18 9 29 46 50<br />
C-170·12 46 13 20 17 9 29 44 53<br />
C-170·13 46 12 ,20 17 10 26 ' 43 58<br />
C-170·14 44 12 20 16 9 27 45 56<br />
C·170·16 44 15 19 16 8 34 43 60<br />
C-170-16 44 13 19 16 9 29 43 66<br />
C-170·17 46 14 20 17 9 30 43 63<br />
C-170-1 8 64 18 22 18 10 33 40 65<br />
C-170·19 60 14 23 18 12 28 46 65<br />
C-170·20 62 19 26 21 11 30 42 62<br />
C-170·21 5 7 17 - -24 20 11 31 44 56<br />
C-1 7D-22 76 27 29 28 15 36 38 63<br />
C·17D-23 79 31 31 28 13 39 39 46<br />
COMMENTS. Same as for the genus.<br />
A Peruvian species of ammonites descri·<br />
bed by Gabb (1881, p. 268, pl. 37, fig.l, 1r£! as<br />
"A [mmonites Hyatti", has (ibid.) "su ace<br />
smooth, or on y marked by indistinct lines of<br />
growth, which bend forward on the inner margin<br />
of the whorl, slightly backwards. on the<br />
middle, and then fonnard towards the dorsum .. '<br />
Lisson (1937, p. 23) renamed this species "Des-<br />
mocera$_ Hyattum ", and pointed out (ibid p.25)<br />
that it lacks constrictions and ribs. These characteristics<br />
recall those of the genus Carloscaceresiceras;<br />
however the stratigraphic position of<br />
Gabb's species remains undetermined (BenavideS'-Caceres,<br />
1956, p. 439).<br />
OCCURRENCE. Capotes Member Lower<br />
---...<br />
Albian.<br />
.,e.aroscgce!]§Jc!lro maat!lmLn. sp.<br />
Pl. 0. Fig. 5; Text-figs. 4E; 10.
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 27<br />
Holotype. C-13-33 (U. N. C. M. H. N. C. P. Ht.<br />
N.12).<br />
Very similar to the previously described<br />
species, but in the fanner the elements of the<br />
suture line are higher and the saddles are more<br />
finely zigzagged-lncised;"'in the preceding spe<br />
cies the adumbilical and central thirds of the<br />
flank are Oat, the adventral third of the flank is<br />
slightly beveled. In Car/oscaceresiceras monteroi<br />
n. sp. the flanks are faintly convex and furthermore<br />
they show more indication of ribbing on<br />
the internal mold.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Capotes Member-Lower<br />
Albian.<br />
This species is named in honor of geologist<br />
Juan Montero:<br />
loceresjcerns C? J £hjmuense, (Bena·<br />
V1 es ace res)<br />
Pl. 11, fig. 9; Text-figs. 4J, 4K.<br />
Hypotype. VL.33a. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Hy. N.3).<br />
1956 Desmoceras chimuense Benavides-Caceres,<br />
p. 438, pl. 41, figs. 5·8.<br />
1964 cf. Desmoceras chimuense Benavides·Ca·<br />
ceres, Etayo-Sema p. 37, fig. 9.<br />
One internal mold in black calcite. The in,<br />
nennost whorl observed is higher than wide in<br />
section, it has flat flanks which round abruptly<br />
into the short but vertical umbilical wall. The<br />
ventral zone is not discernible ; the visible part<br />
of the flanks shows fine growth striae which<br />
form .a shallow arc from the umbilical seam to<br />
the involution line. The last whorl preserved<br />
has flattened sides which feebly diverge from<br />
the evenly arched venter; the section reaches its<br />
m!D4mum width about the umbilical third of<br />
the who.rl where the sides round abruptly into<br />
the yertical umbilical wall. On the surface of<br />
th .. is mold, vague<br />
indications of constrictions are<br />
Present but the exact trend of them can not be<br />
.<br />
aec.u:rately detennined because of the state of<br />
prervation.<br />
M.asurementl D Euw H W D{Euw % D/H %<br />
VL"33;. at 7 19 33 30 25 . 44<br />
.. . COMMENTS. In suture line and whorl<br />
$ection this specimen resembles that described<br />
by BenavidesCaceres as Desmoceras chimuense<br />
Bnavides·Cce s, 1956, p. 43, pl. 41, fig. 5·<br />
8, '!'he _spec1es IS referred tentatively to Carlos·<br />
cQcereslceras ..<br />
. ·. ·.· OCCURRENCE. Upper San Gil Forma·<br />
tion, r.,evel 8. Middle Albian.<br />
[[..:.'f C o rt e zi ceraij--g.: . ... :'<br />
!YP · ·· .· . S . JitIES. Corteziceras cortezi n.g., n.sp.<br />
- ZvJNctfc.ff.r, -l'1f7t<br />
. · · • · . DIAGNOSIS. Cnch evolute, of moderate<br />
siZe, The early whorls are finely striated the<br />
su.,sequent whorls are divided into segments by<br />
flaring ribs and between them accentuated ribs<br />
occur; the latter may bifurcate at different<br />
levels on the flank. The more prolonged the<br />
initial smooth stage, the less strong the ornament<br />
becomes; all the intermediate ribs are<br />
prominent, however. The ribs tend to gather in<br />
bundles which reach the umbilical rim tangentially<br />
but they do not develop any umbilical<br />
tubercles. There are two constrictions especially<br />
noticeable on the internal mold, parallelling<br />
each flaring rib, of these the adapical constric·<br />
tion is accentuated in early ontogentic stages<br />
but tends to weaken with growth to th·e benefit<br />
of the adoral constriction.<br />
COMMENTS. Corteziceras differs from<br />
Uhligella Jacob 1907 (Type species: D. clansayesense<br />
Kilian) because it lacks nodes or swe·<br />
llings on the umbilical margin. It differs from<br />
Zurchere/la Casey (1954, type species: D. zuer·<br />
cheri Jacob) because of the weakness of the rib·<br />
bing and greater involution of the latter.<br />
.<br />
This genus is named in honor of Santiago<br />
Cortez, Colombian paleontologist·<br />
{r;,fL r:z s cortezj,. n. sp.<br />
lfC3-ng.2, Text-1ig. 4C.<br />
Holotype. Santa Ana, A .. P. G. · · . (U.N.C;M..<br />
N.C.P. Ht. N. 13)<br />
? 1938 Uh/igella ziircheri Jacob &Tobl., Riedel,<br />
p.20, pl. 4, figs. 12, 13, pl. 14, f.4.<br />
? 1957 Uhlige lla ziirchen' Jacob 8. Tobler;<br />
Biirgl, p. 135, pl. 8, fig.S.<br />
The conch is discoidal, moderately umbi."<br />
Heated. The inner whods are smooth, they are<br />
covered only by sigmoidal growth striae; the<br />
latter are concave ado rally on the umbilial wall,<br />
trend obliquely on the adumbilical third of the<br />
flank, then tum feebly adapically describing a<br />
weak arc on the central third of the flank. On<br />
the adventral third of the Dank they trend subradially<br />
and describe an adoral concavity and<br />
finally they barely project onto the venter.<br />
Fascicules of growth lines near the middle<br />
of the flanks pass into ribs that become conspi·<br />
cuous on the venter; at 25 mm diameter they<br />
are already recognizeable. Periodically one of<br />
these ribs becomes more prominent, especially<br />
on venter, but it shows the same trend than the<br />
other ribs; such flange-like ribs are represented<br />
on the internal mold by a rib also, but, immediately<br />
adoral to it there is a deep furrow that<br />
runs parallel to the rib but which is represented<br />
on the exterior by a flattened band.<br />
Adapical to the rib is another less deep<br />
sulcus on the internal mold corresponding to a<br />
flattened band similar to the adoral one. Be·<br />
tween two of these prominent ribs there are<br />
usually 5 finer but also stressed ribs of which<br />
those two occupying a more central position<br />
usually extend down to about the adumbilical<br />
third of the flank, whereas the other two join the<br />
latter at about the central third of the flank;<br />
I
28 F. ETA YO - SERNA<br />
this is particularly noticeable on the exterior of<br />
the shell.<br />
The whorl section is higher than wide and<br />
is widest toward the adumbilical margin; the<br />
venter is arched, the umbilical wall is subvertical<br />
and rounds smoothly into the slightly convex<br />
Danks. On the internal mold the ribs do not give<br />
the impression of being as inclined as they are<br />
on the test. The intercostal spaces are twice as<br />
wide as the ribs.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by A) the progressive ontogenetic development<br />
of the ornametation on which the stres of the<br />
ribbing accentuates with growth from the ven·<br />
tral third on the early whorl towards the adumbilical<br />
third on later whorls, B) the triangular<br />
segments of the test with four to five ribs on<br />
venter, and C) by its relatively evolute conch.<br />
Meuurementll. D Euw H W E/Euw % D/H%<br />
Sta.Ana.A.P.G.No. 64 20 20 18 40 40<br />
COMMENTS. With the name of" Uhligella<br />
zurcheri Jac. It Tob.'' Riedel described (1938, p.<br />
20, pl. 4, fig. 13, U, pl. 14, fig. 4) a species of<br />
ammonites as having two or three weak ribs<br />
between two prominent ribs, however on the<br />
illustration it is possible to count up to 5 of the<br />
"weak ribs". This is proven by direct observation<br />
of Riedel's original specimen (S.G.N.C.P.<br />
o .OS1). Riedel's specimen came from the same<br />
general area as my specimens and I consider<br />
,them tentatively conspecific.<br />
On the specimen figured by Jacob (1906,<br />
p. 9, pl. 2, fig. 1a, 1b) the more numerous principal<br />
ribs aie slightly sinuous only and the triangular<br />
surfaces they circumscribe have the shape<br />
of a narrow truncated pyramid, whereas in my<br />
specimens, because of the exaggerated inclina·<br />
tion of the principal ribs this surface has the shape<br />
of an inequilateral trapezoid , furthermore the<br />
arrangement of the ribs on Jacob's specimen is<br />
as if the central intercalatory ribs were branching<br />
about the .!Piddle of the flank; the ribbing is<br />
uniformly thin in Jacob's species.<br />
The specimen figured by Biirgl (1957, pl.<br />
8, fig. Sa, Sb) corresponds to Riedel's original<br />
of plate 4, fig. 12, 13, but the picture is only<br />
8{10 of the natural size.<br />
The Mexican "Uhligella" reesidei Hump·<br />
hrey (1949, p. 152, pl. 18, fig. 3,4), is a much<br />
smaller and·flattened species on which the streng·<br />
thening of the ribs occurs earlier than in the Colombian<br />
species;theyshare,however, the strength<br />
of the ribbing and the tendency to produce a<br />
wide umbilicus. Casey's suggestion of generic<br />
status for this species and similar Mexican species<br />
(1949,p. 336; 1961, p.161} has, in my opinion,<br />
good biogeographic support. A similar observation<br />
was made by Boese (1923, p. 109) when<br />
describing his "Desmoceras " from Mexico<br />
(trans): "Among the European forms . . . . all<br />
are distinguished by their lack of prominent<br />
intermediate ribs".<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
Corteziceras cortezi n. sp.<br />
fMorph I]<br />
Pl. 3, Fig. 7.<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.ll)<br />
Only one specimen is available. The test is<br />
thick, the section of the whorl is vaulted with<br />
sides diverging from the arched venter and gaining<br />
their maximum width at the umbilical rim.<br />
The early visible whorls are smooth except for<br />
barely perceptible fine growth lines. The last<br />
preserved whorl is completely septate; the orna·<br />
ment on this whorl consists of primary ribs<br />
which gather together about the umbilical rim,<br />
the secondary ribs bifurcate from the primary<br />
ones at about the middle of the flank but the<br />
adoralmost of the secondary ribs may itself bifurcate<br />
at U1e ad ventral third of the flank; these<br />
groups of ribs occur between two prominent ribs;<br />
the latter ribs cross the flanks in an elongate S.<br />
On the internal mold there is a channel like<br />
constriction, twice as wide as the flaring rib<br />
which develops immediately adapical to the latter;<br />
this constriction corresponds either to a<br />
constriction or to a flattened band on the test.<br />
The umbilical margin is rounded and the umbi·<br />
lical wall is subvertical on the last preserved<br />
whorl.<br />
NOTE : This morph is notable for A} its rather<br />
low section, B) the frequent presence<br />
of constriction (9 per whorl ?), C) the<br />
fasciculation of the primary ribs around<br />
the umbilicus which, however, do not<br />
fonn nodes, and D) its quick accentuation<br />
of the ornamentation and short<br />
smooth earlier stage.<br />
Meuurementlr. D Euw H W DJEuw % D/H%<br />
Sta.Ana.A.P.G.No. 41 15 16 14 36 36<br />
COMMENTS. This "morph" bears some<br />
resemblance to "Uhligella reesidei" Humphrey<br />
(1945, p. 153, pl. 18,Fig. 3, 4), but the Mexican<br />
species is more compressed, the adumbilical and<br />
central thirds of the flank are flattened and the<br />
bundles of ribs are not as strong and persistent<br />
as in the Colombian "morph". The Mexican<br />
species has attenuated constrictions which are<br />
parallelled by more strongly developed ridge-like<br />
ribs (: flanges) contrary to the Colombian<br />
"morph". This "morph" differs from the bolo·<br />
type because of its more numerous constrictions<br />
and more irregular branching pattern of the ribs.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member · Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
r1ezife latecostata. (Riedel)<br />
WI. , Ftg. 6, Text-Ftg. 4F.<br />
1\<br />
1938 Uhligella latecostata Riedel, p.2J, pl.5,<br />
figs. 1-3.<br />
19f.7 Uhligella latecostata Riedel,Biirgl, p. 135.<br />
'
ZONA'l10N OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 29<br />
1964 Uhllgello latecostlltll Biedei,Etayo-Sema,<br />
p.lll.<br />
1966 Uhligell4 14tecostatlJ RiedeBUrgl ln Btlrgl<br />
and Campbell.<br />
Holotype. Rledel's- l!peeimen<br />
Hypotype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Hy. N.4).<br />
Type LocalJty. Hacienda Magdalena, Viota<br />
(Cundlnamarca).<br />
Three tragments of Internal molds of the<br />
umple 0.256 are referred to thla species.<br />
The section of the whorl has an arched venter<br />
which rounds evenly Into the flattened flank:a,<br />
the latter feebly diverge down to the adumbWcal<br />
third of the flank where they round rather<br />
abruptly Into the abort aubvertlcal umbillcal<br />
wall.<br />
The omament consists of periodic constrictions<br />
that are wide, channel-like, begin tangentlal<br />
to the umbilical rim, and near the boun.<br />
dary between the adventral and middle thirds<br />
of the flank they describe an oblique feeble arc<br />
which Is followed on the adventral third by a<br />
shallow adoral concavity that directly cro111ea<br />
the venter. Adorally to the constriction there.la<br />
a rib that becomes very prominent on the venter<br />
but which fades out before reaching the<br />
adunibWcal third of the flank or just extendfJ<br />
Into it.<br />
. Between the two constrictions there are<br />
four visible ribs on venter; they correspond to<br />
the branching of two main ribs, the adapical<br />
one that begins at the umbilical rim, trends<br />
almost radial on the adumbillcal third of the<br />
whorl side, then abruptly bends adapically on<br />
the central third of the flank but on the !ldventral<br />
third it trends radially again; at the "point of<br />
Its first bend a second branch arises and descri<br />
bes a feebiB concave arc across the flank, and<br />
then across the venter. The second major rib<br />
begins at the same point as the first main fu<br />
rrow, but it trends obliquely describing a feeble<br />
arc on. the central third of the flank, then It<br />
abruptly forms an adoral concavity and rm ally<br />
it croaaes the venter straight; at the bend, a se<br />
cond, · alightly flexuous secondary rib branch<br />
peazs.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Beds above the Capotes<br />
.Member and below the Socoti Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
Cortezicel'll8 (?) n. sp. 7<br />
Pl. 3 fig. 6; Text-Fig. 3 &<br />
!let specimen C -513<br />
. Only<br />
one spectrnen is available. The ada<br />
plcal portion of the last whorl prese!Ved has<br />
flankS that descend abruptly into the umbilicus<br />
and round progressively towan:ls veneer with<br />
the maximum thlcknesa about the midle of the<br />
flank, . then they converge toward the narrow<br />
venter forming a low ogive . TowiU'd the adapical<br />
en of the last whorl, the section tend3 to round<br />
urufonnly.<br />
On the· venter the teat ha periodically<br />
thickened, rounded and llnguilonn flanges<br />
that extend, progmufvely attenuated, to the·<br />
umbilicus In a falcold manner. The early portion<br />
oi the teat Is covered with tine falcold to biconcave<br />
striae with the external adoral concavity<br />
occupying approximately the central and adventral<br />
thirds oi the flank, and then project onto<br />
the venter; toward . the adapertural thlrd.of the<br />
lut whorl, tine rounded ribs that are slightly<br />
narrower than the Intercostal spaces become<br />
well defined especially on the central and adventral<br />
thirds of the flanks. The specimen Is com- .<br />
pletely septate. ·<br />
NOTE : This species Is characterized by: A) ita<br />
inflated, low ogival whorl section, B)<br />
the tenuous, fine biconcave ribs, and<br />
C) the externally accentuated flanges<br />
which correspond to the adapical ridge<br />
of constrictions on the intemal mold.<br />
M .. .un ment.. D Euw. H W DfEuw"f0 DfH%<br />
c-13 32 a u 13 211 44<br />
COMMENTS. This species resemblesPseudorbulites<br />
convergens (Jacob) (1907, p.29, pl.2,<br />
fig. 26a, b, c) but differs In the position of the<br />
maximum Inbation which is more toward center<br />
of the whorl ln the Colombian species. This species<br />
also shows great resemblance to the inner<br />
whori:J of Corteziceras cortezi n. sp., however<br />
has a relatively more compressed whorl section<br />
and does not show the biconcave growth striae.<br />
·-· - Genus f Pseudosaynell4 )spath, 192· .<br />
""<br />
-<br />
_ -<br />
" ...<br />
' ...... ,..... _., - ·<br />
_ .,.,... ."" .. ,- .. , .<br />
Pseudosaynell4 Spath, 1923, p. 66.<br />
· · · -- ·<br />
-<br />
· ·· · .<br />
- ·<br />
-<br />
-<br />
··-<br />
· ··· - ·<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Ammonites bicuroatus<br />
Michelin, original daslgnntion.<br />
eyeudosgnea rafiml!lli n. sp.<br />
.3, Frg; 1; ext- J.g. 4N, 4.0.<br />
P<br />
Holotype. SV.-28 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.14).<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N.12)<br />
Type locality. Lorna San Vicente, Villa de Leiva<br />
(Boyaca).<br />
Description of holotype. The. conch is in·<br />
volul"e discoidal, with sharp venter; the section<br />
of the ' whorl is lanceolate: the maximum width<br />
is on the flattened peri-umbilical region from<br />
which the flanks slope gently up to the sharp<br />
venter- the umbilical rim is blunt, the umbilical<br />
wall is' almost vertical, it changes its inclination<br />
at depth; when the test is preserved the umbilical<br />
rim appears acute.<br />
On a small piece of test preserved around<br />
the umbilicus occur very rm e growth striae. On<br />
the internal mold are low rounded ribs that begin<br />
faintly near the umbilical m trend<br />
radially on the smooth adumblllcal third or the<br />
flank, make an acute bend on part of the central<br />
third and then describe a wide, cre9Centlc adoral<br />
concavity and project sligtly onto the venter.<br />
From the central bend up to the beginning<br />
of the sharp venter the ribs become broad, low<br />
-
30 F. ETAYO ·SERNA<br />
and bifurcate; interc$tory bifurcating ribs also<br />
appear. The distance between the branches of<br />
the wne rib is narrow, but the distance be·<br />
tween each two couples of ribs is usually wider<br />
than a single rib. The ribs converge toward the<br />
umbilical rim; they crosa the acute venter as<br />
fiat, low belts.<br />
One quarter of the last preserved whorl<br />
corresponds to the living chamber. Towards the<br />
end of the phragmocone the external ornament<br />
attenuates but it Is strengthened on the living<br />
chamber. The acute venter is beaded by the<br />
crossing of the Battened ribs; on the internal<br />
mold there are wide constrictions which follow<br />
the trend of the ribs.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This spedes is chlll"&cteri·<br />
zed by: A) its disk-like appeaJence combined<br />
with the sigmoidal bifurcating ribs, and E) the<br />
change In stress of its ornament during growth.<br />
Meumementa. D Euw H W E/Euw'% DfH"'o<br />
SV ·28 87 8 37 177 1 2 66<br />
La • Ye 24 4 11 1 n 64<br />
c . 223:1: 27 7 7 7 7 7<br />
COMMENTS. A comparable species was<br />
described by Imlay (1944, p.278, tex-fig. 2-4,<br />
plates 42,43); but from the Ulustrations ofPseZl·<br />
dosaynella (i mbriata Imlay, the Colombian spe·<br />
eles has more sigmoidal and leas regularly spaced<br />
ribs; furthennore, the holotype of his species<br />
shows a definite change In the ornamentation in<br />
the latter stage of the ontogeny; likewise the su·<br />
ture line of the Colombian species hu L divided<br />
by a massive tnushroom-likc satldle that with<br />
growth renders this lobe bifid, but this lobe is<br />
ln comparison slim, moss..J.ike in Imlay's species<br />
(see fig. 4d, p.279); it must be pointed out that<br />
the diameters are not similar, however, the Co·<br />
lombian species seems to be smaller altogether.<br />
Pseudosaynella walcotti (Hill) [1888, p.<br />
128, pl. 1, fig.1; Scott, 1940, p.995, pl.56, fig.<br />
1,2] Is a more evolute species and seems to have<br />
leas numerous ribs, but these are stronger<br />
throughout than on the Colombian species.<br />
Of the European species described by<br />
Sarasln (1893), PseudosayneUa bicuroata (Mi·<br />
chelln) shows a slm.Uarlty In the type of ribbing,<br />
but the Lower Aptian French species has its<br />
Danks more fiattened; the suture line at firr.t<br />
alght looks similar, however at similar diameter<br />
the French species has a more massive E/L<br />
saddle. Collet (1.22, p.17) recorded the French<br />
species from Venezuela, but this record hss<br />
been questioned by Casey (1961, p.172).<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socot.i Member. Upper<br />
Aptian. This species is named In honor of Dr.<br />
Ralph Imlay.<br />
Family P ACHYDISCIDAE<br />
- e iiui l "" mwlceras )Spa'fll; 19 39<br />
Lewesiceras Spath, 1939, p. 296.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Ammonites Peramplua J.<br />
Sowerby, original designation.<br />
M.lJ.l#t;MQ!_f[lllmli n. sp.<br />
.. Pl.T3";"fig.. 4D.<br />
Holotype. C·310 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.15).<br />
Paratype. C-310 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N.13 ).<br />
Description, largely after C-310. The<br />
conch is moderately evolute; on the penultlma·<br />
te whorl and the adapical portion of the last<br />
whorl the ornament consists of widely spaced<br />
fianges or ridges which begin at the umbilical<br />
rim and trend radially up to a point near center<br />
of the flank from which point they trend pror·<br />
siradiate and crosa the venter forming an acute<br />
chevron-like projection; this ridge is paralleled<br />
adapically by a aha Dow constriction which<br />
reaches the umbilical margin; the second,<br />
deeper but narrower constriction pamllels the<br />
ridge ado rally, it fades out near the adumbilical<br />
third of the flank. A leu prominent ridge rima<br />
thiG second constriction.<br />
Between each two adjacent principal<br />
ridges there is a large blunt bullate umbilical<br />
swelling; on the adapical third of the length of<br />
the last preserved whorl this swelling gives rise<br />
to a low rib which dies out about the middle of<br />
the flank or ontlnues almost imperceptibly<br />
across the venter. On the adoral half of the<br />
whorl however, this tubercle gives rise to one or<br />
two rounded and prominent n'b c which describe<br />
an are on the flanks and projecb; onto venter in<br />
the same manner as the constriction. One<br />
intercalary rib which does not reach the umblll·<br />
cus may occur.<br />
The intercostal spaces are wider than the<br />
ribs, they are flattened and shallow between the<br />
ribs which arise from the adumbilical tubercles<br />
but narrower and deep near the constrictions.<br />
The section of the whorl is low, ogtval to<br />
renifonn, the umbilical rim rounds abruptly<br />
into the vertical wall; there are seven prominent<br />
umbillcal tubercles on the last whorl.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the long enduring stage with constrictions<br />
and intervening umbilical tubercles, B) the<br />
pairs of rlbs i!Iising from the umbilical tubercles<br />
later in the ontogeny. Presumably only the ju·<br />
venlle stages are known as yet.<br />
Mtuureruenta.<br />
C·310<br />
C· 310<br />
D Euw H<br />
211 .-11 9<br />
14 li li<br />
w D/Euw% D/H"k<br />
11 "" 36<br />
7 36 36<br />
COMMENTS. In the illustrated species of<br />
LewesicerG 1n the "Treatise" {Wright, 1957,<br />
L-378, fig. 494, la-1b) the principal ribs bonn·<br />
ding the constrictions bear prominent tubercles·<br />
but•the intercalary ribs appears to begin on the<br />
venter and advanCE toward the umbUlcus with·<br />
out any tubercles, completely the reverse o! tbe<br />
Colombian species. Houaa {1965) ball diacuased<br />
at length the problems wlth respect to the type<br />
specie& of IK.wesiceras.
'1\lronian.<br />
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 31<br />
OCCURRENCE. La Frontera Fonnatlon.<br />
This speciE!& is named In honor of the<br />
geologist Carlos tJ1loa, Instituto Nacional de In·<br />
vestlgaciones <strong>Geolo</strong>gico·Mlneras.<br />
... . _<br />
FamilY HEIRATIDAE<br />
,, ! Genus -[Oc fJier# t""ilfof'iruPre!· ·<br />
' mer, 3.<br />
__ .:...:_.,.., •• - . _<br />
.:.:..:_;;>:(.·'-"-"'""""'"' .. .,,., ... ,..,... .... . ......... .. _--:;;r. ... .... ..,. .. .. .. . .-.. ,, .... __ _<br />
Trochleiceras 'Fallot and Termier,1923, p. 74.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Trochleiceras balearense Fa<br />
Dot and Tennier, monotypy.<br />
h jc\(7ihce ftil .iUlivW,i n.sp.<br />
I. , _g. , ext· g. f, .<br />
Holotype. C-215·1 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.16}.<br />
Paratype. C-215-2 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Pt. N.14).<br />
Small, relatively evolute conchs (C-215·1,2).<br />
They have a well defined ventral median groove,<br />
paralleled by rounded ridges, In a pulley fashion.<br />
The initial whorls of the phragmocone are<br />
smooth, covered only by sinuous lirae which<br />
trend as an elongated s with stress on the exter·<br />
nal concavity. The lirae cross the venter nonnally<br />
to the ventral median line. Bundles of striae<br />
form periodic narrow, low ribs which now and<br />
then are raised.<br />
On the living chamber and adjoining part<br />
of the phragmocone, compact bundles of lirae<br />
form a kind of stem on the inner half of the<br />
whorls, about middle of the flank this stem<br />
splits into five rm e, rounded to flattened riblets<br />
that extend to the ventral median line. The<br />
ridges that parallel the ventral median grove<br />
appear minutely denticulate because of inter·<br />
section with the riblets. One tubercle-like<br />
outgrowth on the right side of the holtype is<br />
interpreted as a adventitious growth to cover an<br />
extraneous object.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) Its small conch, B) its rounded subrectangular<br />
section, and C) the change in ornament<br />
through growth, showing only sporadically<br />
stressed lirae on the early whorls, and later by<br />
riblets issued in groups of five from an adumbi·<br />
lical principal stem.<br />
Meuurement.. D Euw H W DJEuw% D/H%<br />
C·21&·1 14 6 6 6 . 43 43<br />
COMMENTS. This species can be diffe·<br />
rentiated from the type species of the genus:<br />
Trochleiceras balearense Fallot and Termier<br />
(see Fallot and Tennier, 1923, p.74, pl. 6, figs.<br />
7-9, text-fig. 32; Collignon, Magneticerc.s magneti<br />
C., 1950, p.48, p1.6, figs. 1, 1a, 1b text<br />
g.4;Wiedmann, 1962, p.323, pl.18, fig. 2, text<br />
ug. 3J, because the species from the Balearics<br />
d not show any change in the ornamentation<br />
du f!ng ontogen r, and only prominent single<br />
"pnmary riblets ' occur up to the living cham·<br />
ber.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Lower Albian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Professor<br />
Manuel Juiivert.<br />
no/i S ub gJl \<br />
... -a- ma_..p<br />
....<br />
o_ft_a_ic_e_ras__,) n. subg.<br />
-= Tru diflv:wo . .')<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Trochleiceras (Jaumaportai·<br />
ceras), ho(fste t.W,n :n. sp.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. Jaumaportaiceras differs<br />
from Trochleiceras by the absence of a ventral<br />
sulcus or only a very weak indication of it on<br />
the inner whorls, by the presence of ventral<br />
bullae, and by a more lacerate suture llne.<br />
This subgenus is named in honor of<br />
Professor Jauma de Porta.<br />
Troch$ras (Jauma,eortaiceraf!.2.<br />
Jj07fffeJt.ifii. sp.-<br />
PI.10, fig. 4; Text-figs. 4G, 4H, 4L.<br />
Holotype. C-215·5 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N17).<br />
Paratype. C-215· (U.N.C.M.H.N.C,P.Pt. N15, 16,<br />
17).<br />
A) Up to 15 mm D [C-215·3,4]. The<br />
conch is small, flattened, evolute; the section<br />
of the whorl is rounded subquadrate; the umbi·<br />
lical wall is vertical and rounds evenly into the<br />
flattened to slightly convex flanks, which in<br />
tum merge smoothly into the flattened venter.<br />
On the adapical segment of the specimen<br />
studied (mostly decorticated), a shallow broad<br />
groove is present on the internal mold. At this<br />
stage of development, when the test is preser·<br />
ved it appears smooth, covered only by rme<br />
growth striae, occassionally one of them is more<br />
prominent. The surface of the shell has low<br />
broad undulations.<br />
The living chamber occupies half a<br />
whorl, and whose beginning in this case<br />
is marked by the close approximation of the<br />
last two sutures which earlier in the phragmocone<br />
are distant from each other. Low<br />
:ounded ribs are developed irregularly on the .<br />
living chamber; they flatten on the venter and<br />
form transversely rounded tubercles on each<br />
ventral margin. Where the shell is preserved<br />
(C-215-4), it shows broad, raised bundles of<br />
lime separated by narrower but well defined<br />
intercostal spaces; theses correspond to the<br />
bulges on the internal mold.<br />
B) Up to 20 mm D [C-215·51. At the dia·<br />
meter of the holotype, the intemaf mold of the<br />
living chamber shows relatively accentuated ven·<br />
trai bullae on conspicuous rounded ribs; the latter<br />
begin on the external part of the umbilical<br />
wall and trend prorsiradiately on the adumblli·<br />
cal third of the Oank, then they abruptly chan·<br />
ge trend to radially or slightly inclined adapica·<br />
fly, they then describe a narrow concave arc on<br />
the adventral third of the flank; they cross<br />
normal to the ventral median line; a few of the<br />
ribs are feebly depressed on mid-venter; the<br />
principal ribs bifurcate twice: first about the<br />
boundary between the adumbilical and central
32 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
thirds of the flank where a subtriangular thick·<br />
ening is usually fanned, and second on the ad·<br />
ventral third where no swelling is fanned; the<br />
adoral branch is usually , though not alway£ the<br />
strongest one. The strength of the ribs is not<br />
uniform and the distance between them likewi·<br />
se varies. Adorally to the principal ribs are depreBSed<br />
bands that follow the trend of the<br />
ribs.<br />
During growth the whorl section changes<br />
from subrenifonn to subquadrate with slightly<br />
arched venter, likewise the innennost whorls<br />
are smooth but bear broad flexuous swellings;<br />
in the later stages of growth, and mostly on the<br />
living chamber the secondary ribs branch from<br />
primary ones at different levels. There is a<br />
feeble ventral sulcus on the innennost whorls<br />
which disappears or is very faint on later stages<br />
of growth; appearance of ventral, rounded<br />
bullae-fonn tubercles seem to characterize the<br />
beginning of the adult stage.<br />
The conch appears to consist of in terloc·<br />
king segments;- Now and then the primary ribs<br />
(?) on the inner whorls may be raised as thin<br />
flanges which begin slightly above the umbilical<br />
margin and attain their maximun flaring at the<br />
middle ct' the tlank; parallel and adapical to<br />
them, a wide shallow constriction develops.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. The characteristics of the<br />
species are the same as for the subgenus. The<br />
variation of the morphologic characteristics is<br />
significant: the ribs mny vary in strength, likewise<br />
the width and depth of the constrictions<br />
are variable but not their .;hape; on same phragmocone<br />
both raised and low ribs may develop;<br />
some ribs are broad and low and arise in pairs<br />
from the periventral margin.<br />
Meuuzemente D Euw H W DfEuw% D/H%<br />
C-211)-3 13 II 6 I) 38 38<br />
0·210-4 16 6 6 8 37 37<br />
0·2111•6 22 10 8 8 411 38<br />
C-216 20 ll 7 7 46 36<br />
C·2l6·7 16 7 6 6 44 37<br />
C·21fi-8 16 7 6 6 47 40<br />
C·2lli-ll 16 7 6 6 44 37<br />
C·2l !o·10 13 7 7 ? 1 1<br />
0·216·12''18 7 8 6 44 37<br />
COMMENTS. Trochleiceras ambanjabense<br />
Collignon (1962, p. 37, pl. 130, fig. 985)<br />
from the Upper Aptian (Gargasian) of Madagascar<br />
at equiv&lent diameters (approx. 9 mrn),<br />
lacks the development of the periventral bullae,<br />
it has a more accentuated, even thoutb weak,<br />
ventral mediari groove, the section of the whorl<br />
is subrectangular rather than subquadrangular<br />
aa in the Colombian sp.ecies, furtherm ore<br />
instead of low broad ribs on the early whorls,<br />
the Madaga.o;can species has numerous rm e rl·<br />
blets. The Colombian species diffen from the<br />
type species of the genus by the type of ribbing,<br />
more complicated suture line and nearly absent<br />
ventral groove.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Lower Albian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Professor<br />
Robert Hoffstetter.<br />
Chel o niceras Hyatt, 1903, footnote p. 101<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Ammonites comuelianus d'Or·<br />
• bigny subsequent designation,<br />
I.C.Z.N., opinion 428, 1956.<br />
Subgenus {Epichelonicen!JCasey, 1954.<br />
Epicheloniceras Casey, 1954, p. 113<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Douvilleiceras tschemyschewi<br />
Sinzow, original designation.<br />
eloniceras (Epichel,gTJicets§)<br />
a l!!i n. sp.<br />
H<br />
'":; Tg . ;Text-Fig. 4W.<br />
1968 Cheloniceras aff. Ch. juv. ex. aff. comue<br />
-lianum d'Orb, Riedel, Etayo-Sema 1968,<br />
Fig. 3, Table I.<br />
Holotype. VL12·2 (U.N.C.M.H.N,C.P. Ht. N.18)<br />
One slightly defonned internal mold is at<br />
hand. The adapical portion of the last preserved<br />
whorl has prominent low rounded primary ribs<br />
which begin near the umbilical seam; they bear<br />
a tiny spinifonn tubercle at the umbilical rim,<br />
and on middle of the flank a very prominent<br />
spinose tubercle at which point the primary rib<br />
trifurcates, the branches cross the venter, slightly<br />
depressed at the median line and fonn rounded<br />
shoulders; on the venter the ribs bend slightly<br />
forward in a broad a.c; of the three branches<br />
the median one tends to be the most prominent;<br />
bet.ween two tuberculate ribs there are two in·<br />
tercalary ribs of which the adapical one begins<br />
at the middle or the flank as if bifurcating from<br />
the subsequent tubercle. A succession of closely<br />
spaced trifurcating ribs follows the preceeding.<br />
Two intercalary ribs reappear about two thirds<br />
of length of the last whorl.<br />
Of the trifurcating ribs only the central<br />
and adapical branches are depressed on venter,<br />
they are nearly equally strong, and are more<br />
prominent than the other ribs. The intercostal<br />
spaCPII vary from narrower to as wide as the ribs<br />
on venter; on the flanks they are deep and<br />
channeled. The large lateral spinifonn tubercles<br />
are pointed adapically, whereas the periumbUI·<br />
cal ones are mammiform. Tne section of the<br />
whorl at the apertural end of this specimen is<br />
inflated renifonn. The conch has 37 ribs on the<br />
venter of the last preserved whorl.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its highly developed lateral tubercles<br />
•from which ribs trifurcate, B) its thick renlfonn<br />
intercostal whorl section, and C) the sporadic<br />
occurrence of intercalary ribs.<br />
"•";,,<br />
Meuuremenu. D Euw H W DfEuw% D!H"k<br />
VI-u-2 s7 13 a a 31> 40
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 33<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles the<br />
inner whoda of Cheloniceraa (E.) debile Casey<br />
(1962, p. 244, pl. 37, r.a, 7, Text· Fig. 85, 86b<br />
and especially ftgums 86a. 86b) but on the<br />
EugUah species the central one of the branching<br />
ribs Is the 1trongest, turthennore It has "groups<br />
of tblee to four intermediary ribs at 20 mm<br />
diameter ,. (Casey, ibid..,p. 244) whereu in the<br />
Colombian species the intermediary ribs ue<br />
almost abeaent.<br />
Them Is also a resemblance between the<br />
Colombian specimen and the lectotype of the<br />
type species of the subgenus (Sinzow, 1906, pl.<br />
2 Figs. lla-c; reproduced in Casey, 1962, p.<br />
2S7, Text-Fig. 82a, b, c); on the Russian fonn<br />
the ventral median sulcus Is deep and the ven·<br />
tra1 tubercles prominent, opposite to the sltua·<br />
tlon the Colombian species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Paja Fonnation (Arcillo·<br />
Utu abigarradu, segment E), and base of Ar·<br />
cllloUtu con nOdulos huecos. Upper Aptian.<br />
· · This SJ!ecies is named in honor of Mrs. El·<br />
vira de Borru, of Villa de Leiva.<br />
. Cheloniceras (Ef!.ic!JonJ2e.L camachoi<br />
n. ap.<br />
PI. 2, Fig. 3; Text-Fig. 4T.<br />
1928 Cheloniceras stoliczkanum Gabb,<br />
Buse, p.141, pl.S, Fig. 2. Text-Fig.18.<br />
non 1936 Ch.[eloniceras] Stoliczkanum Gabb,<br />
'<br />
Basse, p. 88.<br />
'l 1936 Cheloniceras ct. Stoliczkanum Gabb<br />
sp. em. Basse, Breistroffer, p. 156.<br />
1938 Cheloniceras stoliczkanum Gabb, An·<br />
derson, P..· 176, pars., only reference<br />
to Basse s illustrated specimen.<br />
1964 Cheloniceras stoliczkanum (Gabb ),<br />
Etayo-Sema, pars., p. 118.<br />
1968 Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)stoliczkanum<br />
sensu Basse (non Gabb ), Eta·<br />
yo-8ema, p.28, Fig. 3, Table I.<br />
1970 Cheloniceras (Epich. [ eloniceras V sto·<br />
liczkanum, Wiedmann, p. 484, ex re·<br />
view of Etayo-Sema's 1968 paper.<br />
H olotype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.19).<br />
. .<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N.18).<br />
The adapical portion of the last preserved<br />
whod on the holotype (VI-10-17) shows strong<br />
<br />
ular ribs which bear a tiny mammtfcnn tu·<br />
bercle at the umbilical margin, a conical tuber·<br />
cle abot the middle of the flank and a promi·<br />
nent triangular transversely elongated :reriven<br />
tral tubercle; on venter the intercostal :iistance<br />
1<br />
1<br />
• 1 more than twice the width of the ribs but it is<br />
..·<br />
. • th. an<br />
.<br />
. two times on the flanks; in gener 1 the<br />
..&tercostal spaces Qre shallow. The ribs are tnick<br />
an.d rounded.<br />
Between two prominent ribs a nearly<br />
imperceptible Intercalary rib appean, tt Ia<br />
feebly depressed along the ventral median line;<br />
with the tncreuing size the strength of both<br />
ribs and tuberculation rapidly increases, and<br />
approaching the preserved apertural region the<br />
Intercostal spaces are very deep and channel<br />
fonn; at this stage of growth the Intercalary rib<br />
approximates to the periumbUlcal tubercle of<br />
the preceding rib u if arising from t. ·<br />
The periventral tubercles give the impression<br />
of being slightly bent posteriorly. There<br />
are 18 well defined ribs on the last whorl. The<br />
Jatenl tubercles were long and spinose as shown<br />
by depressions on the umbilical wall of the<br />
holotype and the paratype.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the rapid on to genetic strengthening of Ita<br />
ornament contemporaneously with a slow in·<br />
crease of the umbilical diameter, B) ita subrectangular<br />
intercostal whorl section, with greatest<br />
width about the umbilical rim', and C) the regular<br />
occurence of only one intercalary rib appearing<br />
near the umbilical rim .<br />
Meuuremenw. D Euw H W DfEuw % DJH %<br />
VI · 10 • 17 47 21 19 28 411· 40<br />
T.I.P. GuaduQ 61 27 ? ? . 44 1<br />
COMMENTS. This species differs fonn<br />
Cheloniceras stoliczkanum (Gabb )(1869) by not<br />
having the very depre!l&ed whorl section during<br />
ita development and the width-length ratio not<br />
remaining the same throughout as on the bolo·<br />
type of the California species (Acad. Nat. Sci.<br />
Phil., no. 4 786). The ventral nodes on Gabb's<br />
species are broadly rounded, lobe-like, but in<br />
the Colombian species their height is greater<br />
than their width (in correlation with the com·<br />
pression of the section?); the periumbilical tu·<br />
bercles are represented by feeble bullae through<br />
the ontogeny on Gabb's species but they are co<br />
nical and prominent early in the ontogeny of<br />
the Colombian species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian. Paja Fonnation (Arcillolitu ablgarradas,<br />
Segment E). Upper Aptian.<br />
This species Is named in honor of geologist<br />
Ricardo Camacho.<br />
1906 Douuilleiceras Stoliczkanum, Gabb, R.<br />
Douville, p. 145 (pars), only pl. 1, Fig. 1,<br />
la.<br />
1925 Douuilleicera.s AmazonarumBurckhardt,<br />
p. 26.<br />
1938 Douvilleiceras stoliczkanum Gabb, Anderson,<br />
p. 176, p.<br />
Holotype. Specimen figured in Douville's paper;<br />
see synonym.
34 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
Hypotype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Hy. N.5).<br />
Type locality. "Vallee des Amazones .. [sic], un·<br />
known.<br />
Descn· tion after the only specimen avai·<br />
lable [C-514 . This is a moderately evolute species;<br />
the oral portion of the penultimate<br />
whorl is characterized by widely separated, rela·<br />
tively thin primary ribs three to four times na·<br />
rrower than tlle intercostal spaces; they bear a<br />
mammtfonn tubercle at the umbilical rim, and<br />
a prominent spine at center of the flank. On the<br />
adapicai portion of the last preserved whorl, the<br />
ribs appear to be extended towards the umbill·<br />
cal seam, with a feeble adoral concave arc; on<br />
the inner flank the ribs are nearly radial but on<br />
the adventral half of the flank and on venter<br />
they swing slightly forward producing a wide<br />
adoral arc; the growth lines are rme raised<br />
threads which sometimes gather in bundles and<br />
resemble intercalary ribs but no true intercalary<br />
ribs are present. All ribs are depreued along the<br />
ventral median line and on both sides of it pro<br />
minent crest like tubercles are developed. On<br />
the adoral portion of the last whorl the ribs<br />
are only slightly promiradiate. No living cham·<br />
ber is preserved; up to the anterionnost part of<br />
the preserved conch it is septate. The whorl sec·<br />
tion at this point ia inflated, rentfonn, it has an<br />
Inclined J:llbilical wall which rounds &mootbly<br />
into the flanks.<br />
<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its sparse ribbing with only primary ribs<br />
or sporadic, weak intercalary ribs that disappear<br />
before reaching the umbilical rim, and B) its re·<br />
nifonn whorl &ectlon.<br />
MeUUftlmenta. D Euw H W D/Euw % D/H%<br />
C-614 80 30 20 83 ISO 33<br />
COMMENTS. This is a peculiar species not<br />
easily comparable to any described specie&<br />
known to me; it is most aimllar to "Douuilleice·<br />
ras Martini d'Orb." as described by Sinzow<br />
(1907, p. 171, pl. 2, especially fig. 13a, 13b)<br />
but on the Russian species the intercalary ribs<br />
are common and at simllar dlamete:n when<br />
rlbbinll: is attenuated in the Russian species the<br />
o_p pOSlte seema true for the Colombian Wton.<br />
The generic •ignment is questioned because of<br />
the projection of the ribs onto venter on the<br />
Jut whorl.<br />
OC9URRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
Chlon f&12.f!eloni£erus<br />
r _o'SaQL: n. sp.<br />
PI.2, Fgs. 9·10; Text-Figs. 4R, 48; 11.<br />
Holotype. C·223 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N.20).<br />
Paratype. C-223 (U. N. C. M. H. N. C. P. Pt.<br />
N.19, 20, 21).<br />
A) Up to 25 mm D [ C-223·11. The umbi·<br />
liens is deep· and wide; on· the two im t observa·<br />
ble whorls the sculpture can not be clearly dla·<br />
cemed but at the beglnlng of the third whorl<br />
(4th of the phragmocone?), very prominent<br />
elongated spinose tubercles develop on the mid·<br />
die of the flank (= along the involution line),<br />
they arise from low wide ribs which extend<br />
toward the umbilical rim. On the fourth or last<br />
preserved whorl of this specimen very slight<br />
mammiform tubercles develop at the periumbi·<br />
lical inception of the ribs; at the same time on<br />
both sides of the ventral median line, rounded<br />
to acute swellings are developed. Although the<br />
ribs tend to fonn a wide concave arc on the<br />
fianks and to project weakly onto the venter<br />
they also tend to widen on the adumbilical half<br />
of the whorl as if forming an adoral arc 1 at the<br />
same time they tend to split longituainally.<br />
Along the ventral median Une the ribs are de·<br />
pressed; sporadically there is an intercalary rib<br />
which differs from the primary ribs only in its<br />
lesser strength.<br />
The whorl section is subcompressed to<br />
subpoligonal: the umbilical wall is inclined, it<br />
merges smoothly into the slightly convex<br />
adumbllieal half of the flank, the adventral half<br />
of tl1e flank converges and rounds into the flatte·<br />
ned venter.<br />
B) Up to 35 nun D [C-223-2). The earliest<br />
part of the last whorl of this specimen is like<br />
· the late part of the preceding specimen. The ornament<br />
continues developping _ in a similar. way<br />
except that one or two folds (In tercalatory<br />
ribs?) without tubercles appear between two<br />
primary ribs. The periumbilical tubercles conti·<br />
nue inconspicuous but the ventral tubercles<br />
tend to acoontuate; the ribs tend to extend to<br />
the umbilical seam fanning and acute adoral<br />
concavity.<br />
C) Up to 50 mm D [C-223·11]. At the<br />
beginning of the last whorl in this specunen the<br />
distance between the centrolateral and periven·<br />
tral tubercles progreuively increases. At this<br />
stage the intercalary ribs are well defined and<br />
characterized by lack of periumbilical or lateral<br />
tubercles, they have only periventral tubercles;<br />
this intercalary rib appears near the preceding<br />
primary and approaches it near the umbUlcal<br />
margin. The last two ribs of this specimen chan·<br />
ge their strong lateral tubercles into tiny spines.<br />
'Ibe Intercostal whorl section ilaubrectangular,<br />
it has an oblique umblllcal wall which tends to<br />
become vertical toward the umbilical seam. The<br />
ventral zone is nattened. Near the aperture the<br />
ribs give the lmpression of slightly curved clubs.<br />
D) Up to 75 mm D (C-223]. The oma·<br />
ment is u on the preceding specimen; the living<br />
chamber represents two thl.rda of the last whorl;<br />
the principal morphological features are the<br />
progresaive weakening of the tubercles, especla·<br />
lly the centroiateral and ventrolateral onea,<br />
which cwaes the ribs to loose their ventral<br />
median depression. 'Ibe adaperturalmoat whorl<br />
section is a slightJ.y depresaed dome.<br />
.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. Thia apeclea is characterized<br />
by: A) the ontogenetic development of the no<br />
des whose strength lncreaaes from mammiform<br />
adumbilica! ones to the pertventral comute tu·<br />
!.'lerdes which in intennediate stages of growth
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 35<br />
are very prominent but fade out on the adult<br />
earlier than the lateral and adumbilical, B) its<br />
simple, well separated club-shaped ribs, and C)<br />
its subrectangular, dome-like whorl section.<br />
Measurement. D Euw li w DfEuw%D{HO/o!"o. R.<br />
c23·t 25 14 9 1'3· 66 36 ·J0(1/2)<br />
C·223•2 36 16 13 18 44 16<br />
c-22a-3 33 14 15 19 42<br />
43 19<br />
46 19<br />
36<br />
.<br />
C-223-4 12 13 14 40 30<br />
C·223·1i 41 19 16 20 46 19<br />
C·223.0 32 14 12 16 40 38<br />
39<br />
9(1/2)<br />
C·223·7 41 20 16 ? 48 39 19<br />
C·223-8 7 7 7 7 ? 7 9(1/2)<br />
C-223·9 1 1 7 1 ? 7 9(1/2)<br />
43<br />
C·223·10 19 16 21 44 39 22<br />
C·223·11 63 25 20 26 47 38 19<br />
C-223·12 47 21 19 22 44 40 ?<br />
c-223·13 --33 22 20 25 41 38 10(1/2)<br />
C·223·1 4 1 1 ? ? ? ? 10(1/2)<br />
(·223·15 57 26 21 27<br />
44<br />
46 20 37<br />
C:·223·16 73 32 25 36 34 23<br />
COMMENTS. This species is similar to<br />
Cheloniceras (Ep icheloniceros) subnodosocos·<br />
ta tum (Sinzow) [1907, p. 175, text- fig_. 4-5,<br />
pl. 2, figs. 1 • 8, especially plate 2 fig. 8 j, but<br />
on the Russian species is a secondary rib which<br />
arises from the lateral tubercles and a single in·<br />
tercalary also occurs, a charateristic that does<br />
not occur on the Colombian species; the latter<br />
also seems to attain a larger size than Sinzow's<br />
species. From the preceding table it is clear that<br />
the number of ribs is very constant in the Co·<br />
lombian species, contrary to the Russian species<br />
in which this number is variable. The record of<br />
Sinzow's species in the Villa de Leiva by Biirgl<br />
(1954, p. 16) and quoted by myself (1968, p.<br />
28), is now considered doubtful.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Profe·<br />
ssor Carlos E. Acosta, Department of Geocien·<br />
cias, Universidad Nacional. Bogota.<br />
Chelonicera (EpJcheloniceras) jimenqL<br />
n. sp.<br />
Pl. 2, Fig. 8; Text-Fig. 4X.<br />
Holotype. C-514 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.21).<br />
Paratype. C-514 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N.22,23)<br />
A) Up to 15 mm D [C-514 ]. The whorl<br />
section is renifonn. The sculpture consists of<br />
veey faint ribs, slmost plaits, prorsiradiate, they<br />
describe a wide arc on the venter; the adapical<br />
half of the last whorl on this specimen has the<br />
shell preserved; the ornament visible on it :s low,<br />
belt-like ribs ventrally arched and separated by<br />
wide intercostal spaces which are covered with<br />
growth striae; fine flat ribs may interpose ado·<br />
rally. The whorl section is a smooth arc. On the<br />
adoral half of the last whorl of this srecimen,<br />
inconspicuous mammiform prominences begin<br />
to form on the ribs at the middle of the flanks.<br />
:rhe ribs begin at the umbilical rim but some<br />
mtercalary ribs begin on the adumbilical third<br />
of the flank. The umbilicus is deep.<br />
B) Up to 21 mm (C· 5141. The ribs have a<br />
tendency to develop a second, faint, radially<br />
elongated tubercle at the periumbilical margin;<br />
on the venter they te··tQ.l\*tpress along the<br />
median line and to raise' sl}gJ:ill!:on both sides;<br />
the ribs are very fine, thread-like to moderately<br />
strong, feebly sigmoidal on the flank and projec·<br />
ted as a wide arc on venter. ..<br />
C) Up to 30 mm D [C-514). The periven·<br />
trai and lateral tubercles accentuate for a short<br />
distance and then soon fade out. Sporadically<br />
some intercalary ribs detach from a node on a<br />
primary at the middle of the flank or from its<br />
periumbilical region. There is a tendency toward<br />
an alternation of a secondary rib between two<br />
primary ones; at the anteriormost observed part<br />
the whorl section is subquadrate.<br />
D) Up to 60 mm D [C-5141. Only half of<br />
a specimen is available on which four whorls<br />
can be observed. The umbilicus is deep, funnel<br />
shaped. On the second internal whorl there are<br />
low ribs which disappear before the umbilical<br />
rim; the umbilical wall is subvertical, high, it<br />
rounds smoothly into the convex sides. On the<br />
third whorl the ribs are rounded imd extend<br />
as sharp ridges to the umbilical" seam, they des·<br />
cribe an adoral ccncavity on the umbilical wall<br />
and part of the adumbilical third of the flank<br />
but on the remainder of the flank they describe<br />
an adoral arc; at this stage of development the<br />
intercostal spaces are two to four times as wide<br />
as the ribs when no intercalary -ribs are develo·<br />
ped.<br />
Intercalary ribs are rare. On the last whorl<br />
the ribs are thread-like, acu te and conspicuous;<br />
they begin near the middle of the umbilical wall<br />
and trend rursiradiate to the umbilical rim where<br />
they bend abruptly, then they trend nearly stra·<br />
ight or in a feeble forward arc on the central<br />
third of the flank, then they cross the venter .<br />
straight or bent forward. On both sides of ven·<br />
ter the ribs raise in a feeble bullae and the me·<br />
median ventral region appears slightly excava·<br />
ted. The intercostal spaces are very wide, cha·<br />
nne!-like, three to five times as wide as the ribs.<br />
The whorl section is nearly rectangular with<br />
rounded periventral margins, flattened venr<br />
and moderately oblique umbilical wall.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the transitory development of the lateral<br />
tubercles, B) the numerous fine, acute ribs on<br />
the adult whorls with nearly no intercalary ribs,<br />
and C) its subquadrate whorl section.<br />
MeiL:Iurements. D Euw H w D/Euw% D/H0k<br />
c. 514 15 6 6 7 40 40<br />
c. 614 21 8 8 10 38 38<br />
c. 514 30 12 12 15 40 40<br />
c. 614 60 30 21 26 50 35<br />
COI\IMENTS. This species is comparable<br />
to "Douvilleiceras Martini d'Orb" as figured by<br />
Sinzow (1906, p.171, pl.2, fig.13-17) but the<br />
latter differs by the stronger development of the
36 F. ETA YO - SERN A<br />
tuberculation at equivalent stages of juvenile<br />
development, and because on the Colombian<br />
species at adult sizes the ribbing is regularly fine<br />
with exclusively primary ribbing whereas on the<br />
Russian species primary and secondary ribs alternate<br />
and the whorl section is depressed,<br />
oblong and notsubquadrate as in the Colombian<br />
species. No other comparable species is known<br />
to me.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
This species is named in honor of the geologist<br />
Andres Jimeno, former Director of the<br />
Inventario Minero Nacional, and 1st. Director<br />
of the Institute Nacional de Investigaciones<br />
<strong>Geolo</strong>gico-Mineras.<br />
Cheloniceras (Ep icheloniceras ) barreroi<br />
n. sp.<br />
Pl.2, Fig.l; Text-Figs. 4P, 4Q.<br />
Holotype. C-514 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.22).<br />
This is a peculiar stubby Cheloniceras<br />
species with the general appearance of a water<br />
wheel. The umbilicus is deep an wide and its<br />
sides vertical on each whorl. The earliest whorls<br />
observed (adoral part of the second whorl) have<br />
strong ventrolateral spines, and the umbilical<br />
wall and flank form a continuous broad arc; on<br />
the third whorl a subvertical rather high umbili·<br />
cal wall rounds smoothly in to the convex<br />
flank; on the adapical portion of the fourth<br />
whorl the periventral tubercles appear faint on<br />
flank as broad, slightly raised ribs, shortly after<br />
every other rib develop mammiform tubercles<br />
on the umbilical rim.<br />
On the fifth whorl the adult ornamenta·<br />
tion is well defined and characterized by heavy<br />
primary radial ribs which have a spine at the<br />
umbilical rim and a second heavy and stronger<br />
spine at middle of the flank where the rib bifurcates<br />
with the adoral branch thinner; on both<br />
sides of the ventral median region all ribs develop<br />
transverse crest-like tubercles and the mid·<br />
venter is depressed.<br />
At the beginning of the last preserved<br />
whorl there is an intercalary rib, between two<br />
branching primaries, which is as prominent as<br />
the primary ribs, but on the central segment of<br />
the whorl the bifurcating ribs follow each othl!r<br />
without any intercalary rib and finally near the<br />
aperture no bifUrt!iltions occur even though one<br />
intercalary rib beginning at level of the midi ate·<br />
ral tubercle may · be present, but the dominant<br />
ribs are single prominent primary ribs.<br />
The inte.tcostal spaces are twice as wide<br />
as the ribs especially between two successive<br />
primaries and narrower between the branches<br />
of a bifurcating rib. At the end of the last preserved<br />
whorl its section is very depressed, trans·<br />
versely elongated and polygonal in outline, it<br />
has a vertical u_bilical wall,flatdiverging adumbilical<br />
half of Whorl, convergent adventral half<br />
of whorl and flattened venter. The ribs stop at<br />
the umbilical rim though when the test is preser·<br />
ved a stressing of the growth lines occurs down<br />
to the umbilical seam.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) a very depressed section of the whorl<br />
and B) the development of its ornament which<br />
begins with ribs laterally tuberculate and with<br />
feeble swellings on both sides of the median<br />
ventral line, they subsequently develop mammiform<br />
umbilical tubercles and bifurcate from the<br />
centrolateral tubercle, finally only tritubercula·<br />
te single ribs are present.<br />
Measurements D Euw H W D/Euw "fo 0/H%<br />
C·S14 42 19 14 24 45 33<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles Cheloniceras<br />
clansayesense (Jacob} (1905, p.4.3, pl.<br />
13, figs. 4a, 4b,4c) but the Colombian species<br />
develops its mature single ribbing earlier in the<br />
ontogeny than the French species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
Holotype. C-504 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht. N.23).<br />
Four whorls are present on the largest<br />
specimen; on the first whorl -apparently the<br />
second of the phragmocone- widely spaced<br />
pleats are present, they bear long spines along<br />
the involution line, and disappear about the<br />
umbilical rim; on the third visible whorl small<br />
spine-like tubercles appear at the umbilical rim,<br />
they connect to the ventrolateral ones through<br />
a wide triangular like extension of the rib,<br />
which itself extends on the umbilical wall to<br />
· the umbilical seam; at the same time one or two<br />
intercalary ribs develop as fine pleats between<br />
the primary ribs, it disappears about the umbi·<br />
Iical rim and has ven trolateral spines; at this sta·<br />
ge the umbilical wall is vertical.<br />
On the last preserved whorl there is an<br />
alternation of one or two narrow and acute<br />
intercalary ribs, which may have a tubercle or<br />
lack it at the middle of the flank, but they<br />
develop tenuous bullae-like tublercles on both<br />
sides of their median ventral depression. Spora·<br />
dically one of the primary ribs bifurcates at the<br />
lateral tubercle with either the adoral or the<br />
adapical- branch of it being the most prominent.<br />
One intercalary rib may rise from the periumbi·<br />
Heal tubercle of a primary rib. In general all ribs<br />
describe a wide adoral concavity from the<br />
umbilical seam to the lateral tubercle, from that<br />
point Jhey slant slightly forward producing a<br />
slight bow at the level of the lateral tubercle, .,<br />
this is especially notable on the intercalary ribs.<br />
lmfnediately adventral to the lateral tubercles<br />
the ribs are sligh tly depressed and then they<br />
fonn an elevated periventral tubercle; the<br />
depressed ventral medhm region between the<br />
periventral tubercles forms a wide shallow<br />
groove.
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 37<br />
The section of the whorl between the ribs<br />
is suboval, almost as high as wide, but at ribs it<br />
is polygonal with the umbilical wall subvertical<br />
and high.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by A) its high whorl section and B) the oma·<br />
ment of its adult whorl -which varies from two<br />
to more intercalary ribs between primaries or<br />
coupl«!S of primaries.<br />
Meuurement.l D Euw H W DJEuw% D/H%<br />
C·604 4'1 26 22 7 44 38<br />
. COMMENTS • .COmpared. to Chelanicerll$<br />
(Epicheloniceros) barreroi n. sp. the angle for·<br />
med by the segments of the ribs between lateral<br />
aJ1d . adventral tubercles is obtuse in the latter<br />
out in. Ch. (E.) pardai it is very steep, almost<br />
ninety degrees; in the latter species the bifurca·<br />
tion of the ribs is irregular contrary to the for·<br />
mer species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
J\ptlan.<br />
This species is named in honor of geologist<br />
Rafael Pardo.<br />
Cheloni§ W te H fichelonicerizs.L<br />
Jfonhar _q__ n. sp.<br />
Pt 6, fig, 3; Text-fig. 4U.<br />
1938 Cheloniceras clanseyense Jac., Riedel, p.<br />
. 22, pl. 5, fig. 4,5, pl. 14, fig. 5.<br />
1957 .Cheloniceras clanseyerue Jacob, Bilrgl, p.<br />
.. 135. .<br />
1965 Chetoniceros clanseyerue Jacob, Biirgl, in<br />
·. Campbell and Btirgl.<br />
Ilolotype. Specimen figured by Riedel, 1938,<br />
Hypotype. l(UN.M.H.N.C.P. Hy. N.6)<br />
.·· .. Only two specimens available (C-223].<br />
The earliest part of the shell observed is distor·<br />
d by .a malformation. On the adapical part of<br />
e last preserved whorl the first rib that can be<br />
observed res.embles a low rounded ridge which<br />
attenuates and fades out near the umbilical rim;<br />
it describes.a tenuous,.wide adoral concavity on<br />
the whorlSlde and on the venter they project<br />
formlilg a. wide adoral arc. These ribs have a co·<br />
nical . tubercle in the middle of the flank and a<br />
slight bump on both sides of the ventral median<br />
lb:u. Th.e ribs are distant from each other and<br />
are s.eparated by flat intercos spaces. Advan·<br />
· u clng adorally the next rib has a slight periumbi·<br />
cal mammiform tubercle which become<br />
P.tominent on the next (3rd) rib. On subsequent<br />
n,bs a.· . continuous strengthenir.g of the lateral<br />
and yentrolateral tubercles is initiated but the<br />
.rnbdical tubercles scarcely increase in size.<br />
ar · groth lines describe a wide adoral<br />
. ·ie w . c . begrns at the umbilical seam and<br />
e:J;. nds to the periventral margin from which<br />
.tnt they- project onto venter; in general their<br />
·<br />
trace follows that of the ribs. The whorl section<br />
· at the preserved apertural end is transversely<br />
subrectangular: the umbilical wall is oblique<br />
and it rounds smoothly Into the convex sides<br />
which themselves round smoothly into a<br />
flattened or broadly arched venter. The umbili·<br />
cal wall seems to become oblique in the adoral<br />
portion of the last whorl. There are 13 ribs on<br />
the last whorl preserved.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its tapering ridge-like ribs slightly exten·<br />
ding onto venter, B) the uneven development of<br />
the size and shapes of the tubercles: mamml·<br />
form, conical spinose and ·nod6Se: for adumbill·<br />
cal, centrolateral and periventral respectively'<br />
and C) its wide flattened intercostal spaces with<br />
only fine growth striae.<br />
Meuurementa D Euw H W D/E1.1,w% DfH%<br />
C·223 33 14 12 16 43 36<br />
COMMENTS. This species was referred<br />
by Riedel to Jacob's species (1905, p.413, pl.13,<br />
figs. 4a, 4b, 4c; 1906, pl.l, fig. 7a.7b) but on<br />
the latter the ribs bifurcate from the lateral<br />
tubercle, the opposite is true for the Colombian<br />
species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Dr.<br />
Leonhardt Riedel.<br />
.f!Jelonic!Jr! C¥EJchelonf!:eras} huertasf.. n.<br />
sp.<br />
Pl.2, fig. 4; Text-figs. 4Y, 4$ .<br />
Holotype. VL-7-Sa-11. (U.N.C.M,H.N.C.P.Ht.<br />
N.4).<br />
Paratype. (U.N.CM.H.N.P. Pt. 24,25).<br />
A) Up to 10 mm D. The second whorl of<br />
the phragmocone is coronate, it has a row of<br />
spiniform tubercles along the periventral margins<br />
(=involution line); from this row of tubercles<br />
the flanks descend into the subvertical umbilical<br />
wall. On the third whorl, ridge like folds extend<br />
from the umbilical seam, describing a tenuous<br />
adoral concavity, up to the periventral tubercles<br />
with the maximum depth of the concavity at<br />
the umbilical rim; however on the adventral<br />
half of the whorl they are slightly convex<br />
ad orally or nearly straight. One or two of such<br />
folds however bend on the adumbilical half of<br />
the flank in such a fashion that they appear to<br />
arise from the umbilical rim of the preceding<br />
fold. From the periventral tubercle the ribs<br />
cross the venter; the intercostal spaces are more<br />
than twice as wide as the ribs; they are natte·<br />
ned and they are at times interrupted by<br />
a constriction-like groove. The whorl section<br />
has a sub trapezoidal outline, with a broad roun·<br />
ded venter.<br />
B) Up to 25 mm D (same specimen). The<br />
ribs are stronger, they describe a continuous<br />
shallow adoral concavity from the umbilical<br />
seam to the periventral margins from where
38 F. ETAYO - SERNA<br />
they project slightly forward on venter, for·<br />
ming a wide adoral arc. At this point the ribs<br />
are differentiated between : A) primary ribs<br />
which develop a tiny bullae like periumbilical<br />
tubercle, that are acute to subrounded on the<br />
flank up to the lateral tubercle, and then they<br />
become rounded, B) intercalary ribs attenuated<br />
in relation to the primary ones; they extend to<br />
the umbilical seam as fine threads but become<br />
well stressed on venter and C) secondary ribs<br />
connecting the lateral tubercles and developed<br />
adapically to the primary ribs. There is no regu·<br />
larity in the occurrence of one type or the<br />
other but at least on this specimen, after two<br />
successive bifurcations there may be several, up<br />
to three, single intercalary ribs.<br />
The primary ribs are more prominent on<br />
the venter and faintly flattened along the<br />
siphonal line . Those ribs which bifurcate are<br />
followed adorally by a constriction-like sulcus.<br />
The intercostal spaces are slightly wider than<br />
the ribs. On the last third of the last whorl of<br />
this specimen all ribs tend to have the same<br />
strength on venter, at the same time the intereostal<br />
distance increases. There are 45 ribs on<br />
venter of the last whorl on the specimen studied.<br />
C) Up to 40 mm D. Although in the pre·<br />
viously described stages of growth the ribs are<br />
less strengthened than in the specimen selected<br />
as the holotype, I am considering them conspe·<br />
cific because the general development and the<br />
shape of the ribs is the same. In one specimen<br />
there is a widening of the ribs toward the aper·<br />
ture but this, as judged by sporadically developed<br />
similar spaces at intermediate sizes, is inter·<br />
preted as due to hampering of rib development<br />
during growth.<br />
The last whorl of the largest specimen<br />
examined has about 45 ribs on the venter, they<br />
are sin,gle rounded, closely spaced, separated by<br />
constrictit;li1Jike intercostal spaces; they bear a<br />
: Hny periUmbilical spine, and an spinose centro·<br />
jate)l.ibercle. from which ribs may bifurqate,<br />
and; sci.n\e'primary ribs at the adapical 'portion of<br />
'"'the whorl have a'tenuous ventrolateral eleva.lon.<br />
The, nb i;?ild to be equy strengthened though<br />
th interealary ribs, atnuate more rapidly on<br />
E! flanks.<br />
' ; , · · · · ' ·<br />
, . , DIAGNOSIS. '!'his species is characterizP-d<br />
by! the development 'of its .. ornament which be·<br />
gins with A) bifurcatihg primaey ribs and inter·<br />
talary ribs, which B) grade into uniformly roun<br />
. ded, losely spaced ribs and i:lituberculate rib·<br />
bing in the adult and C) the section of the whorl,<br />
reniform throughout the ontogeny .<br />
Measurements. D Euw<br />
VL • 7 • Sa • 11 8 8<br />
VL • 7 ·Sa · 11 23 10<br />
VL<br />
• 7 ·Sa· 11 41 51<br />
H W D/Euw % 0/H%<br />
8 3 37 37<br />
9 18 43 39<br />
16 23 36 39<br />
COMMENTS. This species is similar toCh.<br />
basseae Breistroffer (1936, p.156: Acanthoceras<br />
(Cheloniceras) n. sp., Basse , 1928, p.138, text·<br />
fig.15, plate 8, fig.1), but in the latter species<br />
the section is almost circular, furthermore con·<br />
trary to the new Colombian species the ribs are<br />
uniform in size except "jusque' au voisinage de<br />
l'ombilic a1 bord duquel elles semblent se grou·<br />
per en donnant naisance a un tubercule", Basse<br />
(ibid., p.138).<br />
OCCURRENCE. Paja Fonnation (Arcillo·<br />
litas abigarradas. Segrr.ent E). Upper Aptian.<br />
This species in named in honor of the pa·<br />
leobotanist Gustavo Huertas, of the Universidad<br />
Nacional de Colombia.<br />
cs-· - -ecmitesf._Y;!GiJ<br />
Vec.mites Casey, 1962, part.4, p. 256.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Vecmites caprotinus Casey,<br />
original designation.<br />
flo.-, u?'>
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 39<br />
from the centrolateral tubercle of a PrimarY rib<br />
and the other appears in a subdue manner near<br />
the umbilical rim; the primary ribs are wide and<br />
flattened on the venter.<br />
B) Up to 20 mm D [C-504]. With growth<br />
one or two intercalary ribs tend to become well<br />
individualized and at the same time the vertex<br />
of the adoral ventral arc of the primary ribs tend<br />
to be depressed suggesting ventral tubercles. •<br />
C) Up to 45 mm D [C-504]. The flattening<br />
or depression of the ribs on venter accentuates<br />
with growth giving the ventral arc a truncated<br />
aspect. The intercalary ribs become as promi·<br />
nent as the primary ones except that they fade<br />
out before reaching the umbilical rim. The<br />
living chamber occupies about two thirds of the<br />
last preserved whorl and It is characterized by<br />
the irregular occurrence of the ribs, which are<br />
well but variably extended onto the venter. The<br />
Intercostal spaces are two or three times as wide<br />
as the ribs. The section of the whorl is ttansver<br />
sely subrectangular and has rounded comers; the<br />
umbilical wall is oblique. A dorsal shield is pre<br />
sent.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species' is characterized<br />
by: A) the broadly arched and truncated projec·<br />
tion of the ribs on venter, B) the transversely<br />
subrectangular whorl section of the adult, and<br />
C) the discrete development of the ribs.<br />
Me..uements. D<br />
c. 04 16<br />
C.• 04 20<br />
0"04 46<br />
Euw H W D{Euw0k D/H %<br />
6 7 1 37 7<br />
7 7 1 1 7<br />
22 16 20 48 3<br />
COMMENTS. This species differs from the<br />
type species of Vectisites Casey (1962 = V.caprotinus<br />
Casey, p. 256, pl. 40, fig. 9a, b, lOa, b,<br />
te.xt · fig. 89a), as noted for the subgenus.<br />
· . OCCURRENCE, Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
· This species Is named in honor of Francisco<br />
Zatnbrano, geologist of the Instituto Nacional<br />
de Investigaciones <strong>Geolo</strong>gico-Mineras, Bogota.<br />
Xe'W'ites 'Zambranoites J cruzi D..J<br />
Pl. , fig. ; Text-Figs. 5A., 5B.<br />
Holotype. C-50 4 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht. N. 26).<br />
The first whorl observed seems to be the<br />
first whorl of the phragmocoile and Is smooth;<br />
the • . second whorl shows a high subvertical um<br />
bllic:al wall which changes abruptly into the<br />
lllightly convex aide; very fine, widely separated<br />
pleats. are visible on the test. On the t."l ird visible<br />
who.:d those pleats become wide and low and<br />
they have a faint conical node at the line of in<br />
volution which at that point is about at the<br />
bounduy between the middle and adumbilical<br />
thirds of the flank. At the adapical portion of<br />
the lt whorl o.f this specimen (4th of the phrag<br />
mocone) the nbs are clearly visible from the<br />
wnbllical seam; up to the lateral tubercle the<br />
nbs describe a tenuous adoral concavity. then<br />
they slightly bend at about the central third of<br />
fiank and rm aUy they describe a wide adoralconcavity<br />
up to the periventral margin and project<br />
onto venter, describing an acute, almost<br />
chevron-like arc; this bend accentuates with<br />
growth of the whorl.<br />
The ribs become progressively depressed<br />
along the ventral median region in such a<br />
manner that at the adoralmost portion of the<br />
conch there are two elevated tubercle-like<br />
shoulders on each side of the venter. The first<br />
third of the length of the last preserved whorl<br />
has a faint non-tuberc:ulate intercalary rib<br />
which begins at the periumbilical margin. The<br />
living chamber occupies about two thirds of the<br />
last whorl and is characterized by loss of the intercalary<br />
rib and increasing distance between<br />
the primary ribs. The intercostal spaces are wi·<br />
de, one and a half as wide as the ribs if one<br />
intercalary rib is present but from three to four<br />
times when the intercalary rib is missing, this<br />
is especially noticeable on the internal mold.<br />
The umbilicus is graded shaped, deep. The intercostal<br />
whorl section at the adaperturalmost<br />
part of this specimen is rounded subquadrangular.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is charaterized<br />
by : A) its. small, relatively compressed conch,<br />
and B) the rapid development and accentuation<br />
of the adoral arching projection and depression<br />
of the ribs along the midventer.<br />
Meuurements D Euw H W D(Euw % D(H0k<br />
C·604 2 10 10 12 40 40<br />
COMMENTS. This species diffe rs from<br />
Vectisites (Zambranoites) zambranoi n. sp. be·<br />
cause of its rapid acquisition of a strong ventral<br />
projection of the ribs.<br />
OCCURRENCE, Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Jaime<br />
Cruz, former Subdirector of the Instituto Na·<br />
::ional de Investigaciones <strong>Geolo</strong>gico·Mineras,<br />
Bogota.<br />
Vectisites oza mbranoite!)._ mateusi n. s<br />
Pl.6, fig. 2 ':" - ' '<br />
Holotype. VL-11-3 (U. N. C. M. H. N. C. P. Ht.<br />
N.27).<br />
Paratype. (U. N. C. M. H. N. C. P. Pt. N.28).<br />
Two specimens are available. The conch<br />
has moderately compressed sides and slightly<br />
rounded venter. The adapical portion of the pe·<br />
nultimate whorl bem close pleats on the flank,<br />
ltl umbilical wall is vertical; toward the adapical<br />
region of the last whorl the primary ribs begin<br />
to diffe,rtllltiat.e, they are flexuous, adorally con<br />
cave on the external part of the umbilical wall,<br />
adorally arched on the central third of the flank<br />
and finally projected onto the venter. The part<br />
of the ribs on the adumbilical third of flank are<br />
flanged but a tubercle is not developed. On the<br />
ventral median line of the adoral portion of the
40<br />
last whorl the ribs are inconspicuously flattened.<br />
On the last preserved whorl the ribbing is prominent<br />
and consists mostly of primary ribs, so<br />
me of them in couples; intercalary ribs are also<br />
present, they are initiated in a subdued manner<br />
near the adumbilical third of the flank.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the ontogenetically late and inconspicuous<br />
(if any) development of the tuberculation,<br />
B) its strong flexuous ribbing, and C) its<br />
compressed suboval whorl section.<br />
Meumementl D Eu.w H W bfEu.w0k D/H%<br />
VL-11-3 33 12 13 7 36 39<br />
VL-11·3 30 11 13 13 37 43<br />
COMMENTS. Compared to the other species<br />
In the genus Vectisites described from Colombia,<br />
this is the only species which combines<br />
a strong flexuoslty of the ribbing with great<br />
attenuation of the tuberculation (?).<br />
OCCURRENCE.Paja Formation (Arcillolitas<br />
abigarradas. Segment E.). Upper Aptian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Luis E.<br />
Mateus, geologist of Ministerio de Minas, Bogota.<br />
V£ r;,tes _ CZambranoites cg4£_nqj_ n. sp.<br />
Pl.6, 1g. 4, Text-figs. 5L, P.<br />
Holotype. C-514 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N.28)<br />
Only one specimen is available, it has the<br />
shell preserved. The conch is stubby and compressed.<br />
The ornament consists of ribs which<br />
usually develop in pairs at the periumbilical<br />
·margin; of these ribs, the adapical one is thic·<br />
ker and rounded, radial, flanging outward on<br />
the adumbilical half of the whorl side, it is be·<br />
veled on the periventral zone and transversely<br />
elevated in a bullae-like fashion on both sides<br />
of a depressed and narrow median ventral region;<br />
futher adorally the ribs tend to be slightly<br />
projected on venter; the adoral or secondary rib<br />
tapers toward the·.'Un1bilical margin, on venter<br />
it is narrower andlower than the primary one<br />
and does not develop periventral tubercles on<br />
the depressed median ventral zone. Sporadically<br />
an isolated primary rib develops.<br />
The intercostal spaces between a prima·<br />
ry and· its paired secondary rib is as wide as the<br />
primary rib, but the intercostal space between<br />
that secondary and the following primary is<br />
wider than the primary rib itself. The ribs in<br />
general are high and rounded and the intercostal<br />
spaces are channel-like. Near the aperture<br />
the ventrolateral bullae disappear. The intercostal<br />
section of the whorl is low subquadrate with<br />
rounded comers and convex sides. The 1J.mbilical<br />
wall is oblique. There are 25 ribs on venter<br />
of the last whorl. The apertural border is plain,<br />
with a slight reflection at the umbilical wall.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its depressed octagonal costal whorl section,<br />
B) its heavy, rounded ribs, C) the presence<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
of ventral bullate swellings only on the ribs, and<br />
D) the angular periumbilical and centrolateral<br />
bending of the ribs without development of tubercles.<br />
Meumementl D Euw H W DfEuw· % D/H %<br />
C·614 36 16 12 12 44 33<br />
COMMENTS. This species shows some re·<br />
semblance to the type species Vectisites caprotinus<br />
Casey, (1962. p. 526, pl. 40, fig. 9a, 9b es·<br />
pecially), but on the English species the lateral<br />
tubercles persist longer; on the other side the<br />
Colombian species is more depressed than<br />
Casey's species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socoti Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Raul<br />
Cadena, Universidad Nacional de Colombia,<br />
Bogota.<br />
D£tisits.l,Zg_mfJronQj{esLfl.ug_tteJi n. sp.<br />
Pl. 6, lfg.2; Text-fig. 5!.<br />
Holotype. C-514 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N.29)<br />
Paratype. C-514 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N.29)<br />
A) (C-514). The earliest whorl observed<br />
(adoral part of the second whorl) has a depressed<br />
subelliptical section: a broad arc connects<br />
the center of the flanks, then the whorl rounds<br />
smoothly into the umbilical wall which is incli·<br />
ned. The sculpture at this stage consists of in·<br />
conspicuous folds which describe an adoral<br />
bend on the middle of the flank, and is delimi·<br />
ted by a concavity both adumbilically and adventrally,<br />
these pleats are projected onto the<br />
venter forming a wide adoral arc.<br />
On the adoral portion of third whorl the<br />
ornament is already visible: it consists of<br />
prominent riblets which begin at the imprecise<br />
umbilical rim; from the point to the periphery<br />
the ribs describe one adoral arc at the center of<br />
which a conical tubercle springs; from this<br />
tubercle the ribs describe an adoral concavity<br />
and then extend onto venter describing a<br />
linguiform arc. The intercostal spaces are at<br />
least three times as wide as the ribs, much<br />
greater on venter; they are covered by growth<br />
lines which parallel the ribs.<br />
B) At 15 mm D [C-514 ]. At this diame·<br />
ter the w_horl section increases in height and the<br />
conical nodes occupy a more central position<br />
on the flank; the adventral half of the flank is<br />
compressed, at the same time on the internal<br />
mold the ventral linguiform projection of the<br />
ribs flattens in a visor-like fashion and contemporaneously<br />
on both sides of the ventral me·<br />
dian line the ribs begin to raise in transverse,<br />
faint but perceptible tubercles. On the adumbi·<br />
lical.half of the flank the ribs flare in a charac·<br />
·<br />
teristic fashion.<br />
C) Up to 30 mm··n ( C-514). On the lar·<br />
gest specimen the lateral nodes begin to fade<br />
out contemporaneously with the development
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 41<br />
of the ventral nodes. The final type of ornamen<br />
tation -as far as it is known- consists of well<br />
marked slightly flexuous, well separated ribs<br />
which project a bit onto venter where they are<br />
slightly depressed along the ventral median area<br />
and slightly raised on both sides of that area.<br />
The ribs begin at the external part of the umbi<br />
lical wall with a little thi!:kening but are not tu·<br />
berculate; there Is usually one intercalary rib<br />
whicll begins at the periumbilical rim whre it<br />
is inclined toward the preceding rib. The inter·<br />
costal whorl section is transversely rectangular<br />
with rounded comers. The umbilicus is deep,<br />
slightly inclined.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
l:ly: A) the early and brief strenthe ing of its<br />
lateral tubercles and the ventral hngu1form pro·<br />
jection or the ribs, and B) its compressed sub<br />
qudrate whorl section.<br />
Measurements.<br />
c. 514<br />
C·514<br />
D Euw<br />
16<br />
6<br />
30 12<br />
H W D/Euw %<br />
7 8 33<br />
12 14 40<br />
D/H%<br />
46<br />
47<br />
COMMENTS. This species differs from<br />
Vei:tisites (Zambranoites) zambranoi n. sp. be<br />
cause on the latter the projection of the ribs on<br />
venter is retained or stressed to a greater diame<br />
ter. Ve ctisites (Zambranoites) cruzi n. sp. by<br />
cofrtrast stresses its ornament very early in the<br />
otitogeny and the intercostal distance is very<br />
.lile,<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Hermann<br />
Duque, paleontologist of the Instituto Nacional<br />
? } nvestigaciones <strong>Geolo</strong>gico-Mineras, Bogota.<br />
f : LC( yp a : a .:,o!.}!_ te (8:2<br />
HJ!pacanthoplites Spath, 1923, p. 64.<br />
2!1<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Acanthoceras mille tianum<br />
(d'Orbigny) var. plesiotypica<br />
Fritter, original designation.<br />
raacanthoplites (?)<br />
os_naliciae n. SJ?.: ..<br />
PI03, fig. 11.<br />
Ho)otype. T.P.I. Guaduas (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.<br />
, . · N.30).<br />
Paratypes. T.P.I. Guaduas (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.<br />
N30,31).<br />
·. A) Up to 15mm diameter{T.P.I. Guaduas].<br />
At 'the .innermost whorls (D:9mm) the section<br />
ubquadrate with rounded periventral mar·<br />
ipDS and venter; the sides are convex, the umbi·<br />
heal willl is subvertical. The ornament consists<br />
o ribs which begin at the umbilical rim and are<br />
S!lghtly flexuous, rounded, with short vertical<br />
s.les but flattened top and they progressively<br />
Wl.d.en . from the umbilical margin toward the<br />
Penphery; the ribs are separated by subequal<br />
!n.tercostal spaces; the former cross the venter<br />
1" a feeble adoral curvature. The ribs are<br />
slightly depressed along the ventral median line<br />
producing on each side feeble transverse bullaelike<br />
elevations: Occasionally a minute conical<br />
tubercle developes on one rib (??). The ribs may<br />
also bifurcate on the adumbilical third of the<br />
flank; they tend to become more rounded with<br />
growth.<br />
B) Up to 30 mm D [T.P.I. Guaduas]. The<br />
early portion of the last whorl is subquadrate, it<br />
has flattened sides but rounded periventral and<br />
ventral margins; the umbilical wall is subvertical<br />
and rounds smoothly into the flanks; at the<br />
adoral portion of this specimen the whorl sec·<br />
tion is subrectangular. The ornament consists of<br />
ribs which initiate midway on the umbilical<br />
wall. The ribs are rounded,. well separated ,<br />
sigmoidal; irregularity some of the ribs bifurcate<br />
on the adumbilical third of the flank, both<br />
from the adapical side of the primary ribs or<br />
from the adoral side of them ; there are intercalary<br />
ribs also. The ribs become slightly higher<br />
and wider on the venter. The ribs flare out on<br />
the umbilical rim and are slightly weakened on<br />
the middle of the venter.<br />
C) Up to 50 mm D [T.P.I. Guaduas]. The<br />
ornament is characterized by a conspicuous alternation<br />
of ribs which on one side appear as<br />
primary but on the other as secondary. Toward<br />
the aperture the venter is well rounded, the ribs<br />
tend to be prorsiradiate uniform and elevated<br />
on venter. The ribs have a weakly biconcave profile<br />
and are slightly elevated on the venter. There<br />
are 37 ribs on venter of the last preserved whorl.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
at mediun and large sizes by : A) its radial to fee·<br />
bly flexuous ribbing, B) the tendency of the<br />
secondary ribs to branch from the raised peri·<br />
umbilical flanges of the primary ribs and C) the<br />
tenuous periventral bullate swl#llings on venter.<br />
Measurements. D Euw H W D/Euw "/o D{H%<br />
T.P.I. Guaduu 15 5 7 7 33 46<br />
T.P.I. Guaduaa 30 10 13 12 33 43<br />
T.P.I. Guaduas 32 18 21 18 35 40<br />
COMMENTS. A comparable species was<br />
described by Liss6n (1925, p. 27, pl. 2, figs. 4, 5)<br />
as "Parahoplites Mill e tianum d' Ob. sp.", but<br />
very little can be determined from his illustration<br />
or description except that the Colombian<br />
and the Peruvian specimens look very similar.<br />
The neotype of Hypacanthoplites plesio·<br />
typicus (Frittel) as figured by Casey {1965, p.<br />
42tl, Text-Fig. 155b, c) has stronger and<br />
flexuous ribbing on the flanks than on the<br />
Cclombian species. Furthermore on the former<br />
the ribs are thick on venter [on the illustration]<br />
but they are thin in the Colombian species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Miss.<br />
Alicia Vanegas Leyva, former librerian of the<br />
Servicio <strong>Geolo</strong>gico Nacional of Colombia.
42<br />
Hypacanthoplites dognaliciae n. sp. ?<br />
Reference. Specimen C· 222.<br />
The early portion of the last whorl is hi·<br />
gher than wide with maximum inflation on the<br />
adumbilical third of the flank; the sides are fla·<br />
ttened and slightly convergent towards the wide<br />
flattened venter. The umbilical wall is oblique<br />
and rounds smoothly into the flanks. The early<br />
part of the last whorl has fine acute ribs, which<br />
begin on the middle of the umbilical wall or at<br />
the umbilical rim; these ribs are more or less<br />
falcifonn on flanks.<br />
The primary ribs are characteristically<br />
prominent, flaring out on the adumbilical third<br />
of the flank whereas the secondary ribs may<br />
flank from the adoral side of the primary ribs<br />
on the adumbilical third of flank, or they may<br />
appear independently but they are not empha·<br />
sized adumbilically. The intercostal spaces are<br />
twice as wide as the ribs. On the adventral third<br />
of the whorl and on venter the ribs 1\le flattened.<br />
The ribs are almost imperceptibly elevated on<br />
venter. There are 38 ribs on the .renter of this<br />
specimen.<br />
Measurements D Euw H W D/Euw%DfH0/o<br />
C·228·B 32 11 14 12 34 44<br />
COMMENTS. This specimen differs from<br />
the holotype mostly because the mature ('?) living<br />
chamber appears at a much smaller diameter,<br />
this. occupies two thirds of the last preser·<br />
ved horl.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
r """ .<br />
-G";----ad:rham}cer-¥·'g·ni.<br />
'm:E"SPECiEs. Jua;;;r; ;;<br />
;··}u-;,;;trhan<br />
;<br />
mi n. g.1 n. sp. L><br />
:: Yu,r£nay•O. Kl."ttr v-- 16.>o•f; .-1!/Ar<br />
.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. Evolute conchs reachmg<br />
moderate size. The early depressed whorl section<br />
rapidly changes into a compressed oval sec·<br />
tion. The early ornament consists of fine<br />
flexuous, closely spaced ribs which cross the<br />
venter uninterruptedly, these ribs progressively<br />
separate from each other and widen on venter,<br />
likewise the ribs differentiate between primary<br />
and intercalary; with growth the primary ribs<br />
flare out on the adumbilical half of the flank,<br />
all ribs are less prominent on the adventral half<br />
of the flank. AU' ribs have a tendency to be<br />
excavated on their adoral face along the ventral<br />
median line, producing on both sides of it more<br />
or less conspicuous elevations. On the living<br />
chamber the depression of the ribs abruptly<br />
ceases and they have a girdle like appearance on<br />
venter f= Colo mbiceras-like stage] . No tubercles<br />
occur throughouWh.e ·ontogeny.<br />
.<br />
COMMENTS. This genus has already been<br />
illustrated as "Du{renoyia" by Casey {1965,<br />
p. 418, text-fig. 152): "Dufrenoyia sp. example<br />
showing Colombiceras·like sculpture on final<br />
quarter-whorl, indicative of a link between the<br />
F. ETAYO - SERNA<br />
Deshayesitidae and the Acanthohoplitinae,<br />
"Upper Aptian, near Bogota, Colombia (Univ.<br />
California no. C-1325)". I have examined this<br />
specimen and as is shown on the right-hand fi.<br />
gure in Casey's illustration the depression of the<br />
ribs along th ventral median line is accentuated<br />
adorally before the "Co lombiceras-like" sculpture<br />
suddenly develops. In other words, the depression<br />
of the ribs ceases before the final living<br />
chamber.<br />
From study of this new genus, it ap·<br />
pears that the "Clavate termination of the ribs<br />
bordering the siphonal band" of the "post·nepionic<br />
ventral growth" of Du(renoyiD (Caser,<br />
1964, p.376) and the periventral "elevations '<br />
of Juandurhamiceras are not homologous morphological<br />
elements: on the latter the ribs in<br />
early ontogeny cross. the venter uninterrupte·<br />
dly and subsequently they tend to depress<br />
along the ventral median line, but on the former<br />
the reverse is true with the addition that<br />
the ribs are interrupted on venter in an early<br />
stage.<br />
Previous to the present study precise in·<br />
formation on the exact stratigraphic position of<br />
Juandurhamiceras was not available. It is here<br />
presented because together with specimens of<br />
the type species I have found a specimen that I<br />
consider conspecific with the specimen illustrated<br />
by Casey (op. cit., text-fig.I52). I am making<br />
it the holotype of a new species: Juandurhamiceras<br />
joepecki n. sp., characterized by the<br />
rapid acquisition of the "Colombiceras-like sty·<br />
le of ribbing".<br />
Comments on the specimen illustrated by<br />
Casey, both as to its uncertain stratigraphic<br />
position or its significance as a "link" have been<br />
made by Wiedmann (1966, p. 45) and Wiedmann<br />
and Dieni (1968, p.93), respectively. The<br />
genus Juandurhamiceras differs from Colombi·<br />
ceras (Spath, 1923), here understood to embrace<br />
those species closely resembling the type<br />
species, by the lack of any indication of lateral<br />
tubercles, at any stage of owth. Incidentally<br />
the tendency to proCiuce girdle like ribbings, i<br />
believe, is not per se an indication of phlyoge·<br />
netic linkage.<br />
This genus is named in honor of Emeritus<br />
Professor John (Spanish: Juan) Wyatt Durham,<br />
of the Department of Paleontology, University<br />
of California at Berkely.<br />
...J.BtrodurhQ!!Ji"m uangurhamJ..n. sp ..<br />
Pf.4, 1'ig.2; Pl.3, fig.5; Text-figs. 5C, 5J; 12.<br />
Holotype. Santa Ana A.P.G. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P .<br />
. Ht. 31).<br />
Paratype. Santa Ana A.P.G. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.<br />
Pt. 32,33,34).<br />
•<br />
. ·-.,. . : •.<br />
. . .<br />
A) Up to 30 mm D (Santa Ana A.P.G.).<br />
The early whorls were studied by disecting one<br />
specimen. The protoconch is depressed; the<br />
adapical section of the..second whorl is wider<br />
than high , with its maximum width located at<br />
center of flank, but the adoral portion of this<br />
, ...
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 43<br />
whorl is subcircular. The third whorl is higher<br />
than wide.<br />
The earliest ornament observed is on the<br />
second volu lion and consists of annular fine<br />
rounded ribs which are visible from near<br />
the umbilical margin, they then trend pr;>rsira·<br />
diate as a very elongated S on the convex·flank,<br />
and cross the venter unihterruptedly; they are<br />
as wide as the intercostal spaces though a cons·<br />
trictlon-like intercostal space can be observe<br />
on this specimen. The ribs rapidly become narrower<br />
than the intercostal spaces (adoral por<br />
tion of the third volution) and at the same tl<br />
l]le they broaden on venter; shortly after (H:7<br />
mm) the ribs become prominent on the flanks;<br />
contemporaneously the ribs begin to inflate on<br />
the ad umbilical third of the flank and to con·<br />
tractact on the adventral third; this contraction<br />
is followed by the development of a slight de·<br />
pression of the ribs on their adoral .side along<br />
the median ventral line, this produces delicate<br />
to accentuated humps on both sides of venter;<br />
the ribs have not been observed to be interrup<br />
ted on venter. At this stage of growth the ribs<br />
are .<br />
prominent, separated by wider intercostal<br />
apaces and they are straight of feebly flexuous.<br />
. • B) Up to 41 mm D (Santa Ana A.P.G.).<br />
As in the preceding specimen, the successive<br />
whorls only cover the external third of the preceding<br />
whorl; the umbilical wall is inclined and<br />
evenly rounds into the flanks; the periventral<br />
rnaigiq is abruptly rounded and the venter is<br />
rounded to flattened.<br />
The . ornament consists of primary ribs<br />
which appear about the middle of the umbilical<br />
wall but may extend, on exterior of shell to the<br />
umbilical seam. The ribs describe a slightly adoral<br />
concavity in the umbilical region, then a con<br />
laxity on the adumbilical and middle thirds of<br />
th flank where they are flared, then they are<br />
febly concave adomlly or straight on the<br />
adventral third . of . the flank, there they are<br />
.flattened and contracted; the ribs cross the<br />
l't!.n ter straight, flat-topped and prominet; along<br />
. tbe periventral margin the ribs have delicate<br />
lvations. The ribs are now differentiated into<br />
cp,unary and secondary ribs, the former genera<br />
JI:y· flare on ftanks out to the involution line<br />
m :\Vhere .they are less prominent; the secon·<br />
g!!Y ribs anse imprecisely outside the umbilical<br />
j(,',; ::Sn:;;nrlnt<br />
f»1 111Jd generally do not flare out.<br />
t<br />
:!a<br />
f:lt:1Ve PMl&Q' or secondary. ribs occasiona·<br />
.t'Wl;lll· The intercostal spaces are almost<br />
, c . • -, I1S wide as the ribs. The periventral<br />
,Iy.a,fions on the ribs attenuate towa..tl the<br />
14.o. end of the conch at this diameter. The<br />
;g ell8Jllber ccuJ?ies three four!bs (3/4) of<br />
.<br />
iila·'lution, on Its venter the ns broaden<br />
'"· "'frund .<br />
and th adventral elevations disap<br />
, . owever, particularly on the in tern a! mold.<br />
!l_dQ face of the ribs on venter show a<br />
ctetllctlon.<br />
.. _,:,;:·<br />
.. ;<br />
G<br />
DIA NOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its moderately large size and evolution,<br />
B) the regular alternation of feebly flexuous,<br />
wen spaced, primary and secondary ribs on<br />
middle and late stages of growth, and C) the<br />
;JrJ: ri:. ssing of ventral "ele·<br />
<br />
- - .-:"i"':.-""·<br />
Meuurcneru D Euw H w 0/EUW 0/H No.R<br />
% %<br />
Sta. Ana ·1 30<br />
Sta. Ana · 2<br />
Sta . .Alla ·3<br />
Sta. Ana •4 26 10 11 8 38 43 20<br />
Sta. Ana · r. 26 11 10? 8 44 40'1 21<br />
Sta. Ana • 6 30 14 12 9 47 40 2&<br />
Sta. Ana · 7 36 167 1& 10 .42? 42 26<br />
Sta. Ana · 8 29 12 12 9 41 41 22<br />
Sta. Ana • 9 37 17 13 1 46 36 24<br />
Sta. Ana ·10 437 19 17 12 44 39 20<br />
Sta. Ana ·11 39 19 16 10 49- . 41 26?<br />
Sta. Ana ·12 38 20 15 11 63 39 21<br />
Sta. Ana ·13 367 17 1& 10 47? 42 . 24<br />
Sta. Ana ·1 4 48 24 18 12 50 38 .• 2&<br />
Sta. Ana ·1 5 36 16 13 10 46 37 24<br />
Sta. Ana ·16 60 26 18 13 62 36 . 215<br />
Sta. Ana ·17 417 19 16 12 46 36 26<br />
Sta. Ana ·19 337 14 13 9 42 39 22?<br />
Sta. Ana ·20 267 117 11 ? ? 7 . 26?<br />
Sta. Ana •26 41 21 15 10 51 36 22<br />
Sta. Ana ·27 36 16 13 9 43 · 37 21<br />
Sta. Ana ·30 59 30 21 16 61. 35 28<br />
Sta. Ana ·31 64 28 21 15 62 39 24<br />
Sta. Ana ·34 407 18 16 10 45 40 26<br />
Sta. Ana ·35 31 14 12 9 46 39 22?<br />
Sta. Ana ·36 37 17 14 11 46 38 26<br />
Sta. Ana ·37 36? 18 13 10 46 37 23<br />
Sta. Ana ·38 37 18? 14? 10 49 38 21?<br />
St.. Ana ·39 327 16 13 9 47 40 19<br />
Sta. Ana -40 35 17 13 9 48 37 207<br />
Sta. Ana ·42 49 24 21 11? 49 43 28<br />
COMMENTS. Same as for the genus.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
'<br />
Aptian.<br />
J!MmdYdJamit{lJIS joepecki.,n. sp •<br />
lil: 4, fig. 5.<br />
Holotype. U.C.M.P •• C -1325 (Dlustrated by Casey,<br />
1965, p. 418, text-fig. 152).<br />
Hypotype.Sta. Ana 9 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.lly.7)<br />
Only one specimen is available (Sta Ana<br />
A.P.G. 19). Very flat, slab·like sides, planar ven·<br />
ter and very wide, radial ribs which are like clove<br />
buds; ther are slightly but clearly flanged on<br />
the adumbihcal third of the Dank. On t.'t e In·<br />
temal mold the intercostal spaces are one and a<br />
half times as wide as the ribs; the ribs are very<br />
wide on venter and cross it l in early.<br />
luqndurhamicras_gj[_qldgj,<br />
n. sp.<br />
PI. 3, fig:-"!3.<br />
Holotype. Sta Ana A.P.G. N. 42. (U.N.C.M.N.<br />
C.P.Ht. 32) •
44 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
One large specimen is referred to this species.<br />
The early internal whorls are covered with<br />
fine rounded ribs, convex on the adumbllical<br />
third of the whorl ; some of them, especially<br />
those which begin at the umbilical wall are prominent<br />
and flaring (=primary ribs); the secondary<br />
ribs start at the periumbilical margin usua·<br />
lly in pails, they are thin. On the last preserved<br />
whorl the ribs are fine, particularly on the in·<br />
temal mold. The primary ribs describe an adoral<br />
concavity on the umbilical wall and part of the<br />
periumbilical third of the flank, then they des·<br />
cribe an adoral bow, sporadically very strong,<br />
approximately on the central third of the flank,<br />
on the remaining third they develop another<br />
adoral shallow concavity and the profile of the<br />
ribs is consequently biconcave; the ribs are slightly<br />
thicker but rounded on venter where they<br />
are feebly elevated. The whorl section is higher<br />
than wide, It has an inclined umbilical region<br />
which rounds into the flank; the periventral<br />
margins are rounded. The last whorl has 28 ribs<br />
on venter; the living chamber is preserved as half<br />
the length of the last whorl.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the delicately humped periventral margin<br />
of the ribs is transient, B) the flexuous rib·<br />
bing starts early in the ontogeny, and C) the rib·<br />
bing is less prominent.<br />
Me&llll'emenu.<br />
D Euw H W D/EUW D/H No.R.<br />
Sta. Ana 42 49 24 21 11? 49 43 28<br />
. COMMENTS. This species differs from<br />
Juizndurhamiceras juandurhami n. sp., because<br />
on the latter the whorl section is more contrac<br />
.ted adventrally, and its ribs have conspicuous<br />
periventral elevations throughout ontogeny.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Mr. Car·<br />
los Giraldo of the Instituto Nacional de Investi·<br />
gaciones <strong>Geolo</strong>gico-Mineras, Bogota.<br />
cG·"":If -!fPfii<br />
Acantho hoplites Sinzow, 1907, p.458.<br />
. 19;·\<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Acanthohoplites aschiltaensis<br />
(Anthula), subsequent desig·<br />
nation, Spath, 1921.<br />
Acanthol!gp_lites boureti[grme. n. sp.<br />
Pl .5, fig. 2; Text-fig. 5U, 5V.<br />
Holotype. C-127 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N.33)<br />
Paratype. VL10·10 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt. N.35)<br />
"?1938 Acanthoplites bigoureti Seusnes, Riedel,<br />
p.45, p, J , _ . , g.7, pl.14, fig. 24.<br />
19S8 Acrrfohbplites bigoureti sensu Riedel<br />
(non Seus.), Etayo-Sema, p.20, fig.3.<br />
1968 Acanthohoplites bigouretii sensu Riedel<br />
(non Seusnes), Etayo-Sema, p. 28, tab.L<br />
i970 Acanthoh-(oplites) bigoureti, Wiedmann,<br />
p.484, ex review of Etayo-Semas's paper.<br />
Only half an individual is available. On<br />
the earliest observed whorl there appears to be<br />
bullae-like tubercles along the line of involution,<br />
however the preservation does not permit one<br />
to be sure of this, after these bullae there is a<br />
tract on which pleats rather than ribs are developed.<br />
At this stage of growth the whorl section<br />
is depressed; the umbilical wall is subvertical<br />
but there is no well defined umbilical rim. At a<br />
larger stage (on the penultimate whorl) the ribs<br />
differentiate. The prominent primary ribs begin<br />
at the umbilical seam, they trend across the<br />
umbilical wall and adumbilical half of the flank<br />
describing a slight adoral concavity; one or two<br />
intercalary ribs develop between the primary<br />
ribs, they attenuate before reaching the umbili·<br />
cal seam.<br />
On the last whorl the intercalary ribs are<br />
present in groups of two or three, of these ribs<br />
the adoral one sometimes inclines towards the<br />
immediate adoral primary rib as lf branching<br />
from it. The primary rib develops a prominent<br />
triangular area with a spine; from this tubercle<br />
the ribs bifurcate or trifurcate. The in tercostal<br />
spaces are slightly wider than the ribs when<br />
shell is preserved but they are one and a half<br />
times as wide as the ribs on the internal mold.<br />
The ribs themselves have steep sides and roun·<br />
ded top, they describe a wide concavity on the<br />
flank and project on venter where they are<br />
slightly wider and flat-topped, the latter .is.<br />
particularly conspicuous on the intemlll mold,><br />
On the venter the ribs tend to be :equally<br />
developed but occasionally some are narrower.<br />
At the beginning of the last whorl the section is<br />
subcircular, at its adoral part it becomes ogival,<br />
slightly compressed ad orally.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the accelerated strengthening of its oma·<br />
ment, especially the lateral tubercles, B) the<br />
constancy of the wide intercostal distance, C)<br />
the dominant flaring character of the ribs, and<br />
D) the ogival section of the whorl on ribs.<br />
MeaUrements D Euw H W D/Euw D{H No. R.<br />
•;, Ofo<br />
C-127 24 11 9 9 46 37 21(1/2)<br />
COMMENTS. The section of the young<br />
specimen described by Jacob as "Douuilleiceras<br />
bigoureti Seunes sp." (1905, p. 415, pl.3, fig.<br />
Sa, 6b) is transversely elongated, lenticular. The<br />
inner whorls of the Colombian specimen appears<br />
to have more ribs than the specimens refe·<br />
rred to Seunes' species and figured by Pervin·<br />
quiere (1907, p.195, pl.S, fig. 37, 38) both sha·<br />
re however a circular section (intercostal) of the<br />
whorl.<br />
c;'5eunes (1887' p.567) previously 'noticed><br />
that in this group of taxa the young specimens ·<br />
of related (?) species are similar, the species<br />
being differentiated .. only in the adult stages.<br />
Seunes' figured specimens are larger than my<br />
specimen, however, their primary ribs are out·
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMCNITES 45<br />
standing club-shaped contrary to my species on<br />
which the intercostal spaces are wide and the<br />
nbs only slightly increase their width.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Shales above the Socota<br />
Member and below the Capotes Member. Upper<br />
Aptian. Paja Formatiol). (Arcillolitas abigarra<br />
das. Segment E). Upper Aptian.<br />
cnwohonlites seunesitjmn.t n.sp.<br />
. .7 , 1g.8; Text-fig. 5Q, 5R.<br />
llolotype. C-127 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht. N.34)<br />
Paratype. C-127 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt. N.36)<br />
A) Up to 24 mm D. This specime!l has<br />
the iimer whorls leached away ; the penultunate<br />
whorl has periodically raised and elevated pri<br />
mary ribs w..hich bifurcate at the umbilical rim;<br />
between two of the primary ribs there are two<br />
or three secondaries, the fanner appear at the<br />
umbilical seam but the latter usually do not.<br />
The umbilical wall is subvertical and rounds rather<br />
abruptly into the flank. On the third<br />
or last preserved whorl, the primary ribs begin<br />
to . develop triangular tubercles which have a<br />
· small spine on top, from them the ribs bifurcate.<br />
All the ribs cross the venter with similar strength,<br />
they are almost rectiradiate and they cross the<br />
venter nonnal to the median ventral line. When<br />
the. shell is preserved the ribs are as wide as the<br />
intercostal spaces, they have steep sides and<br />
rounded tops. The intercostal whorl section has<br />
flattened sides and broadly rounded venter,<br />
it is higher than wide. Toward the aperture one<br />
intercalary rib usually occurs between two<br />
primary ribs lacking tubercles or with only<br />
a minute conical one but without a bifurcation.<br />
· .• B) Up to 48 mm D. In this specimen, the<br />
:ho]otype, from the third whorl on, the oma<br />
Q:tent consists .of one intercalary rib , tapering<br />
· toward the umbilical rim, between prominent<br />
pri:rriary ribs with subre.ctangular profile; all<br />
>P.s cross the venter straight and became slightly<br />
.?IViened. The ribs are slightly narrower than the<br />
ifitercostaLspaces where the shell is preserved<br />
,ut on the internal mold the spaces are at least<br />
'twice as wide as the ribs; the umbilical wall is<br />
sh:ort and rounded.<br />
'-' : DIAGNOSIS.· This species Is ch8lacteri<br />
ze_ by: _A) .a transito _ ry tuberculate stage (up<br />
,/ttl: the th.irdwhorl), With numerous cloS£:ly spa<br />
},- rib and B) the adult stage on which stron<br />
;flf: J:[a,nn_g rect!radiate primary ribs and less pro<br />
;iiJ#.ent Intercalary .ribs alternate; all ribs are<br />
::·\Y c:ontracted on the adventral third of the<br />
;;_-menta D Euw H W D{Euw D!H No.R.<br />
;_ ··< ).· ;c:.iz7 . 24 10 8 9 r; ;; +4o<br />
x.;i. -';.'C-127 48 24 17 16 &o 31'i 20(3/4)<br />
A<br />
:: .COMM?NTS. This species ;esembles<br />
aw{Johplrtes _senesi (Jacob) (Br"istroffer<br />
"<br />
Pi 7 · Douu1llezceras bigoureti var seunesi<br />
95• Ptr - 416, pl. 13, figs. 7a, 7b), but<br />
atter ass onger ornamentation, the whorl<br />
section is more compressed, and the intecalary<br />
ribs are shorter than on the Colombian species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Unnamed beds above the<br />
Socota Member and below the Capotes Member.<br />
Upper Aptian.<br />
A£an.thh O-¥ J.i1 lLtasu,nQ.,n. sp.<br />
Pl. 7, fig. 2, Text- 1g. 5Z, -<br />
Holotype. C-157 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N.35)<br />
Only one specjmen is available. The inner·<br />
most observed whorls have the umbilical wall<br />
convex, it merges into the flank without defi·<br />
ning a rim; the :flanks and the ·venter are evenly<br />
convex but the whorl section is wider than high.<br />
At this stage the ornament consists of rounded<br />
ribs, almost as wide as the intercostal spaees,<br />
they are annular to slightly prorsiradiate, they<br />
taper toward the middle of the umbilical wall.<br />
Groups of three (common) to four of these<br />
ribs are separated by slightly more prominent<br />
ones which develop a large, conical to rectangular<br />
tubercle immediately adumbilical to the<br />
involution line ; from this tubercle the ribs bi·<br />
furcate : the aaapical branch crosses the venter<br />
straight but the adoral branch projects slightly<br />
adoraly. Tn e intermediate rib nearest to the<br />
emphasized primary rib is inclined as if arising<br />
from the latter near the umbilical wall.<br />
At a whorl height of 5 mm (correspon·<br />
ding to the adapicalmost part of the preserved<br />
whorl), the intercostal spaces are wider than<br />
the ribs especially on the internal mold. At this<br />
whorl height the venter is broadly 8lChed to<br />
flattened, it has rounded periventral areas. On<br />
the adventral half of the last whorl only one or<br />
two ribs appear between two tuberculate ribs.<br />
On the last quarter of the last whorl the primary<br />
ribs do not bifurcate though the tubercle is<br />
present; the intercostal spaces have become<br />
very wide, channel like, but shallow, the ribs<br />
have si,P.es sloping symmetrically (approxima·<br />
tely 45 ?) and have a subrounded top. The aperture<br />
is rectangular with rounded comers and it<br />
is wider than high. There are about 50 ribs on<br />
the last incomplete whorl. Sometimes there is a<br />
:onstriction-like interspace, adoral to the ribs<br />
with a node.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the decrease in abundance of the ribs from<br />
the inner whorls to the last one , B) the rapid<br />
attenuation of the lateral nodes and disappearance<br />
of bifurcation, and C) its transversely subrectangular<br />
whorl section.<br />
Me>tlllrements. D Euw H W D{Euw % 0/H %<br />
c-127 24 11 8 9 46 33<br />
COMMENI'S. Acanthohoplites roc hi Breistroffer<br />
(194 7, p. 66: "A can thoplites Mille tianum<br />
D'Orb. r.p. var Sinzowi" Roch, 1926, p. 290, pl.<br />
18, tigs. 1, 1a, 2, 2a; especially fig. 1), has an<br />
ontogenetic development which Is the opposite<br />
to that of the Colombian species: on its early<br />
whorls it has well marked and separated ribs<br />
whose number Increases with growth. From
46 F. ETAYO - SERNA<br />
"Acanthoplites Derognati Roch" (1926, p.<br />
218, pl. 18, fig. 4, 4a) the Colombian species<br />
differs mainly in the whorl section which is hig·<br />
her than wide in the French species and in the<br />
varying strength of the ribs on the venter of<br />
Roch's species, they are uniform or only sporadically<br />
accentuated· on the Colombian species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Unnamed beds above<br />
the Socota Member and below the Capotes<br />
Member. Upper Aptian.<br />
. Acanthohoelites odiosu§.n. sp.<br />
Pl. 4, fig. 4;Text-figs ER , 5ti.<br />
Holotype. C- 127 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.36).<br />
Only two specimens are available but neither<br />
shows the innermost whorls. The best preserved<br />
specimen has the earliest portion of the<br />
last whorl depressed, the umbilical wall is subvertical<br />
to rounded and it passes into the adumbllical<br />
half of the convex flank, the adventral<br />
third of the whorl is slightly inclined and the<br />
venter is flattened.<br />
The ornament is divided into prominent<br />
primary ribs and less prominent secondary ribs;<br />
the former are of two types: A) prominent<br />
radial ribs which begin at the umbilical seam (?)<br />
and flare out forming an arc on the adumbilicai<br />
third of the whorl and terminate in a small conical<br />
tubercle, at this tubercle the rib bifurcates,<br />
the adapical branch crosses the venter almost<br />
straight whereas the adoral branch is feebly<br />
arcuate and B) these are thin annular and<br />
parallel ribs between two prominent ribs and<br />
they vary from one to three in number and the<br />
rib _nearest the subsequent adoral primary is<br />
inclin-ed to it as if bifurcating from it.<br />
All ribs converge on the adventral third of<br />
the flank toward the venter as if forming ventrolateral<br />
shoulders, they are arched but adorally<br />
not flattened. Adorally some ribs bifurcate on<br />
the ad umbilical third of the whorl without developing<br />
a tubercle, or a rib can develop an adventral<br />
tubercle without bifurcating, at least on one<br />
flank. These ribs have a tendency to develop a<br />
second tubercle, poorly developed at the umbilical<br />
rim; this gives the ribs a definitely polygonal<br />
profile.<br />
The adapertural segment of these specimens<br />
has a s.o);w.uadrate whorl section with<br />
weak periventral bevelings. There are 35 ribs on<br />
venter of three quarters of the last whorl. The<br />
spacing of the ribs increases adaperturally and<br />
the number of ribs between a pair of emphasised<br />
ribs decreases to one by strengthening of<br />
the other. The ribs have symmetrical slopes and<br />
are rounded. The intercostal spaces are shallow,<br />
almost twice as wJ!ie as the ribs on venter, less<br />
wide on the flank; the ribs do not widen on<br />
venter.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This is a stout species characterized<br />
by: A) its change in whorl section from<br />
depressed to subquadrate, and B) the strength<br />
of its ornament with flaring ribs on the internal<br />
half of the flank.<br />
Measurements. D Euw H W DfEuw % D/H %<br />
c-127 26 11 10 10 42 38<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles Gargasiceras<br />
acutecostatum (Riedel} (1938, p.42,<br />
pl.8 1 fig. 1-6, pl. 14, fig. 23) but on the latter<br />
the JUVenile has a subquadrate whorl section but<br />
this is transversely subelliptical on the former;<br />
on Riedel's species the flaring of the ribs accentuates<br />
with growth but the opposite is true in<br />
Acanthohoplites odiosus n. sp. The latter differs<br />
from Acanthohoplites quitasuegno n. S?· by the<br />
less inclined umbilical wall, its section is subrectangular<br />
and its ornamentation is weaker at all<br />
comparable diameters.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Unnamed beds above<br />
the Socota Member and below the Capote&<br />
Member. Upper Aptian.<br />
Acaathob.f:Ute§ olr,ui,Q6tatym n. sp.<br />
Pl. 7, fig. , Tex-fig. 58, 51\<br />
Holotype. C -127 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.37).<br />
Paratype. C • 127 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N.37).<br />
The description is based on the holotype.<br />
The part of the phragmocone nearest the pro·<br />
toconch is smooth ; approximately at 2.5 mm<br />
diameter very well marked bullae-like tubercles<br />
develop just adumbilical to the involution line;<br />
these tubercles seem to extend toward the umbilicus<br />
and at about 3 mm diameter the tubercles<br />
are clearly prolongued toward the umbilicus<br />
forming ribs; at this stage the umbilical wall<br />
is convex but there is no umbilical angle and<br />
the umbilical wall grades smoothly into the<br />
convex flank.<br />
The ribs begin at the umbilical seam, they<br />
run straight on the umbilical wall, they form a<br />
slight concavity on the adumbilical third of the<br />
flank and subsequently follow an arc to the<br />
involution line, from that point to the periventral<br />
area they form a concave and finally pro·<br />
ject on venter. As soon as the ribs have beco·<br />
me clearly recognizable they appear like fine,<br />
rounded weak adorally biconcave cords separated<br />
by slightly wider intercostal spaces.<br />
The earliest portion of the conch is ornamented<br />
by primary ribs; shortly after this stage<br />
the ribS" differentiate into primary and intercalary,<br />
the latter tapering and fading out toward<br />
the umbilical walr; these intercalary ribs incline<br />
toward the preceding primary as if bifurcating<br />
from it near the edge of the umbilical wall.<br />
On the adapical portion of the last whorl<br />
(D: 18mm) the ribs are slightly adorally arched<br />
on• venter; they are thin, relatively high and ha·<br />
ve almost symmetrically sloping sides and roun<br />
.ded tops; on venter and especially when the<br />
shell is preserved the central part of the ador&!<br />
slope of the ribs widens in a visor·like fashion.<br />
Adorally on the last whorl, some primary ribs<br />
have a slight tendency to flare out on the adum-
ZON ATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMM ONITES 47<br />
bilical half of the flank. The ribs have a marked<br />
tendency to appear as primary on one flank and<br />
as a secondary on the other. The whorl section<br />
near the aperture is vertically subelliptical. There<br />
are 62 ribs ori the venter of the last whorl.<br />
. DIAGNOSiS. This species is chararized<br />
by : A) its progressively--steeper umbilical wall<br />
during growth, B) its subovate section and C) its<br />
ornament consisting of fine, numerous, irregu<br />
larly alternating primary and secondary n'b s<br />
.whose profile varies from feebly flexuous to<br />
biconcave.<br />
Measurement.. D Euw<br />
c - 127 24 10<br />
C-127 19 7<br />
H W D/Euw% . D/H o/o<br />
9 9 42 37<br />
8 8 37 42<br />
NOTE: Width and height give similar values be<br />
cause· they are approximate.<br />
COMMENTS. This species differs from all<br />
ot:her species here referred to Acanthohoplites<br />
because .of its subovate whorl section and<br />
nuinerous fine ribs.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Unnamed beds above the<br />
Socota Member and below the Capotes Member.<br />
Upper Aptian.<br />
cqnthohoites elegaTJ,{g,Ql l.(f:,n. sp.<br />
l. 5, fig A; ext-fig. 5X.<br />
Holotype; C-127 . (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N.38)<br />
Paratype. c:121 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Pt. N.38)<br />
· · · A)Up to 12 mm D (C-127). On this small<br />
specimen the protoconch is visible, it is followed<br />
by the smooth first whorl which has two consqiitions,<br />
, one at the contact with the protocon.ch<br />
·and a second one half the length of the<br />
yolution. The beginning of the second whorl is<br />
Jndlcated by a raised, bullae-like tubercle at the<br />
Jnyolution line; these tubercles (10?) are widely<br />
separated from each other and tend to reach<br />
'fhe umbUical region as weak pleats; on the<br />
tllircJ ·whorl these tubercles disappear and only<br />
Milt, f o ls are present, some of them slighly<br />
,,9re pronunent than the others, but all seem<br />
Jl;) nd at the umbilical wall ; they are rounded<br />
g low:, they are prorsiradiate on the visible<br />
· ·9 the fla,nk; the intercostal spaces are a<br />
Wider thll!l the ribs.<br />
,'.,c·;;:;;,q, the<br />
.<br />
last , whorl (=4th) the ribs are<br />
fi.J!!1' 91Js; they have a convexity on the middle<br />
:d ,p of the ad umbilical thirds of the flank<br />
:#:i :Q.ne ; adoral concavity on the adventrJ<br />
' tli f;lilf(ll·f:he are projected on the venter where<br />
1 . ,Ji!Y;f.;,.,,''{.'fk horl section is rounded, with a<br />
;!1· Yntral . 2!0n (on . the ribs) which tends<br />
·· ' .slightly . ftatned; the flanks are convex<br />
'Plalary nb maY.<br />
o\1!;1¥, the. tunbilical wall is subvertical.<br />
'.;.·<br />
..<br />
·'. o<br />
.<br />
r<br />
toll ow · ·<br />
.. . . . ·<br />
approach e!:,her the<br />
m . .. .. g p nmary<br />
as if bifureating<br />
: : . d qccass10nal!y one of the<br />
.<br />
· secondary<br />
.<br />
.· •. ·,ch.es from, a , Pnmary. Toward the aper<br />
, Ill· Primary .nbs develop small rounded<br />
tubercles at level of the involution line (adven·<br />
tral third of the flank).<br />
Up to 17 mm D·(C·l27Amore advanced<br />
stage of growth is marked:by a shifting of<br />
the point of initiation of th.,i®ondary ribs to·<br />
ward the middle oftheo,flank;.sdisplacement<br />
occurs progressively ; there may be one or two<br />
intercalary ribs between two primary ribs. The<br />
aperture is retracted on the adumbilical third<br />
of the whorl.<br />
C) Up to 25 mm D (C-127). The orna·<br />
mentation described for the previous stages<br />
consolidates as alternating priJl! ribs which<br />
begin at the umbilical seam describing a conca·<br />
vity, they draw an arc on the central third of<br />
the whorl and draw a faint concavity or follow<br />
almost straight on the adventral third of the<br />
whorl and then extend onto the venter in a<br />
wide arc; at this point the whorl section is<br />
vaulted and the umbilical wall is inclined, the<br />
ribs are finer than the intercostal spaces and the<br />
tubercles disappear. There are 46 ribs on the<br />
last whorl of the largest specimen studied.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the rapid change of the early tuberculate<br />
ornamentation into flexuous ribs, B) its rounded<br />
whorl section and, C) the alternating long<br />
primary ribs and short intercalary ribs.<br />
Measurements 0<br />
C-127 12<br />
C-1 27 17<br />
C-1 27 25<br />
Euw H W DtEuw ",l, DIH%<br />
4 5 5 33 42<br />
7 6 6<br />
10 10 9<br />
41<br />
40<br />
35<br />
40<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles<br />
Acanthohoplites bigo ti (Seunes) (1887, p. 568,<br />
pl.12, figs. 2a, 2b), and although comparison at<br />
similar diameters can not be made the retention_<br />
of an accentuated ventral flexion to a larger diameter<br />
is apparen t on the specimen illustrated<br />
by Seunes; in general the French species seems<br />
to have a more compressed section than the Co· ·<br />
lombian s p ecies. Jacob (1905, p.412) referred<br />
to Seunes species but did not figure it, so his<br />
comment that at a diameter of 15 mm "certaines<br />
cotes l!!gerement plus accentuees sont bitu·<br />
rew!lees" can not be utilized, though such<br />
phenomenon never occurs in the Colombian<br />
species; likewise the French species, as described<br />
by Seunes, has more numerous ribs.<br />
OCURRENCE. Unnamed beds above the<br />
Socota Member and below the Capotes Member.<br />
Upper Aptian.<br />
_ftS.9JUi.n. sp.<br />
Pl. 5, fig.B; Text-fig. 5W, 5Y.<br />
Holotype. C-127 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht. N.39)<br />
Paratype. C-127 (tt.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt. N.39,40,<br />
41).<br />
A) Up to 18 mm D (C-127). The pro toconch<br />
is followed, after a constriction, by a<br />
smooth whorl. The beginning of the second<br />
whorl is indicated by the appearance of bullaelike<br />
tubercles at level of the involution line.
48 F. ETA YO · ERNA<br />
These tubercles extend rapidly (half a whori Ia·<br />
ter) onto the flank in such a way that the ado·<br />
ral part of the second whorl is covered by raised<br />
sharp ribs that lack any indication of tubercles;<br />
no other indication of tubercles can be obser·<br />
ved subsequently; at this stage the ribs descri·<br />
be an adoral arc on the visible part of the flank;<br />
the umbilical wall is high and rounds smoothly<br />
into the flanks without Conning a shoulder.<br />
The intercostal spaces are channel-like and wider<br />
than the ribs.<br />
On the adoral half of the third whorl the<br />
previously unifonn ribs begin to differentiate<br />
into prominent primary ribs, well defined<br />
externally to the umbilical wall, and intercalary<br />
ribs. A transition zone occurs where pairs of<br />
primary ribs are separated by an intercalary rib.<br />
At the ad apical part of the fourth · whorl an<br />
alternation of primary and secondary ribs is<br />
clearly established, although sporadically two<br />
successive primary ribs may occur. On the last<br />
whorl of the two specimens, the ribs describe a<br />
feeble adoral convexity on the adumbiUcal<br />
third of the flank and the external part of the<br />
umbilical wall, but on the middle and adventral<br />
thirds of the flank they describe a wide concavity<br />
and finally they project in a wide arc on<br />
venter. At that point the intercostal whorl<br />
section is subcircular (H : 6 mm; W: 6 mm), but<br />
the umbilical wall overhangs the previous whorl.<br />
At this stage of the ontogenetic development<br />
the ribs are more widely separated than on the<br />
early horl.<br />
On a group of small specimens it can be<br />
observed that the curvature described by the<br />
ribs on the flank may be more or less accentuated;<br />
the strength of the early tubercles also<br />
varies. On two specimens dissected to the<br />
protoconch the tubercles on the second whorl<br />
at the involution line are in fact periventral<br />
nodes (=coronate whorl): at that stage the<br />
whorl has a convex-concave section beveled on<br />
each side; the third whorl has a transversely<br />
subelliptical section and the fourth a subcircular<br />
to vaulted section; the overlapping of the<br />
whorls extends only to the periventral !Ilargin<br />
of the preceding whorl.<br />
B) Up' to 50 mm D (C-127). On this spe·<br />
cimen the protoconch and early whorls can be<br />
observed although the initial ornament is weak;<br />
the development of the ornamentation follows<br />
the same pattern described for the smaller specimens;<br />
on the last preserved whorl the whorl<br />
section is higher than wide with the maximun<br />
inflation near the:adumbilical third of the flank.<br />
The ribs are high with steep sides and sharp<br />
tops, the intercostal spaces are at least one and<br />
a half times . wide as th ibs; the ribs are<br />
slightly flexuh .e flank and they extend<br />
onto venter ir( li)load but slightly pointed arc.<br />
On venter all rll5s a're of equal strength and are<br />
not thickened. Sporadically one rib may bifurcate<br />
. from the adventral third of a preceding<br />
primary but no tubercles develop; the primary<br />
ribs have a faint tendency to flare out periven·<br />
trally.<br />
C) Up to 125 mm D (C-127). Or. this specimen<br />
the early whorls are observable and they<br />
are similar to those of the previous specimens.<br />
On the last whorl the ornament changes, the<br />
ribs widen and become rounded and the secondary<br />
ribs tend to connect more frequently with<br />
the primary ribs near the boundary between<br />
the middle and the adumbilical thirds of the<br />
flank, or sometimes at the umbilical margin.<br />
The primary ribs reach the umbilical seam and<br />
are prominent on the periumbilical rim; they<br />
have a straight to feeble sinuous profile; they<br />
describe a clear concavity on the umbilical rim<br />
and a broad slightly projecting arc on venter.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by A) the transitory tuberculate stage of the<br />
early whorls, B) the young adults with acute,<br />
high, feebly falcifonn primary ribs which alternate<br />
with one or two intercalary ribs begining<br />
near the middle of the flank, C) the mature<br />
adults have broad primary ribs which become<br />
very prominent at the umbilical rim and bifurcate<br />
near the middle of the flarik, and D) the<br />
changes in whorl section from rounded to subrectangular.<br />
Measurements D Euw H w D/Euw D/H No. R.<br />
% % +<br />
C·127 lEi 6 6 6 40 40 42 ?.<br />
C·127 l6 6 6 6 37 37 50?<br />
C-127 17 7 7 6 41 41 46<br />
C-127 18 7 7 6 39 39 48<br />
C-127 50 23 18 17 46 36 46 +<br />
C-127 126? 46 50 40 7 7 60 7<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles to<br />
"Parahoplites obliquum" Riedel [1938, pl.6,<br />
fig. 11-12; see also under Riedelites herein),<br />
particularly when the inner whorls of the former<br />
are considered ; on Riedel's species the ribs<br />
become conspicuously quadrate in section on<br />
venter but in this new species the ribs are<br />
rounded on venter or develop a visor-like projection<br />
on the ventral median line.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Unnamed beds above<br />
the Socota Member and below the Capotes<br />
Member. Upper Aptian.<br />
This species is named in honor of the late<br />
geologist Luis A. Perez, Universidad Nacional<br />
de Colombia.<br />
_A£aat!JohoDli.te.. (?ll.e.Jltacs:.rati[Qc:mg n.sp.<br />
Pl.7, fig.4; Text-fig. 58.<br />
Holotype. C-127 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.40).<br />
Only one specimen is available. The conch<br />
is evolute; the nuclear whorls have been dissolved<br />
away; ·on the second whorl the ornamentation<br />
is alrei@y' . visible · ,and characterized by .cq <br />
and well • elevated flaring ribs, of which one or<br />
two are' less elevated and appear like intercalary<br />
ribs between primary ribs. On the third whorl<br />
the ribs begin on the .wnbilical wall describing<br />
a feeble concavity, then they fonn an adorai.<br />
arc on the visible part of the flank.
ZON ATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMDIA BY AMMONITES 49<br />
The intercostal spaces are channel-like,<br />
.;,ider than the ribs. On the last whorl the ribs<br />
are very prominent. On the last third of the last<br />
whorl, the primary · ribs develop a blunt tuber·<br />
cle approximately at the boundary between the<br />
middle and the adventral thirds of the flank.<br />
(:;=involution line),and ati.that point the primary<br />
ribs bifurcate. F'rom the tubercle to the peri·<br />
ventral margin the ribs are clearly beveled; at<br />
the periphery the ribs are raised in to slight<br />
hurnps and then are depressed at the ventral<br />
median line . The secondary ribs have the same<br />
changes but weakly developed.<br />
The intercostal whorl section is circular.<br />
The umbilical wall is continuous with the flank<br />
throughout all the stages of growth and there is<br />
no thickening of the ribs on venter. The inter·<br />
costal spaces-tend to widen toward the aperture.<br />
There are. 36 ribs on the venter of the last whorl<br />
of this specimen.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its whorls barely in contact, B) the acute<br />
and flaring ribs, separated by wide, channel like<br />
intercostal spaces, and C) the adventral beveling<br />
and median ventral depression of the ribs.<br />
Measurements. 0 Euw H W 0/Euw % 0/H%<br />
c . 127 30? 13 9 ? ? ?<br />
COMMENTS. At first glance a comparable<br />
species is "lloplites Ruspolii Mayer Eymar"<br />
(1893, p. 258, pl. 2, figs. 10·11) from Somali·<br />
land, but.this species has a much more compre·<br />
ssed whod•section, higher than wide, a more<br />
trongly beveled periventral area with a very<br />
'narrow median ventral zone, however the type<br />
of ribbing appears similar. Collignon (1962, p.<br />
'l.i fig. 1027} figured as "Colo mbiceras sp. aff.<br />
caucasicum Lupp." a specimen which slightly<br />
i'e rnbles the Colombian species but it lacks<br />
tile periventral elevation of the ribs and the<br />
pressed ventral median line.<br />
.-=· ·::. _<br />
..<br />
.<br />
·<br />
OCCURRENCE. Unnamed beds above<br />
the Spcota Member and below the Capotes<br />
Mrnber. Upper Aptian.<br />
:? ... : . , Pl. 3, fig: 3; Text-ng. 5o.<br />
.•. •· A · c.· «nth . dh . oplites L'?l s:pe'Jli[Or'!J n. sp.<br />
tt?l?type. G l27 (U.-N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.4 1).<br />
:)";.-Jialf a small . specimen with the proto<br />
:c:mc prnsery-:d. At th beginning of the<br />
ec·o<br />
..•. d wh<br />
orl<br />
tiny ullae-hke tubercles appear<br />
i:ttlpedlately adumbiiical to th.e involution line;<br />
Jt?; tl_t ese tuercles faint pleats extend t.o the<br />
· -<br />
..mh,IUcal .am; at . the inception of the third<br />
W,.pd noticeable ribs are present, and some of<br />
J.llQ1 have_a spine-like tubercle at point where<br />
:: .f()Uomg whorl begins. The ribs are cute<br />
-!.·!;l .. ,j;he mtercostal spaces are at least twice as<br />
;.-·:·-p()radically. one rib becomes more pro<br />
'1\'lP:e. as the nbs;<br />
.<br />
:-b· · ··.·.1•f':.,.n. ·n'and.fan()t{ter _nb inc . lines toward it as if<br />
· . .<br />
lJ.l rca ng ron · •t b · .<br />
50<br />
.,CQ.IQmQ.ik.er::fJ§. W forg.ro.t, n. sp.<br />
Pl.6, fig.13; Text-figs. 6A, 6B, 6D.<br />
1938 Colombiceras aff. tobleri Jacob, Riedel,<br />
p.51, pl.8, figs.23·24, pl.14, f-7.<br />
1949 Colombiceras aff. C. tobleri (Jacob),<br />
Humphrey, p. 151.<br />
?1954 Colombiceras aff. tobleri (Jacob), BUrgi,<br />
p. 17.<br />
1957 Colombiceras aff. tobleri Jacob, Biirgl,<br />
p. 135.<br />
1957 Colombiceras nov. spec., Btirl, pl.8,<br />
fig. 2, "specimen HB2327/1' ; recte<br />
HB2327/2, X 8/10.<br />
1964 Colombiceras aff. tobleri Jacob, Etayo·<br />
Serna, p. 119, pars.<br />
1965 Colombiceras aff. tobleri Jacob, Biirgl,<br />
in Campbell and Biirgl.<br />
Lectotype, Here designated, the specimen figured<br />
by Riedel, 1938, p. 51, pl.8,<br />
figs. 23-24, pl. 14, fig. 27.<br />
Paratype. The second specimen referred to by<br />
Riedel, 1938, p.51, M.G.N. Pal. 020.<br />
Hypotype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Hy. N.8,9,10).<br />
A) Up to 20 mm D (C-200·1,2,4). The<br />
innermost whorl observed (3rd'?) is coronati·<br />
fonn, with its maximum width toward the cen·<br />
ter of the whorl side; there is a continuous roun·<br />
ding of the intercostal whorl section; the umbi·<br />
lical wall is short and vertical. There are groups<br />
of annular well raised ribs that begin at the umbilical<br />
seam, they are sharp on the flank but<br />
tend to flatten and widen on venter; adapically<br />
these groups of ribs are separated from each<br />
other by a deep channel-like constriction and<br />
adorally by a prominent, slightly thicker and<br />
flanging rib which at the level of the line of involution<br />
develops an acute node from which<br />
another rib branches to join a similar tubercle<br />
on the opposite side, these ribs appear always<br />
immediately adapical to the constriction; at this<br />
stage the intercostal spaces are one and a half ti·<br />
mes wider th the ribs.<br />
These groups of ribs consist of five, four,<br />
three or two ribs, in decreasing order from the<br />
adapical to the adoral part of the shell, but the<br />
pattern seem
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 51<br />
? 1957 Co lombiceras nov. sp. aff. tobleri (Jacob),<br />
·<br />
. BUrgi, pl .8, fig. 6a, 6b, "specimen 666",<br />
rect. x 8/10.<br />
Holotype. C-5 13 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N.42)<br />
p aratype. C-5 13 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N.42,43)<br />
. The whorl section ts depressed in e ear<br />
ly juvenile it is rounded subquadrangular m the<br />
later whoris. In the juvenile the umbilical wall is<br />
vertical, short, it rounds sl!loothly into _the sligb·<br />
tly convex flank, the penventral margm rous<br />
evenlY into the venter. In the adult the umblh<br />
cal wall is inclined.<br />
·on the adult, the ornament consists of<br />
strong primary ribs which flare out on the<br />
flank· they are concave on the umbilical wall and<br />
make' an adoral arc on the adumbilical and<br />
middle thirds.of the flank, they then cross the<br />
venter straight, but the general appearance<br />
of their outline is as if they were rursiradiate.<br />
on the. adventral fourth of the flank and on the<br />
. venter the ribs are flattened. The primary ribs<br />
begin at middle of the umbilic wall r a the<br />
umbilical seam; the secondary nbs begm etther<br />
Independently at the periumbilical margin or<br />
. "adjoining" the subsequent primary rib ; at the<br />
periventral region some of the primary ribs<br />
develop .a small to medium size tubercle from<br />
which; usually but not always, a secondary rib<br />
branche. and crosses the venter to join a similar<br />
tiJ.bercle on the opposite side; sometimes the<br />
priary d secondary ribs apparently coalesce<br />
giving a very broad section to the venter, the<br />
tubercle, however, persists.<br />
Usually there is only one long secondary<br />
rib but s()metimes two are present. With growth<br />
the primary . and secondary ribs regularly alterqate<br />
. On the flank the Intercostal spaces are<br />
.. deep and wider than the ribs but subequill to<br />
them on venter.<br />
. . DIAGNOSIS. This species is characteri·<br />
zed by: A) its stocky build, B) its rounded sub·<br />
quadrate whorl section, C) its wide umbilicus,<br />
and J?) Its moderate size and regular illtemation<br />
of pnmary and secondary ribs on the adult.<br />
. Mei.lunmellta.<br />
0 · 220 1.<br />
C2.20 - 2<br />
C-U0·3<br />
C·220 -4<br />
D<br />
36<br />
23<br />
28?<br />
197<br />
Euw H<br />
17 12<br />
11 ' 9<br />
14 10<br />
8 7<br />
w D{Euw 0/H No.R.<br />
% %<br />
12 47 33 17(2/3)<br />
9? 48 39 26(3/4)<br />
11 60? 36? 18(1/2)<br />
7 42? 37? 38?<br />
. . · . ·· . ,POI\IIMENTS. This species was illustrated<br />
b(Z !lurgl as Co lombiceras nov. sp. aff. tobleri<br />
· . R o.> . (Biirgl, 1957, pl.8, fig. 6), Likewise<br />
1e e .(1938, p. 46, pl. 12, fig. S) recorded<br />
,.<br />
·· . A.canthoplites aff. abichi Anth." from "Ha-<br />
cienda Magdalena, al Este de Viota", a Iocillity<br />
'\'(here_ .the .same unit as that from which my<br />
ln1tenal has been collected crops out "Parah o<br />
4bb, 2 t97<br />
P ltes abichi Anthula" (1899, p. 118, pl. 9, figs.<br />
_<br />
· stion<br />
g n\b ..<br />
type speCies of Pro tacanthoplites,<br />
01l • has irregularly spaced ribs with<br />
rcates, · along the lme of mvolution , the<br />
. bifu · · · . rc es from hich seconary rib<br />
Russian species also lacks the regular adult<br />
alternation of primary and secondary ribs of<br />
the Colombian species. The new species also has<br />
some ree'T'hlance to ''Acanthoplitespotreritense<br />
Humphrey" (1949, p. 139, pl. 12, figs. 11·12),<br />
but the Mexican species is more closely costate,<br />
is compressed and has a median yeqtral depression<br />
of the ribs as in Gargasiceras Casey {1954).<br />
OCCURRENCE. Paja Formation (Arcillolitas<br />
abigarradas. Segment E). Socota Member.<br />
Upper Aptian.<br />
This species is named is honor of Dr. Alberto<br />
Sanniento A., former Director of the<br />
Servicio <strong>Geolo</strong>gico Nacional (1961-1964).<br />
ca;;;:s-' (Gargasicergc:;;:"1954.-]<br />
Gargasiceras Casey, 1954, pp. 114.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Ammonites gargasensis d'Orbigny,<br />
original designation.<br />
Garf:icer interiectum (Riedel).<br />
PI. , fig. 5, Text-fig. 61. ·<br />
1938 Acan thoplites in teriectus Riedel, p. 41,<br />
pl. 8, figs. 8-10, pl. 14, fig. 22.<br />
1954 Gargasiceras interiectum Riedel, Casey<br />
p. 114.<br />
?1954 Acanthohoplites in teriectus Riedel, Biirgl<br />
p. 17.<br />
? 1955 Acanthohoplites in teriectus Riedei,Biirgl<br />
p. 12.<br />
? 1957 Acanthohoplites in teriectus Riede Biirgl<br />
p. 135 .<br />
1964 Acanthohoplites in teriectus (Riedel),Eta·<br />
yo Serna, p. 119, pars.<br />
1965 Acanthohoplites in teriectus Riedel,Bilrgl<br />
in Campbell and BUrgi.<br />
Lectotype. Here designated, the specimen illustrated<br />
by Riedel, 1938, pl. 8, fig.lO<br />
(S.G.N.Pal. 0310).<br />
Hypotypes.ta Ye (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Hy.N.11.<br />
12).<br />
Type locality. Barichara-Sube (Santander).<br />
A) Up to 17 mm D (La YeJ . The earliest<br />
nuclear whorls studied have a w1dely rounded<br />
venter, the whorl section is wider than high and<br />
does not show a defined periventral angle; the<br />
ornament consists of well defined flexuous<br />
growth striae which are narrower than the inter<br />
spaces between them. This non-ribbed stage is<br />
followed by the sudden development of a rib<br />
bearing a bullae-like tubercle rLa Ye-2-bis], approximately<br />
at center of the ftailk, from which<br />
two flattened ribs fork which are slightly depressed<br />
along the ventral median line; the adaplcal<br />
rib is itself divided longitudinally by a cieft so<br />
as to form two individual riblets.
52<br />
Among the subsequent flared ribs some<br />
of them develop minute tubercles at the level of<br />
the line of involution. On the venter the ribs are<br />
more distinct, due to the fact that their adapi·<br />
cal side is vertical but their adoral side is incli·<br />
ned. The adapical whorl section of the same spe·<br />
cimen, at a diameter of 16mm is almost circular<br />
(H:4; W: 4mm) butadorally it has already begun<br />
to fonn a broadly rounded periventral margin.<br />
There is a rather high and steep umbilical wall.<br />
The primary ribs begin at the umbilical<br />
seam as raised lines, they describe an adoral<br />
concavity to the periumbilical margin and from<br />
there to just beyond the middle of the flank the<br />
ribs describe an adoral convexity and then an<br />
adoral concavity on the adventral third of the<br />
flank. The intercalry ribs begin at the boundary<br />
between the adumbilical and the middle thirds<br />
of the flank or near the lateral tubercle.<br />
B) Up to 33 mm D [La Ye-5-bisl. On the<br />
ad apical preserved portio ;'\ ' he last wh orl two<br />
types of ribs are present: one type begins at<br />
middle of the umbilical wall and describes an<br />
adoral concavity to the beginning of the middle<br />
third of the flank, then they describe an adoral<br />
convexity on the middle third, and adventrally<br />
the ribs describe a shallow lid oral concavity.<br />
Some of the ribs bifurcate near the boundary<br />
between the middle and adumbilical thirds of<br />
the flank, or more frequently at the boundary<br />
between the middle and adventral thirds of the<br />
whorl and have a tendency to develop a minute<br />
tubercle there; the other type of ribs begins as<br />
fine threads near the umbilical rim, trend simi·<br />
larly to the others and slowly increase in size<br />
towards venter where all the ribs have a similar<br />
width and are separated by wider intercostal<br />
spaces,<br />
· . . DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: ·A) a rather long smooth stage (with cons·<br />
trictions?), B) a longer juvenile stage with nume·<br />
rous sigmoidal ribs, and C) a mature stage with<br />
mostly non tuberculate ribs with an alternation<br />
of primary and intercalary ribs, with a tendency<br />
for dominance of the primary over the intercalary<br />
ribs adaperturally.<br />
Measurements. D Euw H w D/Euw D{H No,R.<br />
% %<br />
La-Ye·2·bls 17 6 7 7 6 36 417 30(1/2)<br />
La-Ye·3-bls 17 67 ? ? ? 417 ?<br />
La-Ye-6-bls 28 10 10 11 36 36 30(1 /2)<br />
La•Ye-5-bls 33 14 13 14 42 39 30(1/2)<br />
cm.l.ll\1EKTS. This species differs from<br />
qargasiceras pliJc'J;fp JRiedel) by te oval sections<br />
of tile lahte tile fQmler has a<br />
rounded subquadrite one. In G. pulcher (Riedel)<br />
the bifurcation of the ribs occurs regularly near<br />
tile middle of the flank and at similar diameters<br />
the ornament of prominent bifurcating ribs is<br />
still present but the opposite is true for G. interiectum.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
F. ETA YO - SERNA<br />
Gargasiceras interiectum (Riedel)<br />
(Morph I)<br />
Pl. 6, fig. 8; Text-fig. 6H.<br />
Hypotype. La-Ye-4-bis (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.N.13)<br />
A) Up to 13 mm D [La-Ye-0]. The adapical<br />
half of the last whorl appears smooth but it<br />
is covered by fine , low flexuous riblets, they<br />
cross the venter uninterruptedly; the ribbing<br />
becomes prominent rather abruptly on the ado·<br />
ral half of the whorl; the ribs start at the umbi·<br />
lical seam and make a delicate biconcave arc to<br />
tile venter, they flare out on the adumbilical<br />
third of the flank and are sharp; on the adventral<br />
third of the flank they are flattened and<br />
on the venter a bit wider and slightly depressed<br />
along the median ventral line. One of the early<br />
ribs has a weak tubercle at level of the involu·<br />
tion line where tile rib trifurcates but on the<br />
other flank no tubercle is developed and th e rib<br />
only appears broader. An alternation of long<br />
primary ribs and shorter intercalary ribs begins<br />
almost contemporaneously with the appearence<br />
of the ribbing.<br />
B) Up to 40 mm D [La-Ye-4-bis]. The<br />
whorl section is subrectangular and has broadly<br />
rounded periventral margins and feebly arched<br />
venter; the ornament consists of long primary<br />
ribs which begin near the umbilical rim, these<br />
ribs develop a flange on the ad umbilical third of<br />
the flank, they are high and sharp; the intercalary<br />
ribs begin at the boundary between the ad umbilical<br />
and the central thirds of the flank. All the<br />
ribs become flat topped and slightly broader on<br />
the adventral fourth of the flank and venter, they<br />
have vertical sides; the intercostal spaces are<br />
twice as wide as the ribs on the internal mold.<br />
The umbilical wall is short and subvertical.<br />
NOTE: This morph has a well defined altema·<br />
tion of primary and intercalary ribs on<br />
venter and the subrectangular section<br />
seems constant throughout the ontoge<br />
ny.<br />
Measurements<br />
La·Ye-D·bill<br />
La-Ye·4-bls<br />
D Euw H W D{Euw<br />
%<br />
13 6 6 6 46<br />
40? ? 14 14 ?<br />
D/H No.R<br />
%<br />
38 16(1{3)<br />
36? 23(1/2)<br />
COMMENTS. This species differs from<br />
Riedel's "Acanthoplites in teriectus ", as he illus·<br />
trated it where the inception of tile intercalary<br />
ribs is on the adventral third of the flank. This,<br />
however, could be a a matter of preservation.<br />
However-, the ribs are distinctly more flattened<br />
.in "mQIJ?;NJ.'! tlum on Riedel's specime. Rie!fej: :<br />
remark '(1938, ·pAl): 1'En esta espec1e no hay:<br />
bifurcacion de costillas ni fonnacion de tuberculos"<br />
as here understood indicates that the tu·<br />
berculate stage is a transient one terminated very<br />
early in the ontogeny as pointed out by Casey<br />
(1954, p. 114); it Jll!ISt be added that the<br />
ventral depression (bu-t not interruption) of<br />
the ribs along the ventral median line is another<br />
transient characteristic.
ZON ATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 53<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Mmber:; Upper<br />
Aptian. . . ··<br />
Gargasiceras 'i&{cher: (Riedel)1<br />
orph I)<br />
1938 Acanthoplites pulcher Riedel, 1938,<br />
c<br />
p.43, pi.S, figs. 11-14.<br />
?1954 Parahoplites cf. pulcher Riedel, Biitgl,<br />
pl.17.<br />
1954 G. [a&asiceras] pulcher (Riedel), Casey,<br />
114.<br />
1964 Parahoplites pulcher {Riedel), Etayo-Ser<br />
na, p. 119.<br />
1965 Acanthohoplites pulcher Riedel, Biirgl,<br />
in Biirgl and Campbell.<br />
L6ctotype. Here designated, the specimen illus-<br />
•. -.•. _.... · trated by Riedel, 1938, pl. 8, figs.<br />
·. . ... 11,12,13,<br />
}'aratype. Riedel's pi.S, fig.14, S.G.N. Pal.0310<br />
Hypoty.pe. La"Ye-7-bis (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Hy.<br />
N.14). ·<br />
"morph" resembles<br />
fptu_cller. ·tl'l.le(letJ, which WllS des<br />
extem.n • • • anchamen<br />
the _latter differs<br />
section is oval.<br />
well defined, rounded #"ff; ·--er than the intercostal<br />
spaces. The pnmaty.'bs are very pro·<br />
minent 11nd hcome well define;: at the external<br />
margin of the umbilical wall.<br />
On the adoral half of the third whorl the<br />
number of intercalary ribs decreases from two<br />
to one; on the last preserved whorl there are<br />
alternating primary and secondary ribs. The<br />
whorl section is subrectangular with slab-like<br />
sides and rounded venter, the umbillcal wall is<br />
inclined and merges smoothly into the flank.<br />
On the adoral third of the last preserved whorl<br />
the intercalary ribs disappear and the resulting<br />
intercostal distance is five times as wide as the<br />
ribs. The apertural margin is plain.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the progressive ontogenetic elimination<br />
of the intercalary ribs, B) the subrectangular<br />
slab-sided and rounded venter whorl section<br />
and C) the adorally arcuate . trend of the ribs<br />
on the flanks .<br />
Measurements D Euw H W DfEuw% D/H %<br />
C·151 29 13 11 10 45 38<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles "Parahoplites<br />
abichi Anthula, 1899" rtype species<br />
of Pro tacanthoplites Tobvina, 1970 J, but on<br />
the latter genus as interpreted by Tobvina (English<br />
trans., 1971, p. 338) "Sections of whorls<br />
transverse-oval, tumid or practically subquadra·<br />
te, width invariably exceeding height.", furthermore<br />
the primary ribs bifurcate from the lateral<br />
tubercles, character'.stics that are absent from<br />
the Colombian species; the Russian and the Colombian<br />
species have in common, however, the<br />
broad umbilicus and the tendency of the ribs<br />
to flatten on venter "to varying degrees" (Tob·<br />
vina, op. cit., p. 338); the Caucasian species has<br />
constrictions that are also absent from this species.<br />
Colombiceras crassicostatum {d'Orbigny)<br />
(1841, pl.59, fig. 1·5) has only tiny lateral<br />
tubercles and its ribs are wedge shaped on the<br />
flank.<br />
"Hypacanthoplites ? rursiradiatus Humphrey"<br />
(1949, p.142, pl. 14, figs. 11, 12) l type<br />
species of Pegnaceras Cantu-Chapa (1963J, is a<br />
species on which "all ribs thicken in transversely<br />
elongate swellings" (Humphrey, op.cit., p.<br />
142) a characteristic not observed on G. juanwyatti.<br />
One specimen that has some resemblance<br />
to the present species but which has intercalary<br />
ribs to a larger diameter than in the present species<br />
was figured by R. Douvilllt (1906, p.147,<br />
note, pl. 1, fig. 3) as Pedioceras or a new genus<br />
from an unspecified locality in Colombia.<br />
OCCURRENCE.Upper Aptian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Profes·<br />
sor John Wyatt Durham.<br />
Genus
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 55<br />
1976 Douvilleiceros mammilla tum (Schlotheim),<br />
Etayo-Serna et al, p. 227.<br />
1916 Douvilleiceras aff. mammillatum (Schlo<br />
theim), Etayo-Sema et al, p.225, tab. 2.<br />
Holope. .(;8 (U .N.G.M.H.N .C.P.Ht.N .44 ) .<br />
PiiitYifl.! . (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.44,45).<br />
Two collections (C-13 and P-21B) have<br />
been studied and it is considered tfiat the spe<br />
cbnens axe conspecific. In my opinion these<br />
specimens overlap in the development of the<br />
omament.<br />
A) Up to 15 mm D [C-218). The earliest<br />
omament observed on the adapical portion of<br />
"this specimen consists of widely spaced fold·like<br />
ribs which describe a bend from the umbilical<br />
margin to the middle of the flank, at which<br />
point there is a spine like tubercle , the ribs des·<br />
cribe a fe eble adoral concavity and extend onto<br />
venter. A transversely elongated inflation is pre<br />
sent on both sides of the ventral median zone.<br />
At the adoral end of this specimen (D: 15mm]<br />
a small tubercle is present on the nbs at their<br />
periumbilical margin and the ventral tubercle<br />
beeomesmammiform, but no indication of any<br />
division of the ribs is obsenrable on the ventral<br />
· tubercles. The intercostal growth lines have a<br />
profile similar to that of the ribs. The whorls<br />
Qrt! depres&ed. No clear indication of the ventral<br />
tubercles appear before a diameter of 24mm.<br />
_ B) Up to about 35 mm D [C-218]. The<br />
omament is stronger but In the previous pattern<br />
e ribs are widelf spaced and a weak annular<br />
iritercalm:y rib, aliriost imperceptible on the in·<br />
· :temal mold, occurs midway between the primacy<br />
. ·- .Jibs I:rnpressions left ··on - the umbilical wall of<br />
ttre: subsequent volu tions indicate that at this<br />
point the lateral tutlercles represent the base of<br />
long _ spines, directed adapically. About 30 mm<br />
- dieter a tiny· tubercle appears on test exter·<br />
!:laJIY to the periumbilical tubercle but it seeming<br />
does not leave any indication on the lnamal<br />
Qld at this stage.<br />
_ d C) Up. to 45 mm D [C·13J. A single speci<br />
>lllen Qn which the Internal whorls can not be<br />
.!!died._ The first rib visible on the ad apical por<br />
·tls»n of the ·last whorl arises near the external<br />
·'Part of the umbilical wall and has a minute tu·<br />
: rcle at the P ! riumbilical rim; slightly adven<br />
\ :ersely _ elongated node is present and on<br />
JIJIIY to the middle of the flank a prominent<br />
>b.o sldes of venter well marked tubercles are<br />
56<br />
A) Up to 18 mm D [ C-215-21 ]. To this<br />
diameter the internal whorls have not been ob·<br />
served. The adapicalmost part of the last preserved<br />
whorl has a subpolygonal·renifonn intercos·<br />
tal whorl section: a rather abrupt umbilical wan<br />
which rounds smoothly into the flank; the ad·<br />
ventral segment of the flank is broadly rounded,<br />
the venter is narrow with a flat ventral median<br />
band.<br />
The ornament consists aflaw flattened ribs<br />
which begin at the umbilical margin and bear a<br />
rhomboidal prominent tubercle that is spirally<br />
elongated. From this tubercle to the periventral<br />
margin the ribs broaden and become depressed;<br />
along both sides of the ventral median band the<br />
ribs develop radially elongated crest-like t,uber·<br />
cles; on midventer the ribs are depressed, al·<br />
most obliterated but have a tendency to split<br />
transversely. Sporadically an intercalary rib<br />
may develop, it begins at level of the lateral<br />
tubercle and branches from a strong primary ri<br />
this secondary rib has only ventrolateral tuber·<br />
cles: it is so obscure on venter that the tubercles<br />
appear as if they were independently arising<br />
from the test.<br />
The intercostal space between the primary<br />
ribs is very wide, up to two and a half times the<br />
width of the primary ribs except when an in·<br />
tercalary rib is present; this interval is covere.d<br />
by wen marked growth lines which are adorally<br />
concave on the umbilical wall. Towards the<br />
adora1 half of the last whorl the lateral tubercle<br />
occupies a medial position on the flank and<br />
small conical tubercles appear on the ribs at the<br />
periumbilical margin.<br />
. B) Up to approximately 25 mm D [C-215·<br />
22]. At about a diameter of 20 mm the spirally<br />
elorigated periventral tubercle acquires a mammi·<br />
Dated. shape, and contemporaneously these tu·<br />
bercles develop adumbilically an incipient tuber·<br />
cle that with subsequent growth tends to match<br />
the adventral one in prominence. The spacing<br />
between the upper and lower ventrolateral tu·<br />
bercles varies. The lateral tubercle increases in<br />
size and develops a large circular base. At this<br />
stage the intercostal whorl section has a broadly<br />
flattened to slightly arched venter which rounds<br />
Into the flattened flank; the umbilical wall Is<br />
oblique, the periventral tubercles are slight<br />
bumps on the test and they rarely show on the<br />
internal mold.--en the last rib preserved of this<br />
specimen there is a faint swellin between the<br />
centro-lateral and . the periumbihcal tubercles.<br />
C) Up to 95 mm D [C-215·251. Lacking<br />
any in tennediates I am interpreting this speci·<br />
men as conspecific with the previously descri·<br />
bed specimens, based on their apparent simUa·<br />
rity. At this stage of growth the ribs are thin,<br />
high, with rounded top and separated by wide<br />
intercostal spaces. The ribs begin at the exter·<br />
nal part of the oblique umbilical wall as elonga·<br />
ted and flattend lozenge-like subdued elevations.<br />
The ribs are slightly convex adorally on flank<br />
8lld althoul!h a bit wider on venter their width<br />
on the fl8lllts is ve:ry uniform. On the adapical<br />
F. ETAYO ·SERNA<br />
half of the last preserved whorl there are five<br />
tubercles on each side appearing like symmetri·<br />
cal ripples on top of the ribs, and distributed as<br />
follows: one ventral slightly elevated and rna·<br />
mmillated tubercle, one on center of the ventral<br />
shoulder, another on the rim of the ventral sho·<br />
ulder, a tubercle in the middle of the flank and<br />
one adumbilical tubercle. The lateral tubercles<br />
are equidistant from the one at the middle of the<br />
flank. Toward the aperture there is a progressive<br />
development of another tubercle close to the<br />
ventral median line in such a way that the ini·<br />
tial ventral sulcus almost disappears; although<br />
there is an increase in size of the tubercles from<br />
the umbilical to the ventral, in general the tubercles<br />
tend to have a uniform size • . There are<br />
30 ribs on 3/4 ths of the length of the 'last whorl;<br />
the living chamber occupies half of the last whorl<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the development of a delicate tubercula·<br />
tion of the ribs which appear sllgh tly undulated<br />
in longitudinal profile, B) the rounded-subquadrangular<br />
whorl section, and C) the very shallow<br />
and narrow ventral median sulcus in the adult.<br />
Meuurementa. D<br />
C•215 ·21 18<br />
c. 215 . 22 26<br />
c. 21 5 - 24 95?<br />
Euw H W D/Euw % D{H%<br />
9 ? ? 50 ?<br />
11 10 12 44 40<br />
46 ? ? ? ?<br />
COMMENTS. The specimen figured by<br />
Collignon (1963, p. 112, fig. 1243) as Douvilleiceras<br />
albeme Spath, has a similarly reduced<br />
median ventral sulcus but its tubercles are cle·<br />
arly clavate and its ribs arise in pdirs from<br />
accentuated periumbilical tubercles, the two<br />
latter features are absent from the Colombian<br />
species. The specimen described by Riedel<br />
(1938, p. 32, pl.6, fig. 6,7) as "Douvilleiceras<br />
monile Sow", and excluded from the scope of<br />
Sowerby's species by Casey (1962 p. 288),<br />
resembles Douvilleiceras abozagloi n. sp. in the<br />
loss of the ventral sulcus and its rounded venter,<br />
but on Riedel's figured specimen the rib·<br />
bing is coarser and the inner lateral tubercles<br />
postulous. The specimen (U.S.G.S.No.23836)<br />
identified by Imlay as "Douvilleiceres aff. D.<br />
monile (Sow.)" from locality Santa Rosita I,<br />
Venezuela (in Rod and Mayne, 1954, p. 267),<br />
from examination of a plaster cast, seems to<br />
belong to a related species; it has wider ribs and<br />
longer and better stressed clavi, further the ven·<br />
tral median sulcus is persistently wider than in<br />
the Colombian species.<br />
Douvilleiceras solitae (d'Orbigny) has a<br />
more persistent and deeper ventral median sul·<br />
cus, the ribs are broader and the ventrolateral<br />
tubercles larger than in D. abozagloi.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Lower Albian.<br />
• This species is nemed in honor of the geo·<br />
logist Jacob Abozaglo M.<br />
\, _ .. ...<br />
_<br />
]""""<br />
u_- --·-<br />
. Ql100<br />
.. ras-.<br />
. . ,_.""'\'}!!2;<br />
Eodouuilleiceras Casey, 1961, p. 191.
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 57<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Douvilleiceras horridum Rie<br />
del, original designation.<br />
-Jt o 'fi il fj(:T s trf e d&Q,a'if&.l!lb_E_:_.P·<br />
• , 1g. , ex 1gs. , .<br />
1961 Douvilleiceras horridum Riedel, BUrgi, p.<br />
5 ex (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.N.1843).<br />
1964 Douvilleiceras horridum Riedel, Etayo<br />
-"'•<br />
Sema, p.120 pars ex Btirgl 1961a.<br />
1976 Eodouvilleiceras horridum (Riedel), Eta<br />
.<br />
yo-Sema et al, p.225, tab.2, p.227, ex<br />
(U.N.CM.H.N.C.P.N.1843).<br />
Holotype. C-170 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht. N.46).<br />
Only one specimen is available; the innermqst<br />
whorls are not observable. On the 3rd (?)<br />
h.orl of the phragmocone prominent spines<br />
develop about the middle of the flank and the<br />
horl appears coronate ; the ribs they surmount<br />
Wide and low and start at the umbilical rim;<br />
tOw-ard the adapical portion of the following<br />
whorl, tiny conical tubercles develop at the periumbilical<br />
end of the primary ribs. The umbillea(<br />
wall Is rounded, subvertical and merges gradually<br />
into the flank. The intercostal spaces are<br />
wide, variable in with, one and a half or t'vo times<br />
as wide as the ribs.<br />
The intercalary ribs occur at irregular inteiVal.s,<br />
they have only centrolateral and perivel).tnd<br />
tubercles, and appear like slight folds of<br />
tile test. On the primary ribs ventrolateral tubercles<br />
enl&rge into strong bosses which bear a<br />
parallel,lower and slightly indicated clavus. The<br />
whorl section has a rounded, lozenge-like shape.<br />
•. . .<br />
. .<br />
· .. . DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
y: A)Jts compressed shape and its lozenge sha<br />
ped whorl section, B) the accentuation of the<br />
ventral tubercles which defme a prominent U<br />
!lped sulcus, and C) the feeble development<br />
.of' the intercalary ribs.<br />
Mameu.t.. D Euw H W D/Euw % D{H %<br />
C·170 "0 211 18 22 110 36<br />
CC?ENTS. This species differs from<br />
odouurllerceras honidum {Riedel), which has a<br />
sJower accentuation of the tuberculations, broa<br />
Whorl section and wider and shallower ven<br />
mte su al<br />
lcus than In E. pedrocarvajali, finally the<br />
··· . n: ary ribs persist longer.<br />
fi 261; Text-fig. 90) u "E. horridum (Riedel),<br />
>'" · 'I'h,e specimen Illustrated by Casey (1962,<br />
o:&er ptian, near Bogota, Colombian (Umv.<br />
CiUv no.C-1563)" is more like E. pedro<br />
RiedQJf!1<br />
than llke Riedel's species. Both<br />
e 8 species and asey's fip1red spP.imen 'l9381UlY3tr!,!f8Phlc lilclt<br />
mformation (see R1edel,<br />
es):, P· ; llllK1 Univ. California, Mus. Paleont.,<br />
Biirf (1961) recorded as occurring<br />
together 'Douvilleiceras mammillatum (Schlo·<br />
theim)" ::! "nouvilleiceras horridum Riedel",<br />
from Ortega (Depto. Tolima); see synonymy.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Lower A!_Pian.<br />
This species is named in honor of the late<br />
geologist Pe dro Carvajal •<br />
. Eoduv i llejcerp.s i? · t j{ uendamai. n. sp.<br />
. 't'ext· gs. 6 ,60,13. · -<br />
Holotype. C-233 (U.N.CM.H.N.C.P.Ht. N.47)<br />
Paratype. C-223 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt. N.47,48)<br />
A) Up to 26 mm D (C-223-17). On the<br />
innermost whorl observed (2nd of the phrag·<br />
mocone) there are long spines along the involution<br />
line; short and long srines alternate in a w<br />
pattern; the impression o the spines is visible<br />
on the dorsal part of the following whorl as depressed<br />
furrows. The long spines arise from wi·<br />
de ribs that reach the umbilical rim, but the<br />
intercalary rib corresponding to the short spine<br />
disappears without reaching the umbilical rim.<br />
The third whorl has a high and vertical<br />
umbilical wall which rounds abruptly into the<br />
convex flank; the adapical portion ofthe fourth<br />
whorl has ribs that bear a small conical tubercle<br />
at the umbilical rim. The ribs appear like prorsi·<br />
radiate blunt folds: the portion of the ribs<br />
between the umbilical and the lateral nodes has<br />
the shape of an isosceles triangle; from the<br />
centrolateral tubercle to the ventral tubercle<br />
the ribs are wide and have subparallel sides,<br />
they tend to cleave longitudinally along their<br />
central axis. In middle of venter the ribs are<br />
wide and depressed. The intercostal spaces are<br />
approximately one and a half as wide as the ribs<br />
on the flank but twice as wide on venter.<br />
At the umbilical rim the tubercles are<br />
tiny, and elongated in the direction of the ribs;<br />
the ventrolateral tubercles have an elliptical<br />
section elongated in the direction of coiling but<br />
a subcircular section Is also common. The<br />
wth lines may be so accentuated as to give<br />
the impression of being Intercalary ribs.<br />
B) Up to 48 mm D (C-223). With increa·<br />
sing diameter there is a tendency for the ribs to<br />
increase their wi:ith without a corresponding in·<br />
crease In height. An accentuation of the periventral<br />
tubercles occurs on the living chamber<br />
for two thirds of the length of the last whorl.<br />
Toward the apertural segment. of the last preserved<br />
whorl the tubercles attenuate; the ventrolateral<br />
tubercle becomes compressed, bullae·<br />
llke. The last rib is thin, barely visible with only<br />
lateral and umbilical conical spines aiid without<br />
ventral tubercles. The apertual margin is plain.<br />
DL\GNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) Its very depreed whorl section, B) the<br />
inconspicuous bullate periumbilical tubercles,<br />
the long periventral spines and the hom llke<br />
ventral tubercles, C) the dominance from early<br />
In the ontogeny of the primary ribs 'With almost
58 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
no intercalary ribs, and D) the lack of bifur·<br />
cation of the primary ribs and their offset longi·<br />
tudinal prome.<br />
MeUUftmenta D Euw H w D/Euw DfH No.R.<br />
% %<br />
C·223·17 26 12 11 17 48 42 12<br />
C·223·18 ao 13 12 20 43 40 13<br />
C•223·19 22 12 8 17 0 36 12<br />
C·223·20 2& 12 11 1& 48 44 137<br />
C·223·21 48 23 19 27 48 39 16<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles<br />
Eodouvilleicerus horridum (Riedel) (1938, p.29,<br />
pl.6, figs. 1,2, pl.14, fig. 11), but on the latter<br />
at the equivalent diameter the lateral tubercles<br />
are leas developed and the intercostal distance is<br />
greater; in Riedel's species the ventral tubercles<br />
tend to develop an additional tubercle early In<br />
the ontogeny (see lower right of figure 2 of<br />
. plate 6 of his paper), he noted, however,<br />
that because of the poor state of preservation<br />
of his specimen, the inital appearance of divi·<br />
· ded external nodes could not be determined.<br />
Eodouvilleicerus (?) tequendamai differs<br />
from Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) barreroi n.<br />
sp., by the ribs bifurcating from the centrolate·<br />
ral tubercles and the ventral tubercles changing<br />
from mammllate to transversely elongated early<br />
in the ontogeny of the latter. The juvenile<br />
Eodouvilleiceras differs from Ch. (Epicheloni·<br />
ceras) leonhardtriedeli by the weaker ornament<br />
of the latter and subrentangular whorl section.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
Family . EA YEITIDAE _ _ .<br />
_ _<br />
_<br />
GenUs ·(Du n9if(Burckhardt MS) Ki·\<br />
• . . ·-·· 1an and ebol. 1915 •.. ·--·----<br />
Dufrenoyirz (Burckhardt MS) Kilian and Reboul,<br />
1915, p.34.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Ammonites {urcatus J. de C.<br />
Sowerby, by monotypy.<br />
..[).yfre@yig pQt..emiJ:. sp.<br />
Pl.1, fig. 6; Tex-figs. 5M:, 5 N.<br />
Holotype. C-223x-10 . (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.<br />
N.48).<br />
The hdotype has thej>rotoconch preserved;<br />
the conch is robust and has six volutions. To<br />
approximately . an umbilical diameter of 5 mm<br />
the flanks have broad convex bulges separated<br />
by narrower depressions; the umbilical wall is<br />
vertical but it rounds smoothly into the sides.<br />
At about the above umbilical diameter a second<br />
and fm er inflation devel6ps by longitudinal<br />
splitting of uie liu-ger bulge just outside the umbilical<br />
margin . At an umbilical diameter of 8<br />
mm the newly appeared swelling (now a rib) de·<br />
taches· from the primary (earlier) rib , and about<br />
an umbilical diameter of 13 mm the secondary<br />
rib occupies an intermediate location between<br />
the primary ribs, at the same time it has began<br />
to move outwards toward the middle of the<br />
•<br />
flank, but this displacement does not have aregular<br />
starting point.<br />
At . a height of whorl of 9 mm (D: 11<br />
mm), corresponding to the adapical portion of<br />
the last preserved whorl, the periventral clavi<br />
are connected across the venter; at that stage<br />
the ribs describe a wide adoral convexity to the<br />
middle of the flank and from that point to the<br />
ventral margin they describe a deep adoral<br />
concavity; the ribs are straight or slightly<br />
concave adorally on the umbilical wall. The ribs<br />
tend to broaden from the adumbilical rim to<br />
venter; the transverse profile of the ribs is rounded<br />
with its adoral side long and oblique, the<br />
adapical side is short and steep. On the shell the<br />
intercostal spaces are slightly wider than the<br />
ribs. The early portion of the last whorl is sub·<br />
quadrate, truncated at venter, slightly wider<br />
toward the adumbilical third of the flank;<br />
approaching the aperture however, the whorl<br />
section is slightly higher than wide. The siphon<br />
is so close to venter that is creates a tenuous<br />
raised line along mid·venter.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its bold ornamentation, B) the change<br />
in whorl section from subquadrate to subtrape·<br />
zoidal; and C) the strongly falcoid ribs on the<br />
flank, closely spaced on venter.<br />
Meuuremanta. D Euw H W D/Euw D(H No.R.<br />
% %<br />
C·223x•10 44 26 19 16 67 43 3&<br />
COMMENTS. Du{renoyirz scalata Casey<br />
(1964, p. 386), is a similar species. Casey's.holo·<br />
type (op. cit., pl. 66, fig. 1a, b) has intercostal<br />
spaces narrower than those of the Colombian<br />
species but the ribs are wider; on Casey's species<br />
the ribs also do not have a slight adoral conca·<br />
vity.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Socotai Member. Upper<br />
Aptian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Profeasor<br />
Gerardo Botero Arango, of the Universidad<br />
Nacional, Medellin .<br />
Du(renoyia codazziana..(Karsten)<br />
Pl. 1, figs. 1, 7, 8.<br />
1858 Ammonites CodiJzzianus Karsten, p.<br />
108, pl. 3, figs. 4, 5.<br />
1881 A T mmonites] Codazzianus, Karsten,<br />
GaSb, p. 310.<br />
1886 Ammonites Codazzianus, Karsten, pl. 3,<br />
figs. 4, 5.<br />
1913 Par. Tahoplites ]Codazzianus .Karat.,Kilian,<br />
p. 344.<br />
1925 Ammonites codiJzzianus Karsten, Burckhardt,<br />
pl. 10; fig. 10·11.<br />
? 1937 Colombiceras Codazzianus Karsten, Botero,<br />
p.26, fig. 50,51.
zoNATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 59<br />
194 7 Ammonites Codazzwnus Karsten,Spanish<br />
version, p.375, pl. 3, figs. 4,5.<br />
1964 D. f ufrenoyUI Jcodazzwna Karsten, Casey,<br />
p. '397.<br />
1964 Deshaye$ites codazzianus (Karsten),Eta<br />
yo-Sema, pars., p. 120.<br />
c<br />
1968 Du{renoyUI codazzwna (Karsten), Etayo· •<br />
. ·· Sema, p. 28, fig.3.<br />
1972 DufrenoyiD coddaziana (Karsten), Etayo·<br />
Sema, p. 43.<br />
UC::tocype. ·.· Kazsten's fi&1lred specimen under<br />
·<br />
·• •·<br />
number 4 plate 3, 1858.<br />
l>aratype. . Karsten's figured specimen under<br />
- number 5, plate 3, 1858.<br />
J:{ypocype; (U.N:c.M.H.N.C.P.N. 16,17).<br />
'The. whorl section is higher than wide,<br />
subelliptical; . the umbilical wall is subvertical, it<br />
rounds smoothly into the gently convex sides;<br />
the . maxjmum thickness of the whorl is at the<br />
boundiuy between the central and the adumbi·<br />
Uc!J} thirds of the flank, externally to this point<br />
the sides a:re flattened and slightly convergent<br />
on the adventral third of the flank. The ·1enter<br />
is .relatively narrow, truncated. The umbilicus is<br />
Shallow, .abot1t one half the width of the diame·<br />
ter;<br />
The ornament on the early portion of<br />
the last whorl consists of fine, rounded and<br />
untfonnlY wid ribs, slightly narrower than the<br />
h1tereostal spaces. On the umbilical wall the<br />
ribs ate weak and describe a shallow adoral<br />
i:qticmty, then they trend prorsiradiate on the<br />
.adumbWcal thiid of.the flank; at the boundary<br />
.between the adumbilical and central thirds of<br />
tlte flank they describe a crescentic adoral<br />
;,Cpilvity. At e periventral margins all the<br />
·J!bS'have slleht pyrifonn swellings, then the ribs<br />
!JWIJig adorai!y describing a wide and prominent<br />
arcrthe venter :n!mains narrow. At the bounda·<br />
',ry b!ltween the adumbilical lind central thirds<br />
qf 1:11 flank the ribs bifurcate, the point of<br />
9l,!Utcation ing slightly inflated; commonly &<br />
•·$9 th coIIP' n· ppears. without a connection to<br />
, e Jacent pnmary nb •<br />
. ;:\:?·:;··:; -··: .<br />
:: ,· • .. On the internal old , all the ribs<br />
-"! ; · ter then profile becomes rounded;<br />
the ribs have an accenb.lated adoral arc on<br />
venter throughout the ontogeny.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is differentiated<br />
by: A) its fine, uniformly wide, sickle lile<br />
ribs through ou t the ontogeny, B) the early<br />
ontogenetic attenuation of the periventral nodes<br />
and the broad adoral arc of the ribs on venter,<br />
and C) the nearly constant suboval whorl<br />
section.<br />
Meuuzements. D Euw H W 0/Euw% D/Ho/o<br />
La · Ye • 2 X3rt 14 111 11 40? 43?<br />
COMMENTS. The small specimens are<br />
(pl.l, fig.1,7) com r. arable to ''Ammonites<br />
Codazzianus Karsten' (1858, p. 108;•pt 3, fig. 5<br />
especially ) and to the photograph of the plaster<br />
replica ot Karsten's original (op. cit., pl. 3),<br />
given by Burckhardt (1925, pl. 10, fig. 10-11).<br />
Karsten's figures (op. cit., pl.3, fig. 5a, 5b) are<br />
restored and composite. [J. Helms , written<br />
communication, 1976).<br />
Du{renoyia formosa insculpta Casey<br />
(1964, p. 396, pl. 66, fig. 9,9a) is a comparable<br />
tonn but on the latter the ribs are only slightly<br />
concave on the adventral third of the flank and<br />
the primary ribs a:re crowded around the<br />
umbilical rim. Casey (op. cit., p. 397) compared<br />
his subspecies to D.codazzwna Karsten, poin·<br />
ting out that the Colombian species has "denser<br />
ribbing . .. and the venter has broader ribs and<br />
sharper margins".<br />
Dufrenoyia mulatoensis Humphrey (1949,<br />
p. 127, pl. 9, figs. 11, 12) has less flexuous ribs<br />
and they are barely adorally arcuate on venter.<br />
Gerhardt's "Hoplites stuebeli" has distinct and<br />
progressively separated ribs on flanks at a relati·<br />
ve small size.<br />
Duftenoyin wnctorum Biirgl, nom. trans.<br />
PI. 1, flg. 2; Text-fig. 14.<br />
1956 Dufrenoya texana sanctorum BUrgi, p.3,<br />
p.6, p.12; pl .1, fig.2, fig.3; pl.3, fig.3,5.<br />
? 19C4 D. [ufrenoyw] texana sanctorum BUrgi,<br />
Casey, 1964, p. 386.<br />
1964 Dufrenoya texana sanctorum BUrgi, Etayo-Serna,<br />
p. 121.<br />
1968 Dufrenoyw justinae (Hill), Etayo-Sema<br />
p. 28, fig. 3, tab. 1.<br />
1976 Dufrenoyia justinae (Hill), Etayo-Sema<br />
et. al, tab. II, p.225.<br />
Lectotype. Here designated. Specimen HB.406/1,<br />
figured in Biirgl 1956, pl.l, fig. 2.<br />
Type locality. Mesa de los Santos (Santander).<br />
Hypotype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Hy. N.18,19,20).<br />
A) Up to 38mm D lC-223x-17]. The<br />
whorl section is higher than Wide, slightly wider<br />
toward the umbilical third of the flank; the<br />
umbilical wall is subvertlcal and rounds abrup·<br />
tly into the sides; the periventral margin is
60<br />
subrounded The ornament consists of ncrrow<br />
ribs which begin at the umbilical &.eL'll, they<br />
describe an adoral concavity en the umbilical<br />
wall, on the flank they describe 8ll l!doral are<br />
on the internal half and a conei!Vity on the<br />
external half; the rib& tennlnate in prominent<br />
rounded, elongated clavi, the ribs are intercon·<br />
nected across the venter.<br />
On the internal mold the primary ribs<br />
are represented by elongated awdlings corres·<br />
ponding to flanges on the test, especially on the<br />
adumbilical third of the fl&nk, the ribs contract<br />
about middle of the flank md from that point<br />
to the ventral margins they flatten in the fashion<br />
of a propellor blade. The intercalary ribs appear<br />
near the adumbilical third of the flank indepen·<br />
dently from the prim8l'Y ribs. With growth the<br />
ribs flatten on the adventral third of the flank<br />
and tend to develop longitudinal grooves.<br />
B) Up to 60mm [iC·223x-18]. After the<br />
stage of accentuated flattening and grooving of<br />
the ribs they abruptly loose their broad shape<br />
on the external half of the flank and become<br />
rounded, they also loose their periven tral clavi<br />
and have a unifonn thickness, they then extend<br />
onto venter in a wide adoral arc.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characteri·<br />
zed by: A) the early ribs with a propellor-blade<br />
shape, and B) rounded adult ribs.<br />
Meuurementa. D Euw H w D/Euw D/H No.R.<br />
% %<br />
C • 223x ·16 42 14 19 13 33 46 ?<br />
C • 223x • 1 7 38 13 16 12 34 40 31<br />
C • 223x · 18 68 23 22 17 39 38 14(1,12)<br />
COMMENTS. This species differs from<br />
Dutrenoyia hansbuergli n. sp., mostly in the<br />
middle and late stages of growth. Casey (1964,<br />
p.386) compared his Dutrenoyia notha to<br />
D[ utrenoyia] texana sane to rum Biirgl after a<br />
"topotype" (?) referred to Biirgl's figs. 3a·b,<br />
plate 2; Casey concluded that the latter "closely<br />
resembles the present species at small diame·<br />
ters, but its venter is ribbed at &n earlier stage<br />
and the umbilical wall is higher". My query as<br />
to the topotype locality refers to the exact stra·<br />
tigraphic horizon and not to the geographic<br />
IU'ea.<br />
Dufrenoyia sanctornm Biirgl<br />
Pl. 1, fig. 3; Text-fig.14.<br />
. (Morph I)<br />
1956 Dufrenoya texana var. media Biirgl, p.3,<br />
p13, pl.2, fig. 1, pl.3; fig. 1. :<br />
1964 Putrenoya texana edfa Biirgl, Etayo .<br />
Serna, p.121.<br />
Reference specimen. The specimen Bff l/4<br />
illustrated_ by Biirgl, 1956, pl.2, fi((.):<br />
Reference locality. Mesa de Los Santos : c:-1· ••<br />
tander).<br />
..<br />
F. ETAYO - SERNA<br />
·<br />
, ... , ·<br />
A) Up to a diameter of 31 mm (C-223x-1;<br />
La-Ye-1). The adapical section of the whorl is<br />
higher than wide and it has a moderately wide<br />
ventral region, the periventral margins are broa·<br />
dly rounded, the flanks are moderately convex<br />
to their central third, from this point to the<br />
umbilical margin the sides are more tumid, they<br />
round into U1e subvertical umbilical wall.<br />
The earliest ribs observed (La-Ye-l;H:4<br />
mm) are wide, strap-like; the primary ribs begin<br />
at the umbilical seam and trend straight to the<br />
umbilical rim, from where they are inclined<br />
adorally across the adumbilical fourlh of the<br />
flank, near this point a secondary rib detachs<br />
·from the lldoral side of a primary rib; about<br />
center of the flank the ribs describe a sharp<br />
adoral arc, on the rest of the flank they describe<br />
an adoral concavity and finally at the peri·<br />
ventral margin they terminate and develop a<br />
slight spherical bulge.<br />
The width of the ribs is unifonn or<br />
increases very little, and they are twice as wide<br />
as the intercostal spaces. At a whorl height of 8<br />
mm (La·Ye) the wide ribs cross the venter. The<br />
ribs are more prominent on the adumbilical<br />
fourth of the flank where they have acute to<br />
broadly rounded tops, they have their maxi·<br />
mum flattening on the adventral fourth of the<br />
flank (particularly noticeable on the internal<br />
mold). The periventral tubercles progressively<br />
become more clavate; the adapical side of .e ·<br />
ribs is steeper than the adoral side.<br />
B) Up to 50 mm (La· Ye-2). The paddle·<br />
like shape of the ribs become accentuated and<br />
they tend to split longitudinally; the intercostal<br />
spaces become very wide especially on venter.<br />
At a D. of 54 mm (La-Ye-3) the ribs quickly<br />
loose their paddle-like shape and become uni·<br />
fonnly thin, strongly anteriorly arcuate on ven·<br />
ter and the periventral clavi diminish in strength.<br />
NOTE : This morph has coarser and flatter ribbing<br />
tl1an the holotype.<br />
Me8llllrements<br />
D Euw H w DjEuw D/H No.R<br />
% %<br />
C·223x·1 31 9 14 11 29 46 36<br />
C·223x•6 36 11 16 12 30<br />
44<br />
44 30?<br />
C·223x·14 27 f 12 9 26 36<br />
La·Ye·1 22 7 10 8 31 4!1 38<br />
La·Ye-2 39 11 18 13 27 46 33 ·.<br />
La·Ye·3 61 20 28 20 47 34<br />
33<br />
COM.i\1ENTS, This morph resembles to<br />
Du{reno durangensis Humphrey (1949, pl27,<br />
pl.9, figs. 3-4), but:at comparable diameters the<br />
Mexian _speies h strong, outwardly directed.<br />
"clavt", 1 ts nbs are;. more flexuous, rmer and se·<br />
parated by wider intercostal spaces. Dufrenoyia<br />
discoidalis Casey (1964, p; 393, pl.66, figs. HI;<br />
text-fig. 140 g) resembles this mol'Jil., pecially<br />
in its early ontogeny; the English species differs<br />
by the latter development and attenuation of<br />
its ornament, lack of an anterior arc of the ribs<br />
on venter and no tendency for its ribs to be wi·<br />
dely separated in the adults atage .
zoNATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 61<br />
utmnoyia hansbuer«Jj <br />
. 1, fig. 4; Text-fig. 14.<br />
1956 Dufrenoya texana texana Burckhardt,<br />
Burgi, p.3,6,12; [1.1 , fig.1; pl.2, fig. 2, 4;<br />
. pl. 3, fig. 2, 4.<br />
1964 Du{renoya texana texana Burckhardt,<br />
Etayo-Sema, p. 121.<br />
1965 Du{renoyia texana texana Burckhardt,<br />
..,_.<br />
. ·Biirgl; in Btirgl and Campbell.<br />
i:IC}lotype. The specimen Bffl/1 figured by<br />
.<br />
Biirgl, 1956, pl.l, fig. 1.<br />
Paratypes. The specimens figured by Btirgl 1956,<br />
. . . . pl. l fig. 2 .. 4.<br />
Hypo<br />
.<br />
type. (U,.N.C.M.rt.N.C.P.Hy.N. 23,24, 25),<br />
Type locality:- Mesa de los Santos (Santander).<br />
·>A) Up to 30mm D [C-223x-4]. The early<br />
whorl section studied (Hw :4mm) is subellipti<br />
cal the. sides are slightly convex on the adum<br />
bi1ical third of the flank, the rema1nder is incli<br />
ned toward venter and rounds into a moderate<br />
ly wide venter. The umbilical wall is subvertical,<br />
it rounds smoothly into the sides. The primary<br />
ribs begin at the umbilical seam, they are prorsiritdlate<br />
on the adumbilical third of the flank,<br />
describe a sh allow adoral concavity on the cen·<br />
tial and adventral thirds of the flank; on the inner.<br />
half of the flank the ribs are narrow, acu te<br />
but on the external half they are flattened. Externally<br />
the intercostal spaces are as wide as the<br />
ribs, and wider than the ribs on the in ternal mold.<br />
The ribs end in small rounded tubercles which<br />
connected across venter in a slightly arched<br />
bar.<br />
. ·. . B) Up to 50mm D (La-Ye-12]. The flexuous<br />
earlY ribs tend to strrughten ana at the same<br />
time the ad ventral third of the ribs changes from<br />
Oa:ttened to rounded; the ribs are feebly arcu ate<br />
· on venter and narrower than their intercostal<br />
spaces: ·<br />
.; C) Up to 125 mm D (C-223x-23]. The<br />
whqrl section increases in he1ght and the ribs<br />
accentuate their anterior arc on venter, on the<br />
·nank the ribs resemble flexuous clubs.<br />
.-·.· - -<br />
. . ·<br />
. . ·, ,DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
y: A} a prolonged stage during which the ribs<br />
:·4?ross the yenter approximately normal to the<br />
v,entr median line anQ. only late in the ontogeny<br />
() they forl11 an adoral arc, B) the ribs show a<br />
leaqendency to be sep arated into primary and<br />
,} the change through ontogeny from . adventra·<br />
U:ttercalary ribs after the early juvenile stage, and<br />
· .
62<br />
the specimen. In the Mexican specimens studied<br />
by Humphrey and available to me, there is no<br />
more than a slightly rounded widening of the<br />
ribs approaching the periventral tubercles (UM<br />
24248; UM 21854, Humphrey's pl. 7, fig. 5).<br />
. Furthermore the ribbing is rather uniform<br />
throughout the ontogeny, without bifurcating<br />
ribs, as Humphrey (op. cit., p. 122) stressed<br />
"Any suggestion of bifurcation is usually more<br />
apparent than real, . . . ". On the basis of the<br />
above features, I do not find any grounds<br />
to use the specific names "texana" or ''justinae"<br />
for the Colombian species.<br />
Apparently unaware of Humphrey's paper<br />
Burgi (1956) studied the so-called ''Du{renoya<br />
texana Burckhardt" from Colombia. recognizing<br />
three varieties. CantU-Chapa (1963, p. 57) also<br />
referred the Colombian Du{renoyia ssp. to the<br />
Texan species. Casey (1964 , p. 381) seems to<br />
accept Burckhardt species without any comments<br />
on Scott's and Humphrey's treatment<br />
of Burckhardt's species. Recently Young (1972),<br />
has shown that Hill's species is restricted to Te·<br />
xas, (ib. p. 4): "the endemic species Du{renoyia<br />
jusl,inae (Hql. 1893) I= D. texana (Burckhardt)<br />
=ll. rqemen (Cragin)]".<br />
Du{renoyia hansbuergli differs from D. sane·<br />
toru m BUrgi because of the ad ventral flattening<br />
of the ribs and the adoral arc of the ribs on the<br />
venter from early in the ontogeny, however, they<br />
are most early differentiated in middle and late<br />
·<br />
stages of growth.<br />
Genus (jveodeshayesitelCasey ,1964<br />
(non Prodeshayesites Casey, Dimitrova,<br />
1967' p. 178).<br />
}{e..odesba.yesites. Casey, .1964, p. 289.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Deshayesites stutzeri Riedel,<br />
Original designation.<br />
Neod sh pJ,. esites columbianus, .(!t!edel).<br />
·· -·pJ -g · ; fig; 8; pt.· ·10; fig. 7; Text-figs. 6P,<br />
6R, 6T; 15.<br />
1938 Deshayesites colu mbianus Riedel,<br />
p.401 pl.7 h figs. 16-20, pl. 12, fg.12,<br />
pl.l4, Iig. ;;1.<br />
1954 Deshayesites columbianus Riedel,<br />
·<br />
ImlaYjl) Rod and Mayne, p.266.<br />
non 1954 Deshayesites colombianus Riedel,<br />
Biirgl, p. 16.<br />
1955 Colo mbiceras karsteni (Marcou),<br />
BUrgi, 1955, p.15, pl. 4, fgs. 1,2.<br />
1957 Deshayasites columbianus Riedel,<br />
Btirgl, p. 134, pars.<br />
1957 Colombiceras k-arsteni (marcou),<br />
BUrgi, p. 136, pl. 9, fig.l.<br />
F. ETAYO · SERN A<br />
1964 [Neodeshayesites I colombian us I Rie·<br />
del J, Casey, p.294.<br />
1964 Co /ombiceras karsteni (Marcou), Eta·<br />
yo-Sema, p.l19, pars .<br />
1964 Hypacanthop/ites colombianus (Rie·<br />
del}, Etayo.Serna, p.120 pars.<br />
? 1965 Hypacan thoplites karsteni (Marcou ),<br />
BUrgi in Campbell and Bi.irgl.<br />
? 1965 Sonneratia colombiana Scott, nurgl,<br />
in Campbell and Biirgl, 1965.<br />
non 1968 Neodeshayesites cf. colombianus<br />
[Riedel}, Etayo·Sema, table 1.<br />
non 1972 Neodeshayesites cf. colombianus<br />
(Riedel ), Etayo-Serna, p. 43.<br />
Lectotype. Here designated, the specimen figured<br />
by Riedel, 1938, pl. 7, fig. 16-17,<br />
pl.12, fig. 12.<br />
Hypotype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Hy.N.26, 27, 28).<br />
Type locality. Here designated. Apulo (Rafael<br />
Reyes) anticline (see under com·<br />
ments).<br />
Up to 15 mm D (C-12C·19). The first<br />
whorl of the phragmocone Is depressed ; the<br />
second whorl is sligh tly higher th an wide, it has<br />
flattened sides that round rather abruptly into a<br />
.steep umbilical wall but merge evenly into a<br />
broadly arched venter. On the adapical half of<br />
the third whorl there are flat sinuous folds, se<br />
parated by very narrow intercostal spaces, begi·<br />
ning at the umbilical seam and becoming grea.<br />
tly widened on venter, and strap-like and appea·<br />
ring slightly arcuate; they are marked by "bun·<br />
dies" of growth lines. On the adoral half of the<br />
third whorl the "bundles" slightly elevate on<br />
the umbilical . wall and ad umbilical third of the<br />
flank and a true ribbing becomes established.<br />
Up to 50 mm D (C-12-c). The whorl sec·<br />
tion increases in height and the flanks slightly<br />
converge to the arched venter; the whorl remains<br />
thicker at the periumbilical margin. The<br />
primary ribs begin at the umbilical seam: they<br />
are concave on the umbilical wall, prorsiradiate<br />
on the adumbilical third of the flank and con·<br />
cave again on the central and adventral thirds,<br />
crossing the venter straight and flattened like<br />
bars. At the periumbilical region the ribs are rai·<br />
sed in simple bullae (corresponding to pyriform<br />
swellings on the internal mold), and have sligh·<br />
tly flattened crests. The secondary ribs origin&·<br />
te near the adumbilical fourth of the flank. In<br />
general the ribs are high and prominent with<br />
their adoral side a little higher than the adapical<br />
one. The intercostal spaces are twice as wide as<br />
the. ribs. The shell is thick.<br />
C) Up to 75 mm D (C-12·C). The ribs ha<br />
ve symmetrically slopit:tg sides and attain a uni·<br />
form width and height ·except on venter where<br />
they are slightly wider; on the living chamber<br />
and approaching it the ribs tend to lose the
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 63<br />
adoral concavity on the adven?"al ird of the<br />
flank appearing nearly rectiradtate m this area.<br />
'l'he condary ribs tend to .be .less frequent.<br />
The maximum flaring of the nbs ts at the boun<br />
dary between the centrallmd adumbilical thirds<br />
of the flank.<br />
OJAGNOSIS. Riedel's statement(l93,<br />
p. 40) seems to me accurate: "La nueva especte<br />
esta caracterizada por sus pstill pronI}Ctdas<br />
y dobladas, con intercalacton y btfurcacton trre·<br />
guta!es".<br />
.. POPULATION ANALYSIS. Sample C-12·<br />
c-1 .. to • C·l2 • C-34, obtained from a sinl!le<br />
"concretion" was selected as reference popula<br />
tion From. I!, two . specmes were identi[te as<br />
morphologciilly "tdentlcal f:=closely stmilar]<br />
to the specimens figured by R:tedel, thus I con·<br />
sider th.em conspecific.<br />
Specimen C-12-C-18 ==Riedel's pl.7, figs.<br />
1617.<br />
Specimen C-12-C-25 =Riedel's pl.7, fig.<br />
18-20.<br />
Using specimens of this sample a series of<br />
correlation diagrams between mensurable cha·<br />
racteristics were made and the position of the<br />
two specimens considered as "identical" with<br />
Riedel's .figured specimens were marked on the<br />
diagrams. The types (see Text-fig.3B) of ribs are<br />
rePresented by letters. 'The different combina<br />
ti.ons of ribs .distribution are as follows:<br />
· · Type A : PqP, P2pP.<br />
.<br />
It: qP, P2pP, PP •<br />
. c : ,P2pP, pp.<br />
D: PqP, PP.<br />
E: • P2pP.<br />
·F : PqP ..<br />
c:·<br />
··· ··· · ; . . · •Fr.om<br />
. . th. e diagrams (Text-fig.15) it is<br />
.<br />
.<br />
·<br />
:ev:tdent . . . that the type F is more frequent on<br />
splmens of small diameter and types B and A<br />
OJ1·.peciJnens of larger size. Type C seems to be<br />
deyelC)ped . on the living chamber of larger<br />
lti:lens; The lectotype as figured by Riedel<br />
;eJ!ia to be PPqPP, but it could also be indica·<br />
;!ibWg With pnrnary and sem1pnmary nbs<br />
..
64<br />
as flat bands slightly higher on their adoral border.<br />
Near a diameter of 30 mm the ribs are<br />
well defined, they widen towards venter, the<br />
intercostal spaces are clearly defined on both<br />
sides and venter; the adapical slope of the ribs<br />
becomes shorter but steeper than the adoral<br />
one and in general the ribs have very nanow<br />
flat top. The ornament Is best described as<br />
consisting of alternating primary and intercalary<br />
ribs but several semiprimary or a sequence<br />
of three primary ribs may also occur; the<br />
secondary ribs detach from the primary ribs at<br />
the umbilical rim but very soon this junction<br />
moves outwards to the boundary between the<br />
central and adumbilical thirds of the flank, but<br />
on the internal mold they seem to begin near<br />
the middle of the flank. The ribs are flared<br />
midway on the flank and on the internal mold<br />
small pyriform nodes appear on the umbilical<br />
periphery.<br />
B) Up to 50 mm D IC-219·6,101. The rib·<br />
bing is stabilized as an aftemation ot primary<br />
and intercalary ribs, they tend to have a uniform<br />
width on the flank but they are slightly wider<br />
and flatter on venter though maintaining a similar<br />
elevation. At this stage the primary ribs decrease<br />
their elevation from the middle of the<br />
flank toward the venter whereas the secondary<br />
ribs become higher. The whorl section is more<br />
inflated toward the adumbilical half of the<br />
flank and the umbilical slope becomes gentler.<br />
C) Up to 70 mm D [C-219·1,5]. The umbilicus<br />
has widened and its wall is moderately<br />
inclined; the flanks are moderately inflated on<br />
the adumbilical third. The ribs are rounded and<br />
appear slightly arcuate on ven ter because of the<br />
slight thickening periventrally and ventrally.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the ontogenetic development of its oma- .<br />
ment: early whorls with broad strap-like swe:<br />
llings followed by an almost smooth tract after<br />
which the ribbing begins with a division of a<br />
primary rib, the junction soon disappearing<br />
and the intercalary ribs appearing indeJ:endently<br />
near the middle of the flank, B) the pro<br />
gressively gentler gradient of the umbilical wall<br />
through the ontogeny, C) the relatively inflated<br />
whorl section and nanow venter, and D) its<br />
relatively small adult size.<br />
Measurements. D Euw H W D/Euw D(H N.R, T.r.<br />
% %<br />
C·219· 1 64 30 28 19 7 7 187 F?<br />
C·219· 2 50 . 22 20 14 44 40 43 F<br />
C-219· 3 62 20 20 12 38 38 43 A<br />
C•219· 4 49 21 19 15 43 38 37 F<br />
C-219· 6 49 20 19 15 40 38 60 A<br />
C·219· 6 47 20 17 13 42 .36 47 F<br />
C•219· 7 43 19 15 12 44 35 44 F<br />
C·219· 8 387 18 16 11 477 397 38 D<br />
C-219- 9 34 13 13 10 38 38 37 A<br />
C·219·10 39 15 1f> 12 38 38 40 F<br />
C-219·11 36 14 14 12 40 40 35 F<br />
C-219·12 • 38 13 15?12? 7 ? 1 F?<br />
C•219·13 23 8 8 7 36 36 26 :'/ E?<br />
F. ETAYO - SERNA<br />
Measurements. D Euw H W DfEuw D(H N.R. T.r.<br />
OJ. %<br />
C-219·14 26 9 11 9 36 42 24? E?<br />
C·219·15 27 11 11 9 40 40 407 A?<br />
COMMENTS. Neodeshayesites albertoalva·<br />
rezi n. sp. differs from N. columbianus (Riedel)<br />
because during its ontogenetic development,A)<br />
the intercalary ribs develop independently from<br />
the primary ribs earlier than in Riedel species,<br />
B) the beveling of the umbilical wall occurs<br />
earlier and more strongly in N. albertoalvarezi,<br />
C) the ventral area is relatively narrower than<br />
on Riedel's species, D) when the test is preser<br />
ved the conch appears more inflated and in<br />
general the adults are smaller than in Riedel's<br />
species, and E) the prominence of the ribbing<br />
round the umbilicus decreases earlier in my<br />
species.<br />
From my study of these two _species it is<br />
pertinent to add to the diagnosis of the genus<br />
(see Casey, 1965, footnote p. 289) the following:<br />
the early ontogeny prior to the stages<br />
illustrated by Riedel (1938, pl. 7) shows first<br />
folds that widen toward the venter, these folds<br />
split longitudinally during following stage, and<br />
finally the ribs individualize and their fold like<br />
aspect on venter disappears. The ribs are never<br />
interrupted on venter.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Capotes Member. Lower<br />
Albian.<br />
This species is named in honor of geologist<br />
Alberto Alvarez 0.<br />
Ne odeshaesites k fsteni (M arcou\<br />
Pl. 9, fig. ; pi.io, fig: ; text-figs. 6t, 6M,<br />
6N, 17.<br />
Lectotype.Th be designated,Etayo-Sema in prep.<br />
Hypo types. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.PHy .N.29, 30,. 31}<br />
1858 Ammonites A costae, Karsten, p. 111,<br />
pl. 5' fig. 1.<br />
1875 Ammonites Karsteni, Marcou, p. 165.<br />
1881 A [mmonitesJ acostae, Karst., Gabb,<br />
p. 310.<br />
1886 Ammonites KarsteniMarcou ,Karsten,<br />
p. 62, pl. 5, fig. 1.<br />
non 1928 Co lombiceras Karsteni Marcou, Basse,<br />
p. 136, fig. 14, pl. 8, fig. 5.<br />
? 1931 Colombiceras Karsteni Marcou, Rhein<br />
in Hubach, p. 58.<br />
1933 Colombiceras Karsteni Marcou, Spath,<br />
p.654 ex Karsten 1886,non examples<br />
in th e British Museum under Nos. C<br />
4284a, b).<br />
non 1936 Colombiceras Karsteni Marcou, Basse,<br />
p. 88.
?<br />
?<br />
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 65<br />
1936 Du{renoya (?) nov. sp. Breistroffer,<br />
.<br />
p. 156.<br />
1937 Colombiceras Karsteni Buell, Botero,<br />
p. 26, figs. 48, 49.<br />
19 38 Colo mbicerus Karsteni Marcou, Riedel<br />
p. 35.<br />
1938 Ammonites Karsteni Marcou, Riedel,<br />
p. 42.<br />
1947 Ammonites Acostae Karst., p. 378,<br />
. pl.5, figs. on the left upper c:.omer;<br />
Spanish vemion of Karsten's original<br />
paper.<br />
non 1950 Colombiceras karsteni (Mareou Basse,<br />
p. 252.<br />
non 1963 C. [olpmbiceras] Karsteni (Marcou),<br />
Cantu Chapa, p.55.<br />
·- 1964 Colombicerus karsteni (Marcou), Eta·<br />
yo-Sema, p. 119, pro part.<br />
1965 C.[olombiceras] Karsteni (Marcou),<br />
· Casey, p.419, pro Karsten's original<br />
material only,<br />
: ·· . tip .to 10 mm D [C-5 01·28). At a whorl<br />
bei!Ptt. of 3 mm, the internal mold is higher<br />
than wide and it is divided into segments by<br />
Wfde constrictions that are slightly arcuate on<br />
,::nter; from that point on, flat bands are visible<br />
·< ()n th:e ank, they appear as periventral swellings,<br />
; C;_opmporane()usly on the shell the ribs begin<br />
· · t(). . · ·<br />
at the umbilical rim and are most<br />
tile.<br />
mm D [C-501-22,27,28). The<br />
than wide, oval with section<br />
-·Iat 18trutnc.ated on the maximum tltic·<br />
third of the flank;<br />
depression (contraction) of the<br />
venter. particularly apparent<br />
is preserved but not visible on<br />
mold; the venter is flattened and<br />
angular margins. The external urn<br />
is less thin half the diameter, the<br />
is moderately inclined and rounds<br />
Up to 60 mm D [C-501·17,18). The peri·<br />
ventral rounded inflations of the ribs are accentuated<br />
on the exterior but very little on the in·<br />
temal mold. The secondary ribs loose their bi·<br />
furcating nature and change to a more constant<br />
alternating primary-intercalary Pq . The ribs<br />
are moderately flattened on the adventral third<br />
of the flank but continue very prominent near<br />
the umbilical region; the umbilical wall becomes<br />
steeper.<br />
D) Up to 80mm D [C-501·1]. A clear al·<br />
temation of primary and intercalary ribs Pq<br />
dominates; the umbilicus is1wid8t;but the whorl<br />
section has a proportionally ·lower height; the<br />
ribs are prorsocline or weakly concave adorally<br />
on the adumbilical third of the flank, they are<br />
rectiradiate or feebly convex adorally on the<br />
outer two thirds. The ribs are uniformly thick<br />
on the side and venter; the periventral lnfla·<br />
tions have almost disappeared. The ribs are prominent<br />
on the umbilical wall as lf they arose<br />
from the umbilical seam.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the ontogenetic trend towards a wider<br />
umbilical diameter versus a relatively short whorl<br />
height, B) the persistent angular venter that be·<br />
comes rounded late in the ontogeny, C) the<br />
coarseness of its ribbing, and D) the relatively<br />
shallow intercostal spaces.<br />
Meuurementa D Euw H W DjEuw Dftl N.R. T.t.<br />
% %<br />
c-501· 1 75 36 25 20 46 32 43 F<br />
c-501· 2 49 24 20 16 47 39 40 F<br />
C-501· 3 60 25 23 17 43 39 38 F'<br />
C·501· 4 641 32 23 18 49 37 42 A<br />
C-501· 5 159 27 20 17 44 36 38 A<br />
c-501· 6 53 23 20 liS 42 37 42 F<br />
C·l501· 7 53 26 20 12 415 36 38 F<br />
C-501- 8 47 21 18 13 43 38 39 D<br />
C·501· 9 38 17 15 12 43 38 38 F<br />
c-501·1 0 39 16 16 11 42 37 40 A<br />
C·501·12 42 18 15 12 40 34 40 F'<br />
C·501·13 17 11 10 8 51 ISO +301 F'1<br />
C·501•14<br />
C-501·1 6<br />
C'·IS01·16<br />
C-501·1 7<br />
C-601·18<br />
C·501·19<br />
C·501·20<br />
C-601·21<br />
C·501-22<br />
C·501·23<br />
C-501·24<br />
C·501·25<br />
C-1501·26<br />
C-601·27<br />
C-501·28<br />
C·501·29<br />
C-601-30<br />
C-501·31<br />
C-501·32<br />
C·601·33<br />
C-601•34<br />
c-501·35<br />
C·501·38<br />
C-501-37<br />
59 25 22 18 41 36 41<br />
51 23 21 115 44 38 37 A<br />
54 24 20 13 44 36 37 F<br />
62 23 20 14 42 37 34 E<br />
55 25 21 14 415 37 34 A<br />
43 18 17 11 43 38 37 F<br />
45 19 18 14 43 41 32 F7<br />
41 19 16 13 46 38 32 D<br />
41 17 16 11 40 36 31 A<br />
39 17 14 11 42 35 31 E<br />
41 19 17 7 46 40 317 F<br />
37 15 14 9 40 37 31 E<br />
32 liS 12 9 42 33 32 D<br />
31 14 12 8 45 38 33 F'<br />
29 13 11 8 45 38 32 F<br />
29 12 12 9 41 41 34 F<br />
19 8 7 7 42 36 327 F<br />
151 21 21 17 40 40 35 A<br />
49 22 18 14 44 36 42 F<br />
46 20 17 14 42 36 41 A<br />
44 19 18 11 43 36 39 D<br />
37 15 14 11 40 37 42 F<br />
36 15 14 9? 40 39 36 F<br />
34 13 14 10 38 41 39 F
66 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
Meuu:rement.B D Euw H W DfEuw D/H N.R; T.r.<br />
% 04<br />
C-601·38 23 9 9 7 39 39 39 F<br />
C-1101·39 311 14 14 10 40 40 37 F<br />
C·II01-'0 40 16 lli ll 38 36 43 F<br />
C•601-'1 34 14 13 10 40 37 41 F<br />
C·IIOl--'2 30 12 12 9 39 39 37 F<br />
NOTE: F' signifies that there are two interca·<br />
lary ribs between two primary ribs.<br />
COMMENTS. "Ammonites Karsteni Mar·<br />
cou" [1875, p. 1651 (ex Ammonites Acosroe,<br />
Karsten, 1858, p.lli, pl.5, fig.1), was collected<br />
acco"Ung to Karsten in "Tocaima", a locality<br />
where no Cretaceous rocks crop out. Consequently,<br />
if Karsten's sample does not represent<br />
float, it must come from the only area where<br />
Middle Cretaceous beds are present, that is<br />
between Apulo (Rafael Reyes) and Anapoima,<br />
where sample C-219 was collected.<br />
Karsten's original description is as follows:<br />
"Testa discoidea, complanata, dono subrotundo<br />
late umbilicata, argute costata; costis dorsum<br />
clngentibus alternantibus brevioribus aliis completis<br />
undulatis, aliis interjectis in latere evanes·<br />
centibtis vel hie· illis sejunctis; anfractus exteriores,<br />
interiores ad medium tegentes; a p, ertura<br />
· ovata rotundata; septis l"teraliter trilobis '.<br />
"Durchmesser . .......... 48 Millimeter<br />
Hohe der letzten Windung 16.5 "<br />
Dicke der letzten Windung 12<br />
"<br />
Weite des Nabels . . . . . . 14 "<br />
However, this description and measurements<br />
do not correspond to the figure of the<br />
specimen given by Karsten (ibid. pl. 5, fig. 1a,<br />
1b ). The diameter of the conch corresponds<br />
well on fig.1a, based on the intercostal distance<br />
likewise the height of the last whorl is als<br />
correct. The width of the umbilicus if measured<br />
parallel to the diameter, and touching opposite<br />
points of the umbilical seam (fig.la.) is 18 mm<br />
on the figure contrary to 14 mm as stated by<br />
Karsten, consequently the conch was drawn<br />
more evolute and rounded than it is in reality<br />
(did the artist try to indicate an oblique umbilical<br />
wall?). On Kmten's figure 1b, there is an<br />
error in the perspective: the view was not drawn<br />
looking straight at the specimen but is an oblique<br />
view, consequently the "aperture" looks<br />
higher, and if my interpretation is correct the<br />
artist tried to draw. the aperture following the<br />
path of a primary rib, consequently the width<br />
(thickness) of the aperture is greater in the<br />
figure than on the original (=18 mm va.14 mm).<br />
The young of Neodeshayesites karsteni<br />
(Marcou) resemble the specimen fi red by<br />
lliedel (1937, pl. 7, figs.12-13) as a ' transitio<br />
nal spec1men" between "Deshayesites stutzeri ..<br />
and ·neshayesites nodosus " the adults of the<br />
latter species have very fine or flattened ribbing<br />
and the whorl section appears higher than In N.<br />
karsten. rom N .. colum . bilzn !' s (Riedel) N:<br />
karstem dtffers by 1ts hemer nbbing, rounded<br />
throughout on the sides. On Riedel's species the<br />
ribs are high, acute and only adventrally roun·<br />
ded, furthennore on his species . the umbilical<br />
wall is persistenly steeper.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Lower Albian.<br />
Neodeshayesites karsteni (Marcou)<br />
Pl.lO, fig. 9; Text-fig.17.<br />
(Morph I)<br />
Hypotype. C-501-2 (U. N. C. M. H. N. C. P. Hy.<br />
N.32).<br />
This morph is characterized by its rounded<br />
venter very early in the ontogeny; its ribbing<br />
is attenuated, not flanging at umbilical<br />
rim; on the flanks of the internal mold the ribs<br />
appear as concentric arcs.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Lower Albian.<br />
deshaye6.ituneylatum,.n. sp.<br />
Pl .lO, ffg . 8, 10; Text-figs. 7 A, 7G, 7H.<br />
Holotype. C-501·0 (U .N .C.M.H.N .C.P .Ht. N .50).<br />
The whorl section is higher than wide,<br />
ogival, with broad venter and flattened flanks;<br />
the umbilical wall is beveled and rounds<br />
smoothly into the sides. The ribs are wide and<br />
low, on both test and internal mold, they are<br />
separated by shallow intercostal spaces that are<br />
subequal to the ribs on the adapical portion of<br />
the last whorl but appear as a narrow furrow on<br />
the adoral half; the ribs arise in pairs, rarely in<br />
threes, from stressed periumbilical bullae, they<br />
are slightly sinuous and have delicate rounded<br />
periventral thickenings. At a diameter of 55<br />
mm the periumbilical bullae disappear and the<br />
ribs are straplike. Although the ribs are wider<br />
on venter they increase their width slowly.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by the change in its ornament from ribs that<br />
arise from accentuated periumbilical bullae<br />
to non bullate girdle like ribs, and by its flatte·<br />
ned ogival section.<br />
Meuu:rementa D Euw H W D(Euw•fo D/H%<br />
C•II01o0 66 28 27 19 43 41<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles Neodeshayesites<br />
ro tundus (Riedel) (1938, p. 39,<br />
lam. 7, figs. 14,15; pl.14, fig.20) but the latter<br />
has finer ribbing, more numerous and fmer periumbilical<br />
bullae; and the venter is narrower.<br />
Neodeshayesites.contracta (Riedel)_<br />
PL9, fig. 7; Text-figs. 7B, 7D, 7E, 7F.<br />
1938 Deshayesites stutzerivar. contracta Riedel •<br />
p.38, pl. 7' fig. 8, 9; pl.14, fig.18.<br />
Hoiotype. Riedel's fii!Ufed specimen.<br />
Hypotype. C-500 (U.N.CM.H.N.c.P.Ht. N.33,34,35).<br />
A) Up to 20 mm D (C-500-1). The whorl<br />
section is higher than wide, the tlanks are sligh·<br />
tly inflated, with their adventral thitdconwrgmg
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 67<br />
t6ward the venter; the umbilical wall is vertical.<br />
Tlie inner part of the conch observed (H: 4 mm)<br />
haS a .. truncated venter and .subangular ventr<br />
margins. The primary ribs anse from the umba<br />
lical rim where they usuill!Y have a bulla, .ey<br />
describe an adoral concavaty on the umbalical<br />
wall an-d extend pri>rsiradiately to the boundux<br />
betwen the central and the adumbilical thirds<br />
of the flank; at this point the ribs bifurcate; and<br />
on ·· the adventral half each branch describes a<br />
wide adoral concavity and finy cross venr<br />
with ·a weak adoral arc. At thiS stage the nbs<br />
appear like sickles with long handles. The ribs<br />
steep adapical side, they are slightly wider than<br />
are broad; rounded to flat topped and have a<br />
th intercostal spaces. On this specimen there<br />
iJlay be seve!al non bullate ribs or one .rib wth<br />
8: less ptormnent bulla between two nbs wtth<br />
prominent bullae.<br />
umbilical bifurcations become regularized;<br />
· B)Up to 100 mm D (C-500-2). The peri<br />
s:ollle intercalary ribs may approach a primary<br />
rib near the umbilical rim as bifurcating from it<br />
but the real branching occurs at the boundary<br />
between the adumbilical and central thirds of<br />
the flank; at this point the ribs tend to develop<br />
a·t;a'iangular swelling. The venter is progressively<br />
very inclined; the conch has periodical constric·<br />
more rounded and the umbilical wall becomes<br />
f.ions on the living chamber. The living chamber<br />
is aproximately half the length of the whorl.<br />
The ribs are rounded on the umbilical third of<br />
the flank, .but they are flat, terrace like on the<br />
cimtraland adventral thirds.<br />
The. general trend of the ribs is to descri<br />
. tie a wide. adoral arc on most of the flank with<br />
deUcate concavities both on the adumbilical<br />
d adventral fourths. Likewise the secondary<br />
rib. may join different primary ribs on each<br />
flk.<br />
< · DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
ro\}gh its ontogenetic development by: A) its<br />
!ascic!Jlllte ribbing and increased crowding of<br />
·the nbs around the umbilical margin, B) the<br />
liJPid Increase in whorl height, C) the narrow<br />
Venter, and D) the numerous fine ribs.<br />
· ·· ··<br />
'M'aiunmenq D Euw H w DJEuw D/H No.R.<br />
i'QO •l<br />
•. c"5oo : 2<br />
cdo3<br />
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63 22? 21<br />
67 25 26<br />
71 29 27<br />
+77 29 31<br />
7<br />
?<br />
15<br />
17<br />
17<br />
20<br />
%<br />
33<br />
37<br />
41<br />
37<br />
40<br />
38<br />
%<br />
46<br />
42<br />
39<br />
38<br />
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40<br />
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52<br />
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COMMENTS. Although "Deshayesites stut<br />
nvar. !Zont:czcta Riedel" was based on a juvetil.I<br />
thank .t ·is a valid species. The specimen<br />
·.·f'l,UD!mow:n l.ocaljty has a more consistent bi·<br />
·;,.red by Burg] (1957, pl. 8, fig. 3a, 3b) from<br />
., ating nbbmg pattern. The present morph<br />
o:;mbles some species of Burckhardites, for<br />
: . rmple<br />
B. palumbes Humphrey (1949, p.15,<br />
>l1 . 12, figs. 1,2), but the latter has a greater an-<br />
''- . : _· n-e.· _ .· . ·· . · . I!Se. do f the whorl heig t. and the ribbing is not<br />
< sse around th umbthcus.<br />
Genus [§toyiggwicer ?,.::;<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Ammonites Treffryanus Karsten,<br />
1858, p.150, pl.4, figs.<br />
1a, lb.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. High whorled, involute<br />
conchs ornamented from early iri the ontogeny<br />
with biconcave primary ribs and flexuous intercalary<br />
ribs, the former may be raised around the<br />
umbilical margin but no tubercles are present.<br />
When the shell is preserved all ribs have rounded<br />
tops and sides, on the venter they tend to broaden<br />
in a visor-like manner but they cross normal<br />
to the median ventral line or with a weak adoral<br />
arch. The whorl section is high, ogival, with wi·<br />
de venter and inclined umbilical wall. The bor·<br />
der of aperture is plain with a shallow sinus at<br />
the umbilical margin.<br />
-<br />
Suture line with E/L large, L symmetrically<br />
trifid, L/U and U2 high.<br />
COMMENTS. Stoyanowiceras differs from<br />
early whorls and straight ribs, wedge shaped<br />
with steep sides, of the latter genus.<br />
Stoyanowiceras tref£B:anus (Karsten)<br />
PI.5, fig.3; pl.4, fi{7Text-Mgs.7M,7N,7Q<br />
1858 Am. rmonitesl Treffryanus Karsten,<br />
p. 101J, pl. 4, ffg. 1.<br />
1862 Ammonites Treffryanus Karst.,Gabb,<br />
Colombiceras Spath (1931) by the coronate<br />
p. 75.<br />
1875 Amm. [onitesl Tre{fryanus Karsten,<br />
Marcou, p. 164.<br />
1883 Hoplites Treffryanus Karst, Uhlig,<br />
p. 158.<br />
non 1883 Hoplites Treffryanus Karst, Uhlig, p.<br />
251, pl. 21, fig. 2.<br />
1886 Ammonites Treffryanus Karst., Kars·<br />
ten, p. 62, pl. 4, fig. 1.<br />
'! 1898 Hoplites Treffryanus Karst., Gerhardt.<br />
p. 158.<br />
1899 Parahoplites Treffryanus Karsten,<br />
Anthula, p. 110. ·<br />
non 1899 Parahoplites Treffryanus Karsten,<br />
Anthula, p. 115, pl. 8, fig. 6.<br />
1907 Am. [ monites l Tre{fryanus Karsten,<br />
Sinzow, p. 485.<br />
1907 P. [arahoplites] Treffryanus Karsten,<br />
Jacob, p. 77, non p. 81.<br />
1913 Par. [ahoplites] Treffryanus Karsten,<br />
Kilian, p. 344.<br />
1921 Am. [monites] treffryanus Karsten,<br />
Spath, footnote p. 317.
68<br />
?<br />
?<br />
?<br />
1922 Parahoplites Treffryanus Karst., Collet<br />
in Eugster, p. 254.<br />
1931. Am. [monites J Treffryanus, Karsten,<br />
Spath, p. 654. .<br />
l<br />
1936 Deshayesites (?) Treffryanus Krst.,<br />
Breistroffer, p. 155.<br />
1937 Am. [monitesJ Treffryanus Karsten,<br />
Scott, p. 37.<br />
1938 Calombicerus tref fry anus Karsten,<br />
Riedel, p. 50.<br />
1945 Parahoplites (Parahoplitoides) treffry<br />
·<br />
(Karsten), Royo y Gomez.<br />
1947 Am [monites J Tre{fryanU8 Karst.,<br />
Karsten, SpaniSh version, p.376, pl.4,<br />
top. figures.<br />
1949 Ammonites Treffryanus Karsten,<br />
Humphrey, p. 151.<br />
1949 Ammonites Treffryanus Karsten,<br />
Stoyanow, p. 121.<br />
1952 C. [olombiceras] treffryanus Karsten,<br />
Basse, p. 655.<br />
1963 Colombiceras tre{fryanus (Karsten),<br />
Cant:U·Chapa, p. 55.<br />
1964 Colombiceras Treffryanus (Karsten),<br />
·<br />
Etayo-Sema, p. 120, pars.<br />
? 1964 Burckhardites Tref fr yanus (Karsten),<br />
Biirgl, in Campbell and Biirgl.<br />
Holotype. The specimen illustrated by Karsten,<br />
1858, p. 109, pl. 4, fig. 1. Lost during<br />
2nd world war (J. Helms, written<br />
comm. 1976).<br />
Neotype. Here designated Plate 4, fig.l.<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt. N. 52, 53).<br />
A) Up to 5 mm D. The whorl section is<br />
transvrsely subrectangular, with angles rounded;<br />
-'ong the umbilical rim there are broad<br />
undulations that soon become ridges separated<br />
by wide constrictions especially prominent on<br />
the flanks; the ridges have a weak longitudinal<br />
groove, on the shell these ridges are represented<br />
by flexuous dfvided bands .<br />
. B) Up to 21 mm D (Pens. 1, 2, 3, 4). At<br />
a diameter of 14mm the whorl section(Pen.N.2)<br />
is subrectangular, the flanks are flattened, the<br />
venter and periventral margins are rounded, the<br />
umbilical wall is subvertical near the umbilical<br />
seam but externally is more inclined, and rounds<br />
smoothly into"the side.<br />
The ornament consists of rounded<br />
flexuous primary ribs that begin on middle of<br />
the umbilical wall, curve adorally in the lower<br />
part of the whorl, curve adapically on the<br />
middle part, curve slightly adapically on the<br />
upper part and then cross venter straight.<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
On the periven tral third of the flank and<br />
on venter the ribs are moderately broad, club<br />
shaped; the secondary ribs, usually one but<br />
occasionally two, intercalate between the<br />
primary ribs; the secondary ribs taper toward<br />
the periumbilical third of the flank where they<br />
fade out; sporadically one of the secondary ribs<br />
slants toward the following primary giving the<br />
impression of bifurcating from it, likewise an<br />
actual bifurcation from the adoral side of a<br />
primary rib may also occur. In general the<br />
primary ribs are more prominent than the<br />
secondary ribs. The intercostal spaces are twice<br />
as wide as the ribs. When the shell is preserved<br />
the tops of the ribs are broadly rounded and on<br />
venter they attentuate.<br />
C).tJp to 45mm D (Pen 10). With growth<br />
the ribs gain an elegant biconcave outline on the<br />
whorl sides; the primary ribs become broadly<br />
rounded almost flattened on the adventral half<br />
of the flank. Adoral arching of the ribs on ven·<br />
ter does not occur. Some of the intercalary ribs<br />
fork from the adoral slope of the preceding primary<br />
rib on the adumbilical third of the whorl.<br />
Sporadically some primary ribs are more promi·<br />
nent. The whorl section increases its height but<br />
not its width, consequently it is always compres·<br />
sed. The involution line is near the boundary<br />
between the adumbilical and central thirds of<br />
the flank.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. As for the genus.<br />
MEASUREMENTS. The specimens stu·<br />
died do not allow accurate measurements.<br />
COMMENTS. The following is Karsten's<br />
original description (1858, p. 109): "A. testa<br />
compressa umbilicata, dorso rotundata, transversim<br />
costata; costis rotundatis, flexuosis,<br />
inaequalibus, dorsum cingentibus; altemantibus<br />
incompletis, una suturam unbilicalem attingente<br />
alia solitaria vel rarius gemina in latere evanes·<br />
cente, Iibera vel rarius costae anteriori (majori)<br />
conjuncta; anfractibus subinvolutis, exteriore<br />
tres partes interioris involvente; apertura com·<br />
pressa ovato-elliptica: umbilicoparvo; septis lateraliter<br />
trilobis profounde partitis, margine<br />
crenato-sectis.<br />
Durchmesser 180 Millimeter<br />
Hohe der letzten Windung 53<br />
"<br />
Dicke derselben 50<br />
"<br />
Durchmesser des N abels 20<br />
"<br />
Karsten's species has been the object of<br />
many comments in paleontological literature:<br />
Uhligh (1883) referred this species to lloplites;<br />
Anthula referred the species to his group of Parahoplites<br />
melchioris, but Sinzow (1907) cha·<br />
llenged the interpretacion "weil wir die Gattung<br />
gar nfcht kennen, zu welcher Am Treff ry anus<br />
Karsten gerechnet wird".<br />
Spath (1921, p.137) considered A. Treffryanus<br />
Karsten in the same group as A. crassicostatus<br />
d'Orbigny·oecause they " ... show<br />
the peculiar flattening of the costation . • • ";<br />
when proposing- his genus Colombiceras (1923,
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 69<br />
p 64) Spath did not mention Karsten's species<br />
bt Jater (131, p.654) whn comptnti f!g on an<br />
'Indian specieS of Colomb1ceras be: considered it<br />
very close to Karsten's species, Riedel (1938, p.<br />
50) referred Karsten's species to Co lombiceras.<br />
Stoyanow (1949, ·p; 121) challenged Spath and<br />
Riedel " • . . tendency . . . to connect with<br />
Colombiceras flat-ribbed species for which the<br />
presence of tuberculate ribs has not been<br />
proved, as Ammonites tre{{ryanus Karsten<br />
(1856, p. 109, pl. 4, fig. 1a, 1b) . . • ", and he<br />
furthermore indicated that in following Spath<br />
and Riedel's ideas there should be a group<br />
for Karsten's species. Casey (1965, p. 420) has<br />
followed Spath's treatment of Co lombiceras,<br />
however, his suggestion of a transient coronate<br />
stage is not confirmed by disection; the deve·<br />
Iopmerit of the ribbing in Stoyawiceras is like<br />
that of Neodeshayesites.<br />
Karsten wrote that his species came from<br />
"Tocayma" (sic, p.109), but as previously com·<br />
men ted no Cretaceous rocks crop put in the im·<br />
mediate neighborhood of this locality, and be·<br />
cause no other nearby region than the area co·<br />
vered in the present report (Apulo . La Mesa),<br />
has exposed Lower Cretaceous rocks, this is se·<br />
lected as type locality for Karsten' species. The<br />
specimens studied in this report closely resemble<br />
"A mmonites Treffryanus Karsten", none of<br />
of them, however, is as large as the holotype.<br />
"Sonneratia colombiana Scott" the holo·<br />
type (T.C. U. 1108) of which I have examined is<br />
here considered a member of Stoyanowiceras,<br />
contrary to Casey's views (1954, p.llO; 1965,<br />
p. 400, p.516), and its specific status is retained<br />
here because of its more distinct ribbing and regular<br />
alternation of primary and secondary ribs,<br />
the ribs are sharper on the inner half of the<br />
flank. and narrower on the external half of the<br />
whorl than in K1li'Sten's species as it is treated<br />
in this study.<br />
OCCURRENCE.Upper Aptian.<br />
_.: . . Stoyanowiceras tre{{ryanus (Karsten)<br />
·<br />
"PI: a; ng.s. · · - · · · · ·<br />
(Morph I)<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Pt. N.54).<br />
Th morph is peculiar because its orna·<br />
ment. is stressed very early in the ontogeny,<br />
espe1ally the flanging of. the ribs on the umbili·<br />
·<br />
cal nm.<br />
Me&.u:rementa o<br />
Penldlv. 14 18<br />
Pen.Uv: 13 30<br />
Euw H W<br />
7 7 8<br />
10 12 12<br />
OCCURRENCE. Upper Aptian.<br />
D/Euw% D/H "'o<br />
39 39<br />
33 40<br />
Stoyanowiceras treffryanus (KaJSten)<br />
P1.3, fig.12.<br />
(Morph II)<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Pt. N.55).<br />
A single specimen is available. The whorl<br />
.sectl(ln is higher than F and has a broadly<br />
rounded venter, the sides ate slightly compres<br />
sed on the adventral third of the flank the cen·<br />
tral and adumbilical thirds are slightly convex;<br />
the umbilical wall is inclined and merges smoo·<br />
thly into sides.<br />
The ornament consists of distinct ribs<br />
which begin at middle of the umbilical wall; on<br />
the early portion of the last whorl the ribs<br />
bifurcate at the margin of the umbilical wall,<br />
they are fine, rounded and slightly biconcave a<br />
bit projected forilard on venter; this type f<br />
ornamentation persists until the beginning of<br />
the adoral third of the last whorl where the<br />
ribs become strongly biconcave, and strongly<br />
arcuate on venter; bifurcation of the ribs may<br />
occur on one side but not on the opposite. The<br />
intercostal spaces are one and a half times as<br />
wide as the ribs.<br />
NOTE : This morph is chuacterized by: A) the<br />
rapid change in flexuosity of the ribs<br />
that accentuates with growth, and B)<br />
the narrow well rounded ribs,<br />
Measurements 0 Euw H W D{Euw% DtH% N.R.<br />
PeDSUv. 7 36 11 16 13 31 43 37<br />
Sto.;xt;WJ!JJ(ctras<br />
cin tatuf1l.n. sp.<br />
PJ.7; fig.9.<br />
,._.,,. .. , " -· . . • . . ,. . . • ., .. ,-- ·-,.4o,oo•,-•--,.<br />
Holotype. T.I.P. Guaduaus (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.<br />
Ht. N.51).<br />
Only one specimen is available. At the<br />
beginning of the last preserved whorl the sec·<br />
tion is higher than wide, the venter is rounded<br />
and the whorl sides are slightly convex; the<br />
umbilical wall is oblique; toward the adoral end<br />
of the conch the height of the whorl increases<br />
in relation to the width,<br />
The ornament consists of ribs which<br />
begin at the umbilical seam where they describe<br />
an adoral concavity and extend up to a little<br />
beyond the umbilical rim, then they describe an<br />
adoral arc on the adumbilical half of the whorl;<br />
up to this point the ribs are raised and prominent,<br />
from here up to the periventral margin<br />
the ribs are slightly concave adorally, they be·<br />
come wide, broadly rounded to flattened and<br />
go straight across the venter.<br />
There is a regular alternation of primary<br />
and intercalary ribs on both flanks, the intercalary<br />
ribs begin near the umbilical third of the<br />
whorl where they slant adapically and approach<br />
the preceding primary as if forking from it and<br />
in some instances it seems a true bifurcation.<br />
The intercostal spaces are narrower than the<br />
ribs.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by its low and broad heavy ribs.<br />
Measurements D Euw H W D{Euw% DtH%<br />
T.I.P.Guaduaa 79 24 36 26 30 46
70<br />
COMMENTS. This species is closely simi•.<br />
lar to Stoyanowiceras tre{fryanus (Karsten),<br />
but has lower and broader ribs than the latter.<br />
Stoyanowiceras colombiana (Scott) has sharper<br />
and higher ribbing than S. cinta tum , n.sp.<br />
Parahoplites nicholsoni Benavides-Caceres<br />
also resembles S. cintatum n. sp. but the Peruvian<br />
species has a wider umbilicus, its umbilical wall<br />
is vertical and the ribs regularly bifurcate, but<br />
the opposite is true in the Colombian species.<br />
F. ETAYO ·SERNA<br />
OCCURRENCE. Upper Aptian.<br />
I'Ri: . • ) r. f.,, ;,.o,r .. ,,<br />
.<br />
oJ!IIIil :t?SrcdiiSiii .,.!' · · · · ··· fJv ru.:.'' )_.(d):." 'i<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Riedelites esthersemae n. sp.<br />
Genus , .f'fdelltes n.g. "' (£:r·a,, :
zoNATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 71<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the increase in height of the whorl sec<br />
tion B) the irregular accentuation of the rib<br />
flexusity during the juvenile stage, and C) the<br />
tendency of the ribs tow:ard flattening on the<br />
adventral third of the whorl side during the<br />
adult stage, giving the ribs a rursiradiate aspec.<br />
Meumementa D Euw H W D/Euw<br />
%<br />
C • 200B 23 9 9 19 39<br />
C • 200A 36 13 13 11 36<br />
D/H No.R.<br />
%<br />
39 ' 38<br />
36 29(3/4)<br />
COMMENTS. At first glance these speci·<br />
mens appear similar to the specimen described<br />
by<br />
·<br />
·<br />
·<br />
Basse (1928, p. 136, fig. 14; pl. 8, fig. 5) from<br />
Villa de Leiva and identified as Colombicera.s<br />
ka,:steni (Marcou), which later was included<br />
within the genusPegnaceras (as Penaceras}Cantti<br />
Chapa, 1963, p. 55), however, I feel the latter<br />
genus should be restricted to the Mexican spe<br />
cies·in the type species of Pegnaceras:the distan·<br />
ce b'etween the ribs does not increase with growth ,<br />
thefhlckening of the ribs is "transversely elon<br />
gate" (Humphrey, 1949, p. 142), and the early<br />
development of the sculpture unknown, conse·<br />
qtiently I consider the rursiradiate adult ribs an<br />
undiagnostic character; it is also present on<br />
"Acdnthoplites ? adkinsi'' and "Acanthoplites ?<br />
sandidgei" described by Humphrey from Mexico<br />
but no assigned to Penacera.s by CantU-Chapa.<br />
1\ll&Se's illustrated specimen is poorly preserved<br />
and does not warrant an extensive discussion.<br />
· .· OCCURRENCE. Socota Member. Upper<br />
A,ptian.<br />
'-·-· iefe M tes obliquum £Riedel)<br />
•.··.· · .•. • L \l.g. 3; Pl. 6, fig. 7; Text-fig. 7P.<br />
' .<br />
·<br />
(Mozph I).<br />
. 1938 Parahoplites obliquus Riedel, p.33, pl.6,<br />
figs. 11-13, pl. 12, fig. 9, pl. 14, fig.14.<br />
1957Parahoplites obliquus Riedel, Btirgl, p.135<br />
1964 Parahoplites obliquus Riedel, Etayo-Ser-<br />
· . na, pars, p. 118.<br />
1965 Colombiceras obliquum (Riedel), Casey,<br />
.. · . p; 420.<br />
)968 Colombiceras obliquum (Riedel), Etayo·<br />
· .<br />
. ·.· . Bema, p. 34, fig. 7, tab. I.<br />
.<br />
197.0 Colombiceras obliquum (Riedel), Wied·<br />
, mann, p. 4 84, ex rev. of Etayo-Serna's pa·<br />
per.<br />
,1972 Colombicei'as obliquum (Riedel), Etayo·<br />
' Serna, p. 45.<br />
1976 Clombiceras obliquum (Riedel), Etayo·<br />
' ' Serna et al, p. 225, tab. II.<br />
.<br />
Lectotype. Here designated the specimen illus·<br />
trated by Riedel, 1938, pl. 6, fig.<br />
11-12.<br />
Hypotype . (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Hy.N. 38, 39,40)<br />
Type Locality. Utica (Cundinamarca).<br />
A) Up to 20mm D(C-199-B,C). The earliest<br />
part of the last whorl is slightly wider than<br />
high; the sides are slightly convex, they round<br />
smoothly into the arched venter and the subver·<br />
tical umbilical wall.<br />
Ribs begin on outer half of umbilical wall,<br />
trend slightly prorsiradiate on ·the adumbilical<br />
third of the flank and then trend radially to the<br />
ventral margin. The ribs have a rather uniform<br />
thickness to the adventral third of the flank<br />
where they broaden and cross the venter with a<br />
delicate adoral arc; the ribs are well defined and<br />
separated by intercostal spaces about one and a<br />
half times as wide as the ribs.<br />
Sporadically a secondary rib branches<br />
from the adoral slope of a primary rib near the<br />
umbilical rim. An alternation of intercalary and<br />
primary ribs become dominant on the internal<br />
whorls, some of the primary ribs become stron·<br />
ger. The ribs become progressively wider apart<br />
with growth.<br />
B) Up to 40 mm D (C-200·0). At about<br />
a diameter of 20 mm the ribs have a regular pattern<br />
of alternating uniformly raised primary in·<br />
tercalary ribs, the latter sometimes inclined to·<br />
ward the preceding primary rib as if bifurcating<br />
from it at about the adumbilical third of<br />
the flank. On the adoral fourth of the last<br />
whorl the ribs are rm e, delicately falciform.<br />
C) Up to 50 mm D (C-514-B). The whorl<br />
section is subquadrate with flattened venter and<br />
rounded periventral margins; the umbilical wall<br />
is subvettical and rounds smoothly into the sides.<br />
The ornament consists of strong ribs as in<br />
the previously described specimens; the primary<br />
ribs begin at the umbilical seam, describe an<br />
11.doral concavity on the umbilical wall and the<br />
adumbilical third of the flank, on the middle<br />
third the ribs describe a weak adoral convexity ,<br />
on the adventral third they describe an adoral<br />
concavity then go straight across the venter.<br />
At this stage the ribs are acute on the<br />
flanks and broadly flattened to rounded on the<br />
venter but are slightly more flattened on the<br />
adapical part of the last whorl than on the adoral<br />
part.<br />
COMMENTS. This mozph is characterized<br />
by: A) its early whorls with weakly sinuous<br />
ribs, slightly wider on venter, some of them<br />
sporadically emphasized or bifurcating near the<br />
umbilical rim, B) at lntennediate stages of<br />
growth the ribs are progressively more distant<br />
from one to another with primary and interca·<br />
lary ribs alternating, and C) throughout the onto·<br />
geny the ribs preserve their delicate flexuous<br />
oblique trend.
72<br />
Measurements D Euw H w DfEuw D{H N.R.<br />
"1. %<br />
C·199·B 22 10 8 8 45 36 44<br />
C·199·A 20? 87 8? 8? 40? 40? 22(1/2)<br />
C·514·B 60 22 16 1 44 32 18(1/2)<br />
COMMENTS. The specimens illustrated<br />
by Riedel represent juveniles to young adults<br />
(1938, p.33,34; pl.6, figs. 11-13; pl.12, fig.9;<br />
pl.14, fig. 14) agreeing fairly well with the early<br />
whorls of the specimens here studied, on them<br />
the ribs are not yet broadened on the venter,<br />
but distant spacing of the ribs after the crow·<br />
ded stage is visible. This species differs from<br />
Riedelites quebradanegra by its more flexuous<br />
and projected ribs and because its whod section<br />
is not compressed.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Lower San Gil Formation<br />
(Segment B). Upper Aptian.<br />
Riedelites [,ilosum». sp.<br />
Pl.7, fig.1; Text-fig. 7U.<br />
Holotype. C-225·6 (U. N. C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.53)<br />
Paratype. (U. N. C. M. H. N. C. P.Pt. N.57,58)<br />
Only internal molds are preserved. A) Up<br />
to H:13 mm (C-225,7,8). The whorl section is<br />
subrectangular, approximately as wide as high,<br />
it has rounded periventral margins, broaly ar·<br />
ched venter and short, approximately 45 incli·<br />
ned umbilical wall.<br />
The ornament consislb of fine rounded<br />
ribs with some beginning at the umbilical seam;<br />
these describe a slight adoral concavity on .the<br />
umbilical wall, then trend prorsiradiate descri·<br />
bing a weak adoral convexity near the middle<br />
of the flank and an adoral concavity, more or<br />
less accentuated, on the adventral third, then<br />
they arc adorally on venter; the adapical side of<br />
the ribs is steeper than the adoral side; the ribs<br />
have a rounded top.<br />
The intercostal spaces are three times as<br />
wide as the ribs on venter, they narrow on the:<br />
umbilical margin to one and a half times as wide;<br />
Up to H:20 mm (C-225·6). In this speci- .<br />
men the whorl section is depressed, wider than<br />
high; there is a continuous curvature from one<br />
flank to the other; the umbilical wall is very re·<br />
duced. The ribs are very prominent, they cross<br />
the flanks, varying from weakly flexuous to al· .<br />
most straight; they are slightly wider on venter .<br />
and rounded; one or two of these ribs become<br />
emphasized and bifurcate . near the middle of ·<br />
the flank; no tuberculization is present; the in- ,<br />
tercostal spaces are twice as wide as the ribs and .<br />
channel like on venter.<br />
DIAGOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
in the adult stage by: A) Its wide subrectangular<br />
whorl section and B) its annular ribs and<br />
deep intercostal spaces.<br />
F. ETA YO - SERNA<br />
Mea.surements D H w<br />
C·225·o ? 13 12<br />
C•225·6 ? 20 23<br />
C·226·7 ? 13 13<br />
C·225•8 7 13 13<br />
COMMENTS. This species differs from<br />
the previously described species of Riedelites<br />
because it is the only one with an extremely de·<br />
pressed section and flaring almost annular ribs.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Upper Aptian.<br />
·<br />
kJ:;:]i"'p;-P:A'HOPI:Ti,·t ·· ·<br />
Genus \ Parahoplite'JJ An ffiula,- · ·"899<br />
Parahoplites Anthula, 1899, p. 109.<br />
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TYPE SPECIES. Parahoplites melchioris Anthu·<br />
Ia, original designation.<br />
.E.. ahoalites (?} huba£hi n . .!!!.:<br />
Pl. , fig.l.<br />
Holotype. C-127 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.54)<br />
The description is based on the holotype.<br />
The earliest whorl observed is the antepenulti·<br />
mate. The umbilical wall is subvertical, the<br />
umbilical rim is rounded. The ornament consists<br />
of a regular alternation of emphasized primary<br />
ribs which begin at the umbilical seam and flare<br />
out slightly at the umbilical rim; the ribs appear<br />
prorsiradiate up to the involution line. Between<br />
these ribs there is a tapering intercalary rib that<br />
disappears before reaching the umbilical rim,<br />
this rib is inclined toward the primary preceding<br />
it, but does not connect to it. This pattern<br />
may be interrupted by a strong secondary rib<br />
that reaches the umbilical wall but in these ca·<br />
ses the primary ribs are much more prominent.<br />
On the penultimate whorl the alternation of the<br />
ribs is well established with the intercalary ribs<br />
usually but not always extending to the middle<br />
of the flank, then they cross the venter<br />
'<br />
in a wide<br />
adoral arc.<br />
A few primary ribs also bifurcate near the<br />
umbilical rim. Beginning at the periventral margin<br />
the ribs curve forward, so appearing wider<br />
on the venter than on flanks, but they are not<br />
flattened. At the beginning of the last whorl<br />
a primary ribs bifurcates near the middle of the<br />
flank. The shell is thick, the ribs are prominent<br />
with symmetrical sides and rounded top on the<br />
flanks, on the venter the adapical side of the<br />
ribs is longer and more inclined than the adoral<br />
side. Adaperturally the ribs have a moderate<br />
biconcave profile that at times is nearly straight.<br />
The venr is relatively wide, but the<br />
maximum 'inflation of the whorl Is at the umbilical<br />
rim. There is a striking development of the<br />
umbilical wall from the penultimate whorl to<br />
the apertural part of the last horl : at the be·<br />
ginning it is subvertical to weakly convex but<br />
it becomes retracted dorsally sloping toward<br />
the venter of the preceding whorl .
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONlTES 73<br />
The central branch of L of the suture has<br />
tendency to become asymmetrical, usually<br />
oser to the adumbilical branch.<br />
b<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
ui'rcalary ribs, the fanner stressed adumbil i ca<br />
· A) the regular alternation of primary and<br />
IlY trom early in the ontogeny, B) its rounded<br />
subrectangular whorl section and C) the change<br />
in the inclination of the umbilical wall through- •<br />
out the ontogeny, from subvertical to concave.<br />
MllljUUrBDJBnt.l 0 Euw H W DfEuw D{H N.R.<br />
"to %<br />
c-127 757 26 32 ? 357 437 44<br />
COl\'IMENTS. This species differs from<br />
Pa rahoplites melchioris Anthula (1899, pl.S,<br />
figs. 4,5) from Russia by the ribs .beg more<br />
strongly flexuous and the whorl section ts lower.<br />
The same species as illustrated by Sinzow (1907,<br />
p.458, l)L2, fig.l) liewise as more flexuous<br />
ribs thart the Colombian spectes. The topotypes<br />
of Anthula's species illustrated by Casey (1965,<br />
textfigs;146, f.g, h-i) emphasize the subquarlrate<br />
whorl section of the type species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Unnamed beds above the<br />
Socota Member and below the Capotes Member.<br />
Upper Ap tian.<br />
This species .is named in honor of the late<br />
geologist Enrique Hubach 1 director of the Gelogical<br />
Survey ofColombia trom 1950 to 1957.<br />
Pczrohoplites hubachi n. sp.<br />
P}; 5, fig.6; text-fig. 5F<br />
··· (Morph I)<br />
iParatype; (U. N. C. M. H. N. C. P. Pt. N. 59)<br />
···- . •.. . - The innennost whorls are not clearly ob<br />
rvable ; The penultimate whorl is ornamented<br />
"!ith.rlbs regularly distributed between primary<br />
d Intercalary; the fanner begin at the umbili<br />
•.c: seam l1Jld they trend projected and at the<br />
'W time they describe a feeble adoral conca<br />
tY on the adum))ilical third of the whorl side,<br />
tqeyalso flange out and bifurcate. Between two<br />
,:of -!H! primary ribs there may. be one or two<br />
llirclllary ribs which begin at different points<br />
'f• _in general the ribs are high with steep si<br />
PProaching the umbilical rim.<br />
raterd<br />
rounded but narrow top; they are sepa<br />
;·hlllr· by. lntercos spaces almost one and a<br />
' · • as Wlde as the nbs.<br />
>; _ _ '!'he earlist portion of the last whorl has<br />
re:61vif umbtllc wall which rounds into the<br />
::tnf'' J · _ attened s1des that likewise pass smoo<br />
' •irle<br />
ityi Yteatned ven ter. Along the ventral<br />
._._:lf\vh e . en_. bs are .<br />
'•9owe 0<br />
feebJyretracd. On the<br />
no bircati?n of the nbs occurs,<br />
·• ··;bet the adap1cal f the two intercalary ribs<br />
fief<br />
ore the ubllJcal rim but the adoral rib<br />
an .-.--he. umbthcal seam. All the ribs are<br />
·(' _Y tgh on venter.<br />
NOTE : This morph is interesting because of the<br />
decreasing in number of ribs from the<br />
inner whorls to the outer ones and<br />
their appearance at different levels.<br />
Meuurement D Euw H W D/Euw D{H No.R.<br />
% '%<br />
c. 127 36 14 16 14 39 41 39<br />
COMMENTS. This morph differs from<br />
Parahoplites melchioris Anthula as illustrated<br />
by Glassunova (1953, pl. II) because the whorl<br />
section of the Caucassian fornt is more circular<br />
and the ribs are more strongly projected anteriorly<br />
on venter, but it lacks the retraction of<br />
the ribs along the ventral median line.<br />
Parahoplites multicostatus Sinzow (1907,<br />
p. 459, pl. 2, fig. 5-7) has a whorl section inflated<br />
on the adumbilical third of the flank and<br />
convergent on the adventral third but on the<br />
Colombian species the whorl section tends to<br />
be slightly compressed; the bifurcation of the<br />
primary ribs ceases earlier in the ontogeny of<br />
the Colombian species than the Caucassian fonn.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Upper Aptian.<br />
Pa r;.a{l,oiJ, Pi. , 1ig. 5; Text-fig. 5G.<br />
lite$..trWrul.. n. sp.<br />
Holotype . C-127 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N. 55).<br />
Paratype . C·l27 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N. 60).<br />
The description is based on the holotype,<br />
The protoconch can not be observed; the second<br />
whorl is smooth but under high magnifi·.<br />
cation broad puckers are indicated on the test<br />
near the involution line; at the beginning of the<br />
third whorl rounded ribs are visible, the latter<br />
differentiate into primary and intercalary ribs<br />
at the beginning of the fourth whorl, the primary<br />
ribs appear at the middle of the umbilical<br />
wall whereas the intercalary ribs begin near the<br />
umbilical rim ; at this stage the ribs are blu t1<br />
not very high, they are separated by intercosw<br />
spaces slightly wider than the ribs.<br />
The umbilical wall is rounded and passes<br />
into the slightly convex flank. At the beginning<br />
of the last whorl (4th?) the ribs develop a slight<br />
concavl ty on the urn bilical wall and slight conve·<br />
xity on the central third of the flank, then<br />
describe a concavity on the adventral third and<br />
project on venter where they widen in a visor<br />
like fashion. At this point the whorl section is<br />
as high as wide with the maximum width at the<br />
umbilical margin but there is a constriction of<br />
the flanks along the periphery giving the whorl<br />
a stubby pyriform aspect. On the last whorl the<br />
primary ribs flange out on the ad umbilical third<br />
of the flank.<br />
The suture line (Paratype, N.60 ) has L<br />
weakly asymme trical E{L and L/U2 are sub<br />
symmetrically bifid.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its small size, B) its pyrifonn whorl sec<br />
t i on and C) the regular alternation of primary
74<br />
and intercalary ribs, broadening on venter in a<br />
visor-like manner.<br />
Meuurement D Euw H W D/Euw D/H No.R.<br />
% %<br />
C-127 28 10 9 8 43 39 38<br />
C-127 20 9 7 7 45 36 47<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles "Parahoplites<br />
numidicus Sornay" from the "Zone<br />
de Clansa r es. Djebel Harraba, anticlinal de Sidi<br />
Embarka' , Algeria (Somay, 1955, p. 13, pl. 1,<br />
fig. 16, 18) but the African species has a clear<br />
alternation of ribs on the middle third of the<br />
flank that does not occur on the Colombian<br />
species, furthermore the whorl section of Sornay's<br />
species is much higher than wide at comparable<br />
diameters (see pU, fig. 18, op. cit.). Both<br />
species however share in common the constric·<br />
ted periventral margins and the maximum inflation<br />
of the whorl at the umbilical rim.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Unnamed beds above<br />
the Socoti Member and below the Capote&<br />
Member. Upper Aptian.<br />
Pqrahoplites (?) inconstans Riedel ?<br />
Pl. 10, fig. 2; Text-fig. 5D.<br />
1938 Parahoplites inconstans Riedel, p.32, pl.6,<br />
figs. 8-10, pl. 12, fig. 11, pl. 14, fig. 13.<br />
1949 Parahoplites inconstans Riedel, Stoyanow,<br />
p. 99.<br />
1957 Parahoplites inconstans Riedel, Biirgl, p.<br />
135.<br />
.<br />
1964 Parahoplites incostans Riedel, Etayo-Ser·<br />
na, p. 118.<br />
1965 Parahoplites inconstans Riedel, Biirgl, in<br />
Campbell and Biirgl.<br />
Holotype. Specimen described and illustrated<br />
. . by Riedel, 1938, p.32, pl.14, fig.13.<br />
Type locality. Quebrada Negra , al sur de Utica<br />
Hypo type .qsJf1:rM.N .C.P.HyNi) .<br />
Only one specimen is available. The whorls<br />
are slightly higher than wide; the umbilical w,all .<br />
is subvertical, it rounds into the flanks; the<br />
intercostal proflle of venter is rounded; the<br />
flanks are almost parallel to slightly inflated near<br />
their middle. The ribs are strong and rounded,<br />
they begin at the periumbilical margin, they are<br />
almost rectiradiated though on the adventral<br />
half of the flank they are slightly arcuate adora·<br />
lly and cross the venter normal to the median<br />
line where they . are ·'Slightly flattened. On .the<br />
internal mold the ribs show delicate compressed<br />
nodes along the umbilical margin. At the<br />
periventral margin the ribs fonn rounded shoulders.<br />
The ornament is composed of alternating<br />
primary and seconday ribs, the latter beginning<br />
slightly adumbilically to the middle of the flank.<br />
The innermost part of the conclr$hows- two iri-<br />
F. ETA YO • SERNA<br />
tercalary ribs between primaries but usually<br />
there is only one. The intercostal spaces are one<br />
and a half times as wide as the ribs.<br />
Meuuremente D Euw H W D(Euw D(H No.R.<br />
% %<br />
c - &03-13 28 12 9 8 43 32 21(3/4)<br />
COMMENTS. On Riedel's illustrations,<br />
that which depicts the complete specimen (Rie·<br />
del, pl. 6, fig. 8) gives the impression the ribs<br />
were delicat&Dy nodose along the ventral margins,<br />
but this is not discernible on the ventral view of<br />
the same specimen (ibid., fig. 9}. His specimen<br />
· is larger than the present specimen. This is the<br />
first time the stratigraphic occurrence of this<br />
species has been documented.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Unnamed beds above<br />
the Socoti Member and below the Capotes<br />
Member. Upper Aptian.<br />
• ,·-· _"i _liG ___<br />
.o_t:l._p·-"i-RA.... TIDABr' .. .,<br />
Genus e· tiTikDIWZ&mtrweumayr and<br />
Uhlig, 1881. . -<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Ammo-nites · pierdenalis - von<br />
Buch.<br />
.Eneonocergs Q]galucicw.,n. sp.<br />
Pl. it, fig.4; Text=figs. BB,SC.<br />
Holotype. C-501A (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.56).<br />
The section of the first whorl is depressed<br />
and much wider than hightit hm a broadly rounded<br />
venter; the second whorl is roughly subglobose,<br />
the umbilical wall is oblique and rounds<br />
evenly into the convex umbilical third of the<br />
flank; the width of the whorl decreases and the<br />
sides converge toward the slightly arched venter.<br />
On the third whorl there is a marked increase in<br />
the whorl height (H:6mm; Euw:2) and the section<br />
becomes lanceolate: the flanks are nearly<br />
evenly convergent toward the venter with a<br />
slight compression on the adventral fourth; the<br />
flanks join fonning an acute venter; the maxi·<br />
mum inflation is at the umbilical third of the<br />
flank.<br />
Earch whorl overlaps the preceding one<br />
to its umbilical rim. The ornament on the<br />
fourth and last whorl consists of ribs which<br />
raise as puckers at the umbilical rim and broaden<br />
adventrally, they have a mammillate<br />
tubercle on the umbilical rim (8 per whorl?);<br />
toward the adapical half of the last whorl the<br />
periventral carinae are serrate and bear outwardly<br />
directed nodes.<br />
The suture line has E/L wide, subrectan·<br />
gular and ·has an internal branch, the other<br />
saddles are entire, the lobes tend to be bi·<br />
fid, only slightly indented.<br />
D'IAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A} its craterifonn umbilicus, B) its narrow<br />
venter bordered by delicately dentate edges<br />
1<br />
and C) the puckers on the ·adumbilical third 01<br />
the flank.<br />
:;.
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 75<br />
Meuurementa D Euw H W D/Euw D/H No.R.<br />
'Yo %<br />
C·61 0A 40 3 ? ? 7 ? 8?<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles Engonoceras<br />
stolleyi Bohm {1898, pl. 5, fig. 3),<br />
especially the juveniles attributed to that species<br />
by Hyatt {1903, pl. 23, fig. 7-8, pl. 24, fig.<br />
3, 4), but Bohm's species is more compressed •<br />
·and has prominent ribs on the external half of<br />
the flank; the opposite is true In the Colombian<br />
species. At equivalent diameters the lobes<br />
of the suture of the Colombian species are more<br />
indented but they have fewer secondary elements<br />
than in Bohm's species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Middle Albian.<br />
Engonoras.P... .. .<br />
Pi.*li, fli -g_<br />
Reference specimen C· 510-A.<br />
Only one specimen is available (D:42mm).<br />
The conch is discoidal, compressed and involute;<br />
the umbilical wall is subvertical, it grades into<br />
the side through a rounded rim; the flanks are<br />
slightly convex, gently converging toward the<br />
venter; the maximum width is near the middle;<br />
the venter is narrow, slightly concave, it is bor·<br />
dered by two sharp dentate carinae, the teeth<br />
corresponding on both sides of the venter.<br />
• ·. · . . The ornament on the ad apical half of the<br />
.<br />
· lest whorl consists of bundles of lirae which<br />
foi:tn taised and rounded inflations at the adum-<br />
' iUc.al third of the flank; the ribs have a minute<br />
> c;onical tubercle at the umbilical rim; they trend<br />
Jn·orsiradiate or with a slight adoral bow to the .<br />
:(adventral third of the flank where they form a<br />
;,. crescentic adoral concavity.<br />
., "'" · · · ·<br />
Near the middle of the flank the ribs tri·<br />
On the internal mold flat, low strapare<br />
impressed, ending at the marginal<br />
in clavi that are as wide as the ribs.<br />
·· Slngl, non tuberculate intercalary ribs<br />
occur. The intercostal spaces are shallower<br />
ribs and are indicated by notches on<br />
On the adoral half of the last whorl<br />
.<br />
develop very fine bullae near the urn<br />
.. riin and a conical tubercle near the mid·<br />
the Dank and the carinal teeth become<br />
The suture has subrectangular, bifid<br />
specimen is septate 'up the adoral·<br />
preserved.<br />
·<br />
"Parengonoceras elegans Renz.'-' (1970, p.<br />
1036) from La Puya Member, Upper Albian of<br />
Venezuela (Renz, 1970, pl. 3, fig. 1c especially)<br />
has a similar type of ribbing, but its whorl section<br />
is more lanceolate than in the Colombian<br />
species at comparable diameters.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Middle Albiali:·<br />
_Encfl.or;:;
76 F. ETAYO · SERNA<br />
p.171, pl.22, fig.6-10, pl. 23, fig. 1-6), especia<br />
lly to the holotype (ibid., pl.23, fig.1,2), but<br />
the latter has a flattened tectifonn whorl sec·<br />
tion, and a characteristically persistent deve<br />
lopment of the nodes along the middle of the<br />
flanks at a diameter at which the Colombian<br />
species is smooth.<br />
This new species also has a slight resem·<br />
blance to Protengonoceras gabbi (Bohm) in<br />
Hyatt (1903, p.154), but the latter lacks tubercles<br />
throughout the ontogeny and has a distinctly<br />
concave venter which seems to be rounded<br />
in extreme age (op.cit., p.155). The lobes of the<br />
suture are somewhat similar but they are<br />
more lacerate in . the Colombian species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Upper San Gil Formation<br />
(Bed 8). Middle Albian.<br />
This species is named in honor of the late<br />
field assistant J. Duarte, of the <strong>Geolo</strong>gical Sur·<br />
vey of Colombia.<br />
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.<br />
\ Genus ( PlatiknemiceradBata11er,<br />
.<br />
195.<br />
Platiknemiceras Bataller, 1954, p.174.<br />
TYPE SPECIES.Knemiceras (Platiknemiceras)<br />
bassei Bataller, original desig·<br />
nation.<br />
Pigtikneuriceras colombianq _<br />
PAP.lL:tEt:J.<br />
Holotype. C-169 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N.58)<br />
The conch is discoidal, involute. The um·<br />
bilical wall is vertical and has a blunt umbilical<br />
rim; the ·adumbilical half of the flank is flat<br />
whereas the adventral half converges evenly toward<br />
the narrow, flat to slightly excavated ven·<br />
ter; the periventral margins are sharp, they have<br />
·<br />
finely crenate carinae on each side.<br />
The surface of the shell is covered with .fl.<br />
ne, periodically raised lirae which gather in<br />
bundles producing very low falcate ribs visibl.e<br />
only with oblique illumination; they are radial<br />
and straight on the adumbilical and cetral<br />
thirds of the flank but on the adventraljhird<br />
they describe a shallow adoral concavity . \.<br />
There is an alternation of moderately ac·<br />
centuated and ofvery·low ribs. On the adventral<br />
third of the flank feather structure is visible on<br />
both flanks. On o.ne side on the umpilical<br />
brink there is a tenuous fain t bullate tubercle (?).<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) Its fm ely crenate ventrolateral carinae, B)<br />
the trend of the bundles of lirae, radial n the<br />
central and adumbilical thirds of the flank, ado-<br />
·<br />
rally concave on the adventral third.<br />
Meuuzementa.<br />
c- 189<br />
' D<br />
?<br />
Euw<br />
5<br />
H<br />
30<br />
W .<br />
14<br />
COMMENTS. I am following Casey's (1961)<br />
interpretation of Platiknemiceras. Of the species<br />
referred to this genus by Casey, Platiknemiceras<br />
gracile (Douville') (1916, p. 128, pl. 16, fig. 9,<br />
text- fig. 42) looks similar, however, it seems<br />
more inflated and has more elongated and pro<br />
minent crenations on the ventrolateral carinae.<br />
J:p-tiknpr:-icera$ f.e· ind. A.<br />
eX"tigs;·81t;"8K7 w:.L,. ...<br />
Reference specimen C • 51 OA.<br />
The conch is involute, discoidal, the sides<br />
are almost flat to weakly convex, there is a conspicuous<br />
beveling of the adventral fourth of the<br />
flank.<br />
The ornament consists of flat; rib-like<br />
bands that begin as bundles of growth striae<br />
with a slight concavity on the umbilical rim, they<br />
trend prorsir&diate up to the adventral third of<br />
the flank from where they describe a crescentic<br />
adoral concavity to the venter. The intercostal<br />
spaces are thread like.<br />
The venter is slightly concave and bordered<br />
by two sharp carinae. A sligh tly larger specimen<br />
shows the suture, it has the external ele·<br />
menm ordered in an almost vertical echelon. On<br />
the adult (?) a weak median carina along the<br />
ventral line is observable but otherwise the ven<br />
'ter is flat although the periventral carinae per·<br />
sist. The growth lines cross the venter nonnal<br />
to the median line.<br />
NOTE: This species is characterized by: A) the<br />
subparallel nature of the flanks with<br />
the beveled adventral fourth, apparen·<br />
tly persistent throughout the ontogeny,<br />
B) its falcate, pucker-like low !'ib·<br />
bing, and C) the tendency to develop a<br />
ventral median carina with growth.<br />
Meuurementee. D Euw H W D/Euw% D/H %<br />
C-610A 17 3 10 6 18 69<br />
COMMENTS. An unfigured species of<br />
Platiknemiceras (?) was noted by Breistroffer<br />
(1952, p. 2634) as occurring with Knemiceras<br />
in the ."Mesoalbien basal du Cundinamarca", the<br />
characteristic suture described by Breistroffer<br />
agrees in general with that of the present species.<br />
The suture of the type species of Platiknemiceras<br />
(see Bataller, 1954; Casey, 196l, fig. 1b)<br />
has shallower accessory lobes than the Colom·<br />
bian species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Middle Albian.<br />
W.ol;flf[if?ll&:JPE:P<br />
Reference eeimen. V. L. Est. 33a, bed 8.<br />
Only a fragment of the internal mold of<br />
this species is available. !The conch in discoidal,<br />
the whorl section is evenly convex. The surface<br />
of the internal mold is smooth; locally and only
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 77<br />
visible with oblique illumination there are very<br />
tenuous, rib-like radial pleats.<br />
The venter ls flat to slightly excavated, it<br />
is bounded by two rounded, apparently continuous<br />
carinae that are broadly ondulated.<br />
NOTE : This species is characterized by its broadly<br />
wavy carinae and extremely atte- •<br />
·<br />
nuated ornament.<br />
MEASUREMENTS. The specimen has a<br />
radius of 90 mm but no other measurement can<br />
·<br />
be made.<br />
COMMENTS. This species is rather simi·<br />
lar to that illustrated by Casey (1962, P,· 355,<br />
fig. 1c, ld) as Platiknemiceros sp . from ' Lower<br />
Albian (sandy siltstone at base of Group 5) near<br />
Canta, Peru:' It is possible that this fragment<br />
, from Est. 33a represents lhe adult ofP. colombiano.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Upper San Gil Formation<br />
(Bed 8 ). Middle Albian.<br />
:tan· T!feitic;;J!;};i -<br />
Knemiceras Bohm, 1898, p. 200.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Ammonites syriacw von Buch,<br />
original designation.<br />
netW'af semicostatum<br />
oromemw@ . .; • .ft_ll<br />
Text-fig. 8G, 81.<br />
•.. fig. 2;<br />
19l0Knemiceras attenuatum var. semicostatum<br />
Sommermeier, p. 350, text-fig. 18<br />
? 1947 Knemiceras semicostatum Sommermeier,<br />
Knechtel, p. 93, pl. 15, fig. 1, 2, 3, textfig.<br />
3.<br />
1952 [Knemiceras l semicostatum Somm., Breistroffer,<br />
p. :2633.<br />
) 1952 Kn. [emiceras l semicostatum Somm.,<br />
·<br />
Mahmoud, p. 8'4.<br />
? . 1955 Kn. (emiceras ] attenuatum semicosta<br />
· ·<br />
. . . tum . Sommermeier, Mahmoud, p. 54,<br />
fig. 27.<br />
'?1964 Knemiceras attenuatum semicostatum<br />
Sornmermeier, Etayo-Sema, _ p. 121.<br />
?1965 Knemiceros semicostatum semicosta-<br />
.<br />
tum Sommermeier, BUrgi, in Campbell<br />
and BUrgi.<br />
19S.S Knemiceras semicostatu Sommermeier<br />
· ·<br />
Etayo-Sema, p. 37, fig. 9, Tab. I.<br />
lipotype, V.L.Est. 33a, bed. 8 (U.N.C.M.H.N.<br />
· C.P.Hy.N.42).<br />
r/Pe. · • The decption is based oi! e ypoty-<br />
1, the<br />
conch ts tyolute; the umbilicus JS dep,<br />
;,;_;: .· 0 que umbthcal wall grades evenly mto<br />
the convex sides. The whorl section is inflated<br />
on the adumbilical third of the flank, it is sllghtly<br />
compre!ISed to excavated on the adventral<br />
third, the venter is truncated.<br />
The adapical portion or the last whorl<br />
of this specimen has broad low ribs which arise<br />
from sharp periumbilical tubercles, they trend<br />
radially up to middle of the flank from which<br />
point they describe a feeble concavity to end at<br />
elevated spinose periventral clavi. At the adapi·<br />
cal segment where the shell is preserved these<br />
nodes are interconnected by a zig-zag rib.<br />
An intercalary rib begins in .. a subdued<br />
manner near middle of the flank ·and near the<br />
following adoral primary as if bifurcating from<br />
it, it terminates in a spinose ventrolateral tubercle.<br />
The periventral tubercles alternate.<br />
The living chamber is half the length of<br />
the last whorl; no appreciable change in the ornament<br />
occurs except for the attenuation of<br />
ribbing and increase in spacing between the periumbilical<br />
nodes (6 per whorl). Flexuous growth<br />
lirae are present on the exterior of the shell<br />
where it is preserved.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characteri·<br />
zed by : A) its moderately inflated, rather pyriform<br />
whorl section, ll) the alternation of low<br />
sinuous ribs, the primary ones beginning at sharp<br />
periumbilical tubercles, and the secondaries be·<br />
ginning near the middle of the flank where the<br />
primary ribs are slightly inflated.<br />
Measurements. D Euw H D/Euw% DJH %<br />
V.L.Est. 33 81 17 40 21 50<br />
COMMENTS. The present specimen is<br />
very similar to the one referred to the "variety"<br />
(op. cit., p. 351) and illustrated by Sommerme·<br />
ier; the other specimens referred to the same<br />
variety by him as well as those illustrated by<br />
Knechtel (194 7, p. 93, pl. 15, figs. 1, 2, 3), have<br />
strm.ger rounded ribs than in the Colombian representatives.<br />
Knechtel's specimen also has more<br />
numerous ventrolateral tubercles.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Upper San Gil Formation<br />
(Bed 8). Middle Albian.<br />
.. Knemiceros<br />
f<br />
egnai n. SE·<br />
.J!J;2, ftg.J. iett·tt!t!• so! .. <br />
... ..<br />
Holotype. C-131 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.59).<br />
Only the holotype is available, it is septate<br />
throughout. The innermost whorls have<br />
flat, subparallel sides and excavated venter. The<br />
subsequent whorls acquire a Ianceolate section<br />
with flat venter; the last stage has subparallel<br />
sides which merge smoothly ir.to· the arched<br />
venter; the umbilical wall is subvertical, short<br />
and rounds into the flanks without a definite<br />
rim. The involution line follows the external<br />
margin of the periumbilical tubercles.
78<br />
The sculpture consists of fold-like pro·<br />
minent ribs which converge toward a prominent<br />
spiny umbilical tubercle ; the ribs are arranged<br />
as a trident: one adapical rib that reaches the<br />
umbilical rim but without joining the umbilical<br />
tubercle, a very short rib dying without reaching<br />
the middle of the flank ll!'d in line with the umbilical<br />
tubercle, and one adoral rib that extends<br />
toward the umbilical rim; both the adapical and<br />
adoral ribs bear a sharp tubercle in the middle<br />
of the flank; all ribs terminate in rounded peri·<br />
ventral tubercles. Between these groups of ribs<br />
there is a short intercalary.<br />
On the adapertural half of the last whorl<br />
the umbilical tubercle is connected to the ad·<br />
ventral tubercle by a ridge-like rib, whereas the<br />
other ribs tend to fade out. There are six peri<br />
umbilical tubercles.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characteri·<br />
zed by: A) its ontogenetic change in whorl sec·<br />
tion from sublanceolate to subovate B) the<br />
changing emphasis of the tubercles, in decreasing<br />
order, periumbilical, centro lateral and periven·<br />
tral respecetively, C) its large and robust appearance.<br />
Meuuremeats. D Euw H W D/Euw% D/H%<br />
C•l31 177 46 81i 66 27 48<br />
COMMENTS. In ornamentation, this<br />
species is similar to Knemiceras raimondi Liss6n,<br />
as that species has been interpreted by Benavi·<br />
des-Caceres (1956, p.45 3, pl.48, figs . 1-5, text·<br />
fig.39), but the ontogenetic change of the whorl<br />
section is retarded in the Colombian species<br />
which attains a greater diameter and thorn-like<br />
tubercles, unlike the Peruvian species . .<br />
.. Knemiceras raimondi tardum Benavides<br />
Caces (1956, p. 455, pl.48, fig. 6-7, text-fig.<br />
40), i;etains the sublanceolate or . triangular<br />
whorksection longer than K. raimondi s.s. but<br />
it changes earlier in the ontogeny than the Co·<br />
lombian species.<br />
Breistroffer (1952, p. 2634) recorded<br />
from Cundinamarca ''K. [nemiceras]'Raimondii<br />
Liss., tres trituberculise, .--: ." but np iUustra·<br />
tion is available. K. pegnae also resebles Am·<br />
monites ebrayi de Loriol (1882, p.7, pl.l, fig.1),<br />
type species of Parengonoceras Spath (1924),<br />
but de Loriol's species has a higher whorl section<br />
and a narrower venter than the Colombian spe·<br />
cies, and its ribbing has a purely radial arrangement.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Middle Albian.<br />
This species is named in honor of the<br />
field assistant Luis F. Pefia of the Universidad<br />
Nacional de Colombia.<br />
·Family BRANCOCERATIDAE<br />
!:Oeii\i&r"(]nc'.fm(cer§n. g. :: f'"'.(""'"'r_,..o_..<br />
\., .. , ·<br />
_ ... .. <br />
...<br />
·-.-.,.,., .. Y1i;t:'l-'" 4....- .•.u.;.o... · .o -....: """'-'·--"'"<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Rinconiceras rinconi n. sp.<br />
F. ETAYO· SERNA<br />
DIAGNOSIS. Many whorled conchs;<br />
early whorls depressed, smooth; juvenile whorls<br />
with transient rounded umbilical tubercles from<br />
which ribs may arise ; the venter progressively<br />
becomes acute and the ribs become accentuate·<br />
dly falciform on the flanks, well spaced and ar·<br />
ched adorally on venter.<br />
COMMENTS. As for the type species.<br />
This genus is named in honor of Profes·<br />
sor Luis F. Rincon, curator of the Museum of<br />
the <strong>Geolo</strong>gical Survey of Colombia.<br />
.Rir!l.i':inconi q . .m..<br />
-pr.;: fig;ext-figs. sv, sw.<br />
Holotype. C-169 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N. 60)<br />
Paratype . C-169 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Pt. N.62)<br />
The conch is multispiral and evolute;<br />
the inner whorls were studied on one paratype<br />
(C-169·2). The protoconch is about 0.05 mm in<br />
transversal diameter, spindleform and the whorl<br />
section is crescentic through the first and second<br />
whorls the wh or1 section breomes progressi·<br />
vely more inflated but the crescentic profile still<br />
persists; on the third whorl the section is almost<br />
as high as wide, its maximum width is at the umbilical<br />
rim and it has a narrowly arched venter;<br />
on the fourth whorl the flanks flatten, the whorl<br />
has a vaulted section and the arched venter broa·<br />
dens slightly; on the fifth whorl the flanks are<br />
planar, they grade evenly into the rounded urn·<br />
bilical wall, and the venter is slightly flattened<br />
with broadly rounded periventral margin.<br />
The first three whorls are apparently<br />
smooth (with weak constrictions?), on the<br />
fourth whorl {paratype C-169-1}, conspicuous,<br />
transvenely elongated tubercles develop along<br />
the periumbilical rim (six per whorl on speci·<br />
men C-169-3), they are widely spaced ; between<br />
the prominent tubercles there are one or two<br />
minor tubercles. Both major and minor tuber·<br />
cles correspond to the point of origin of the<br />
prominent ribs. On the sixth whorl the ribs<br />
begin at the umbilical rim and trend almost ra·<br />
dially up . to the periventral min from which<br />
point they widen on venter describing a weak<br />
chevron-like bend on the adapical portion of<br />
this last whorl. However, most ribs seem to<br />
start tangent to the umbilical rim, they then<br />
describe . a weak adoral arc on the ad umbilical<br />
half of the flank and a weak concavity on the<br />
adventral half. The primary ribs start at the<br />
umbilical rim whereas the intercalary ribs start<br />
slightly a9umbilically and in a subdued manner.<br />
B) Up to 35 mm. The early development<br />
is as previously described, but on this specimen<br />
the periumbilical tubercles of the fifth and<br />
siXth whorls are strongly developed. Near the<br />
beginning or the living chamber the whorl<br />
section tends to become fastigate and the ribs<br />
accentuate their cumture becoming falcoid<br />
and well projected on venter, they have a welldefined<br />
chevron-like adoral arch. The living<br />
chamber is a third of the last whorl, with
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 79<br />
sinuous ribs that have a wide concavity on the<br />
adventral half of the flank.<br />
::•;, ,,, ' DIAGNOSIS. This species is charadiri·<br />
zed by: A) the change in its whorl section<br />
:through the ontogeny from depressed to subfas·<br />
- tigate, B) the ontogenetic development of'the<br />
ornament from smooth whorls (with constrictions?),<br />
to whorls covered with rectiradiate ribs, •<br />
and finally, with sigmoidal ribs with progressive<br />
stressing of the external adoral concavity, C)<br />
the rounded ribs and the wide intercostal spaces.<br />
Measutementa D Euw H W D/Euw04 D/H % No.R.<br />
C-169·1 28 13 11 9 46 39 25<br />
C·169·3 34 17 12 10 50 35 21<br />
COMMENTS. The ontogenetic development<br />
of this species is characteristic: it does not<br />
develop a keel at any stage, and its inner whorls<br />
• have a widely arched venter, however, in the<br />
latter stages the whorl section is acute ogival.<br />
The absence of acute inner whorls separates it<br />
from Brancoceras Steinmann (1881) and the<br />
same characteristics separate it trom Hysteroceras<br />
Hyatt (1900), ll'owever, the presence of<br />
transient tubercles and the chevron-like projection<br />
of the ribs on venter tend to give it a Hysteroceras-<br />
!ike appeazance (compaze fig. 4, on<br />
plate 9 of this paper with Hysteroceras aff.<br />
d'Orbigny Spath, 1934, p.486, text-fig. 169).<br />
The presence of rounded tubercles and<br />
the tendency to sharpening of venter with the<br />
strong projection of the ribs on venter differentiate<br />
Rinconiceras rinconi n. sp. from Eubrancoceras<br />
aegoceratoides (Steinmann), type species<br />
of Eubrancoceras Breistroffer (1952).<br />
The Colombian species also resembles<br />
Brancoceras (?) carinatum Collignon (1949,<br />
p.95, pl.20, figs.5, 5a, 5b) type species of<br />
Paroxy tropidoceras Breistroffer (1951, p.267,<br />
nom. nud.); the Madagascan species has a true<br />
carina whereas in the Colombian species the<br />
ven ter is merely sharpened on the adult and the<br />
species is in general more evolute.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Middle Albian.<br />
-·Family L YELLICERATIDAE<br />
, . <br />
9-::r<br />
r;!!!E!Is<br />
th: -<br />
Lyelliceras Spath, 1921, p. 220.<br />
1921.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. A. Lyelli Deshayes in Leyme·<br />
rie according to Spath; original<br />
designation<br />
Ll!jqicez:g cP·<br />
£. fis. ; ix:::Jis.Ji, s.<br />
olotype. C-255 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht. N.61)<br />
aratype. C-225 (U.N.C;M.H.N.C.P.Pt. N.63,64)<br />
Up to 11 mm D (C-225·1). The fllS t two<br />
, Whorls are apparently smooth; on the adapical<br />
.. • Part of the third whorl there are very well mar-<br />
ked sigmoid&] folds; shortly a strong acute rib<br />
appears at the periumbical rim, beginning with<br />
a compressed bullate nodeand ,exapd up to a<br />
subtriangular tubercle in the in'i"mtt e of the<br />
flank; from he cenal ercles tq the periventral<br />
margin the nbs wtden an--flatten and<br />
describe a crescentic shaped concavity to end at<br />
a clavate periventral tubercle; at this stage of<br />
growth the ribs cross the fastigate venter as several<br />
riblets that form acute "Vs". Between these<br />
ribs there may be one or two intercalary ribs<br />
which do not reach the umbilical third of the<br />
flank, the latter appear like handle-less sickles,<br />
but theY, are slightly less prominent than the -primary<br />
nbs. There are five primary ribs on the<br />
third whorl. The whorl section is ovate, higher<br />
than wide, with obtusely beveled venter along<br />
which a wavy weak carina develops. In general,<br />
the ribs form an elongated angular S on the<br />
flanks .<br />
Up to 23 mm D {C-225). At the adapical<br />
portion of the fourth whorl, a weak bituberculate<br />
intercalary rib extends to the periumbilical<br />
rim is still visible but from that point on there<br />
are no intercalary ribs. The ribs have a more or<br />
less accentuated polygonal profile; they begin<br />
at the middle of the umbilical wall and lead to<br />
the conical periumbilical tubercle forming a narrow,<br />
hih and acute prorsiradiate segment; the<br />
periumbtlical and centrolateral tubercles are<br />
connected by slightly wider almost rectiradiate<br />
segment of the rib, and from the latter tubercle<br />
to the periven tral tubercle the ribs are still wider<br />
and are slightly prorsiradiate, the strong ribs<br />
cross the venter almost normal to the ventral<br />
median line or with a light adoral acute arc. The<br />
involution line is immediately above the conical<br />
centrolateral tubercle. The tubercles along the<br />
ventral median line are clavate and tend to be·<br />
come conical. The whorl section is rounded<br />
subquadrate. There are 16 ribs on the venter of<br />
the last whorl. The intercostal spaces are 2.5 times<br />
as wide as the ribs and are flat bottomed.<br />
C) Up to 43 mm D (C-255). The medium<br />
size f!)ecimen selected as holotype, has the abo·<br />
ve characteristics with the interrupted rib profi·<br />
le mostly when the cen tral portion of the rib<br />
becomes strongly rursiradiate. The intercostal<br />
space varies from two to four times the width<br />
of the ribs on the internal mold. There are 19<br />
ribs on the last whorl.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. The species is characterized<br />
by: A) the eazly development of strong, acute<br />
and widely spaced ribs that in longitudinal profile<br />
appear as an elongated angular S, B) the<br />
presence of adumbilical and adven tral lateral tubercles<br />
on the ribs, the latter the most prominent.<br />
Measurements D Euw H w D/E•Jw D/H No.R.<br />
% %<br />
C·225·1 11 5 4 ? 45 36 8(1/2)<br />
C-225 23 10 87 8? 43 36 16<br />
C·225 43 21 13 12 48 30 19<br />
COMMENTS. This species differs from<br />
Lyelliceras lyelli (Leymerie MS), in d'Orbigny
BO<br />
(1841, pl. 74) as interpreted by Spath (1931,<br />
p.315), by the more depressed whorl section<br />
and rectiradiate ribs of that species. Breistroffer<br />
(1952, p. 2634) has recorded "Lyelliceras Lye<br />
IIi Desh. sp." from Boyaca, but his unillustrated<br />
record may not be relied upon; the specimens<br />
from Pen! referred to Lyelliceras 11elli (Leymerie)<br />
d'Orbigny, by Benavides · Caceres (1956;<br />
p. 463, pl. 51, figs.2,3), differ from the European<br />
forms, as observed by Young (1966, p. 18),<br />
because "the ribs . .. are sharper . .. ". The Peruvian<br />
taxon though more similar to the Colombian<br />
forms than to the European, has coarser<br />
ventral tubercles.<br />
e{liceras fNifolY.,elli,orme n. sp.<br />
" ' "' '·<br />
BE:<br />
:g-;·'hf."§, . -ti{.<br />
Holotype. C-255 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N.62)<br />
Paratype. (U. N. C. M. H. N. C. P. Pt. N. 65)<br />
A) Up to 20 mm D (C-225). The adapical<br />
part of the second whorl is smooth, the intercostal<br />
whorl section has convex sides that tend<br />
to form a fastigate venter, they merge smoothly<br />
into the oblique umbilical wall, the adoral seg·<br />
ment of the second whorl has broad pleat-like<br />
ribs separated by wider intercostal spaces; on<br />
the third whorl the ornament is characterized<br />
by strong sharp ribs t!tat begin at the umbilical<br />
rim, betweeen them there is a concave intercos·<br />
tal space with an intercalary rib appearing near<br />
the middle of the flank side. A conical centrola·<br />
teral tubercle is present on the primary ribs at<br />
the line of involution. On the fourth whorl<br />
(D:20 mm) the ornament consists of club-sha·<br />
ped convex ribs with three tubercles: one<br />
mammiform along the umbilical rim, a second<br />
more prominent and conical just adventral to<br />
center of flank and a third, clavate and still mo·<br />
re prominent, at the periventral margin . At this<br />
stage all the ribs are equally strong although the<br />
intercalary ribs may have the umbilical tubercle<br />
very reduced or occasionally do reach the umbilical<br />
rim; the ribs widen on the venter and<br />
cross normal to the median line, they are surmounted<br />
by a prominent clavate tubercie . The<br />
intercostal spaces are slightly wider than the<br />
ribs on the flank but narrower than the ribs on<br />
the venter.<br />
B) Up to 37 mm D (C-255). There is no<br />
change in the pattern of ornamentation; the<br />
whorl section is rounded subquadrate, slightly<br />
wider than high. When the shell is preserved the<br />
ribs seem to attenuate. The position of the tu·<br />
bercles on the whorl section migrates slightly<br />
outwards throughout the ontogeny.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the ontogenetic development of the ornament<br />
during which the intercalary ribs beco·<br />
me as prominent as the primary ribs, B) the<br />
coarse, club-shaped ribs that describe a broad<br />
adoral arc on the flanks, C) the rounded sub·<br />
quadrate whorl section in the adult.<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
Meuurements D Euw H W D/Euw D/H No.R.<br />
., %<br />
C·266 20? 8 7 7 40? 36? 9(1/2)<br />
C-266 37 18 13 14 48 36 20<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles Lye·<br />
l/iceras pseudolyelli (Parana and Bonarelli)<br />
[1896, p. 99, pl. 5, fig.2], especially the speci·<br />
men from Escragnolles (France) which Spath<br />
(1931) suggested should represent the species in<br />
the restricted sense, rather than the specimen<br />
referred to the same species by Spath (1931,<br />
p.319, pl. 32, fig. 14a, b; 15a, b). In the Colom·<br />
bian species, however, the ornament is coarser,<br />
the clavi along the ventral median line are very<br />
prominent and the whorl section is quadrangular.<br />
The specimen described by Riedel (1938,<br />
p.54, pl. 9, figs. 5, 6; pl.13, fig. 16) as Lyelliceras<br />
pseudolyelli Par. 8, Bon., has a compressed<br />
section and its ribs are adorally concave, however,<br />
it could fall withing the scope of the new<br />
species. It should be noted that on Parana and<br />
Bonarelli's figure 1b-lc of their plate 14 the juvenile<br />
does not seem to have a fastigate venter<br />
as in the Colombian species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Middle Albian.<br />
Lel/iceras isaac/eai n. S£:., ..•.<br />
·<br />
Pert, ng. 1.<br />
Holotype. C-255 (U. N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.63)<br />
A) Up to 11 mm D (C-255). The early<br />
ontogenetic development was studied on several<br />
small specimens whose growth stages overlap,<br />
however, because no intermediate stages be·<br />
tween them and the adult holotype were found,<br />
they are not considered adequate for specific<br />
determination even though their aspect seems<br />
characteristic; their description is present as a<br />
contribution to the understanding of the genus.<br />
The first and second volutlons following the<br />
protoconch have a whorl section which tends<br />
to be circular but has a wide and oblique umbi·<br />
Iical wall; on the adventral fourth the flanks<br />
flatten and converge toward the venter to form<br />
a low but distinct carina; at this stage the only<br />
ornamentation clearly visible is growth lines<br />
that describe a concavity on the umbilical wall<br />
and an elongated adoral arc on middle of the<br />
flank, .
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distance between the ribs varies from two and a<br />
half times the width of the ribs.<br />
B) Up to 60 mm D (C-255). The inner<br />
whorls of this specimen resemble those of tile<br />
1atgest or the previously described specimens.<br />
1n the holotype the centr third of the flk<br />
has two tubercles: 1) a moderately developed<br />
ovate tubercle at the boundary of the adumbili·<br />
cal third or the flank 2) a similar but more conical<br />
tubercle developed at the boundary with<br />
the adventral third ; there is a third clavate tu·<br />
bercle that grows outwards from the periven·<br />
tral margin. The tubercles are equidistant.<br />
Along the ventral median Une there is a row o(<br />
clavate tubercles that correspond to the peri·<br />
ventral tubercles but are more raised. .<br />
•.<br />
On the in tern a! mold the ribs seem to be·<br />
gin near the middle of the umbilical wall; the<br />
ribs are sharp adumbilically but become<br />
wider and flattened towards the periventral<br />
·margin; the ribs cross the venter as a wide band<br />
normal to the median line and have a tendency<br />
to split.<br />
The intercostal spaces are as wide as the<br />
ribs on venter, they become progressively wider<br />
toward the umbilical wall; the umbilical wall is<br />
inclined.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the slow development of the omamenta·<br />
tion, B) the distribution of the tubercles on the<br />
ribs outside the umbilical rim and their increa·<br />
sing prominence toward venter, C) the subrec·<br />
tangular whorl section with strong inclination<br />
of the umbilical wall.<br />
Meuurements D Euw H W DfEuw D/H No.R.<br />
% %<br />
C·255 60 28 22 20 47 37 26<br />
COMMENTS. This species differs from<br />
"Lyelliceras ulrichi Knechtel" (1947, p.99, pl.<br />
23, fig.1a. lb; Benavides Caceres, 1956, p.464,<br />
pl.51, fig.4,5,6,7 ,; see next genus), by the ra·<br />
pid development of a coarser, straighter and<br />
uniform ribbing in the Peruvian taxon, the lat·<br />
ter almost lacking any indication of adumbili·<br />
. cal lateral tubercles. Lyelliceras pseudolyellifor<br />
!"le n. sp. differs by its rounded subquadrate<br />
whorl section and strong arched ribs developed<br />
early in its ontogeny.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Middle Albian.<br />
tral to prominent ventrolateral clavi ; ventral<br />
median clavi corresponding to the ventrolateral<br />
ones; · ·-- ·· ·-<br />
COMMENTS. The genus diffeJrom Prolyellicer!IS<br />
Spa (1930), "{ hi
82<br />
lop along the ventral median line. At a diameter<br />
of about 15 mm, the sculpture becomes conso·<br />
lidated, the ribs widen adventraly, but they continue<br />
to be falcoid.<br />
The ribs are flattened on the adventral<br />
third of the flank and cross the venter, although<br />
much attenuated. Some ribs swell periumbilica·<br />
Uy, developihg a tubercle. The intercostal spaces<br />
are widt;r than the ribs and the intercalary<br />
ribs are irregularly distributed; the growth striae<br />
..r-foUow the pattern of the ribs, on venter they<br />
project and form a V with its apex pointing<br />
ad orally. The suture lines has E divided by<br />
asymmepical saddle.<br />
)<br />
B) Up to 110 m Q (-253, not collected<br />
in situ). The ornament consiSts of strongly fle·<br />
xuous ribs mostly primaries but occasionally<br />
an intercalary rib arises from the adapical slope<br />
of the next primary rib. When the test is preserved,<br />
the ribs appear broadly rounded, and<br />
although they are narrower on the internal mold,<br />
they still appear rounded; the flattening of the<br />
ribs between the internal lateral and the medial<br />
tubercles produces sulcus-like depressions on<br />
both sides of venter. The living chamber occupies<br />
2/3 of the last whorL<br />
. DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: · A) its robust aspect and subquadrate whorl<br />
section, B) the strongly flexuous ribbing in young<br />
adults that is straightened on the living cham·<br />
ber, C) the development of ad umbilical clavi on<br />
the early inner whorls and attenuation of the<br />
inner lateral tubercles on the living chamber.<br />
Meuurementa. t> Euw· H w DfEuw D{H No.R.<br />
% %<br />
In situ C-229 11 4 4 4? 36 36 12(1/2)<br />
" 16 6 6 6 40 40 21· ·<br />
19 8 8 8 42 .42 26<br />
.20 9 8 7 46 40 21<br />
7 13 12 13 7<br />
ex aitu C-263 21 10 8 ? 48 38 21<br />
c-253 •no 63 37 36 7 ? 'l6<br />
COMMENTS. This species diffeiS from<br />
Ralphimlayites prorsocuroatum (Gerhardt), be·<br />
cause it has less falcoid ribbing throghout its<br />
ontogeny, and develops ad umbilical bullae more<br />
consistently. Breis troffer (1936, p. 156,157)<br />
recorded "un Lyelliceras nov. sp. (gr, Gevreyi<br />
Jacob sp.) assez voisin du L. prorsocuroatum<br />
Guerh. sp. non R. Douv. sp. =.Prolyelliceros peruvianum<br />
Spath) . .. ", apparently from the sa·<br />
me region as the present specimens; subsequently<br />
Breistroffei' (1952, p. 266) suggested the<br />
association of Douvilleiceros solitae d'Orb. and<br />
Prolyelliceras cf. Gevreyi. "Pro lyelliceras"gevreyi<br />
(Jacob) (1907:..p.101 =A m. Lyelli, Leymerie, se·<br />
conde variete', in Picted and Campiche, 1860, p.<br />
198, pl. 24, fig. 7a, 7b), according to Pictet and<br />
Campiche's text and figure, the conch is compressed<br />
and high whorled (ib., p. 198, pl.24, fig.<br />
7a), the ventral median clavi do not correspond<br />
to the periventral ones (ib., fig. 7b).<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
At comparable diameteiS both species ha·<br />
ve a well marked adoral concavity of the ribs on<br />
the adventral third of the flank.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Middle Albian.<br />
. ·· . . a-=·1!,-ocera3Y.-19<br />
Tegoceras Hyatt, 1903, p. 84.<br />
03<br />
_<br />
TYPE SPECIES Ammonites mosensis d'Orbigny,<br />
original designation.<br />
_Tgpc e{f!i..,be,navid£,scaceres£ .!1·<br />
sp.<br />
PI.l1, fig.8; Text-figs. 8Z, SZ'.<br />
? 1956 Lyelliceras pseudolyelli Parona and<br />
Bonarelli, Benavides-Caceres, p.463,<br />
paiS., pl. 52, fig. 3.<br />
non 1956 Lyelliceras pseudolyelli Parona and<br />
Bonarelli, Riedel, 1937-1938, p.54,<br />
pl. 9, figs. 5-6, pl. 13, fig.16, in Be·<br />
navides Caceres, p. 463.<br />
1968 Lyelliceras pseudolyelli sensu Benavides-Caceres<br />
(non Par. Bon.) 1 Etayo-Serna,<br />
p. 37, fig. 9, Tab. I.<br />
Holotype. V.L.Est. 33a (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.<br />
N. 65).<br />
Only a single specimen is available. The<br />
conch is evolute; on the ·adapical portion of<br />
the last whorl the ribs egin in a su.bdued manner<br />
near the umbilical rim, slightly later they·<br />
tend to develop a weak bullae; just adventrally<br />
to the middle of the flank the ribs develop a<br />
small conical tubercle; from the umbilical rim<br />
to the subcentral tubercle, the ribs are prominent<br />
and rectiradiate or weakly convex adonijly;<br />
on the adventral third of the flank the nbJ; des<br />
cribe a concavity and become flatteed,.,:th.ey,<br />
end at a very prominent outwardly directed<br />
ventrolateral clavus.<br />
Occasionally a rib starts higher on flank<br />
than the otheiS. There are 24 ribs on the last<br />
whorl. On the adoral half of the last whorl the<br />
ribs look like broad folds. The intercostal spaces<br />
are slightly broader than the ribs on the in·<br />
temal moid, subequal when the test is preserved.<br />
The whorl section is higher than wide,<br />
and is truncated pyrifonn, with· the maximum<br />
inflation near the boundary between the adumbilical·<br />
and central thirds of the flank. On the<br />
venter there is a row of low clavi along the ven·<br />
tra! median line.<br />
The ribs• do not oppose each other but alternate<br />
from one flank to the other. The umbi·<br />
Jicalwall is short, inclined and rounds into the:<br />
flank.<br />
.<br />
..<br />
DIAGNOSIS . . Tbis species is characterized<br />
by: A) its sinuous, club-like ribs, B) its ven"trally<br />
truncated pyriform whorl section.
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 83<br />
Meuurementl. D Euw H W D(Euw D/H No.R.<br />
"fo %<br />
v. L. En. 33a 80 32 31 1 40 39 24<br />
" at 1 1 22 16 1 1 ?<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles<br />
-,"Acf1pthocems Seunesi Parona and Bpnare_lli"<br />
(1897, p. 100, pl. 5, fig. 9 =18goceras)., a more<br />
evolutesp.ecles than T. camatteanum (d Orbigny),<br />
but Parona and BonareUi's species has a more<br />
rectangular whorl section than the Colombian<br />
species, furthennore, the former Is more spuse·<br />
ly and strongly tuberculated.<br />
The specimen figured by Benavides.C&ceres<br />
(1956, pl. 6,.3', fig. 3) greatly resembles the<br />
Colombian specunen even in the pattern of the<br />
suture line, but L is narrower on the Peruvian<br />
species. In my opinion the whorl section of the<br />
Peruvian separates it lrom Lyelliceras pseudolyelli<br />
Parana and Bonarelli.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Upper San Gil Formation<br />
(Bed 8). Middle Albian.<br />
This species is named in honor of the Pe·<br />
ruvian geologist Dr. V.E. Benavides·Caceres.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Lyelliceras scheibei Riedel,<br />
1938, p. 55, pl. 9, fig. 7' 8;<br />
pl. 13, fig. 17.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. Homeomorph ofLyelliceras<br />
Spath (1921) in its early development; very evalute,<br />
the whorl section changes from reniform<br />
in the early whorls to vaulted in the intermedia· .<br />
te stages to subrectangular with flat yaullel sides<br />
in the adult; the living chamber o the adult<br />
tends to become rounded.<br />
The early whorls are smooth, the subse·<br />
quent whorls have straight ribs that appear as<br />
if bifurcating in a V fashion from periumbilical<br />
tubercles; on the living chamber of the adults<br />
the ribs are biconcave .<br />
All primary ribs bear, A) a periumbilical<br />
mammillate tubercle, B) a clavate to acute periventral<br />
tubercle, C) a ventrolateral clavus, and<br />
D) a conesponding ventral median clavus. On<br />
the living chamber of large specimens the<br />
tubercles tend to disappear. The suture line has<br />
wide subrectangular, subsymmetrical saddles, L<br />
·<br />
is dominantly bifid.<br />
COMMENTS. Codazziceras differs from<br />
Protacanthoceras Spath (1923) because it has<br />
a different ontogenetic development of the ornamentation,<br />
the ribs become thinner and bic·<br />
concave, and the ventral tubercles disappear;<br />
Protacanthoceras Is small and involute when<br />
· compared to Codazziceras.<br />
This genus is named in honor of the 19<br />
.century geographer Agustin Codazzi.<br />
Cogazzicergs scheibei (Riedel)<br />
Pl. 15, fig. 1; Text-figs. BR, 88<br />
1938 Lyelliceras scheibei Riedel, p. 55,<br />
pl. 9, figs. 7, 8; pl. 13, fig. 17.<br />
1954 Texanites aff. seiTatonuilf;natus (Redtenbacher),<br />
Biirgl, p.32 [ex spec. HB-<br />
81A. SGNMP].<br />
1957 Texanites aff.semztomarginatus (Redtenbacher),<br />
Burgi, p. 139.<br />
non 1957 Lyellicems scheibei Riedel, Biirgl, pl.<br />
10, figs. 3, 3a.<br />
1964 Texanites aff. semztomarginatus (Redtenbacher),<br />
Etayo-Sema, p. 127.<br />
1964 Lyelliceras scheibei Riedel, Etayo-Serna,<br />
p. 124.<br />
non 1965 Lyelliceras scheibei Riedel, BUrgi, in<br />
Campbell and Btirgl.<br />
Holotype. The specimen described and illustra·<br />
ted by Riedel, 1938.<br />
Hypotype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Hy.N.43).<br />
Type l.ocality. Cordillera de Virginia, NW de Ia<br />
estacion Virginia, Girardot, Cun·<br />
dlnamarca.<br />
A) Up to H 15 mm (C-134). The initial<br />
four whorls are smooth ; at the beginning of the<br />
fifth whorl, low pleats are visible, they rapidly<br />
become prominent; they begin at the umbilical<br />
seam and develop a thorny tubercle at the umbilical<br />
rim, they are nearly mdlal on the flank and<br />
develop a long clavate tubercle at the periven·<br />
tral margin (::;line of involution); adapical to each<br />
of these primary ribs an Intercalary rib develops,<br />
it begins in a subdued manner near the periumbilical<br />
tubercle but does not reach it, however,<br />
both ribs give the appearance of fanning a V; at<br />
first the intercostal spaces are broad and shallow<br />
on the flank. The ribs become very prominent<br />
on the fifth whorl, however, they are depressed<br />
near the middle of the fik.<br />
On the sixth whorl the inclined umbilical<br />
wall rounds into flat parallel sides; tlie latter are<br />
3/4 of the height of the whorl; the adventral<br />
fourth of the whorl Is beveled and limited adventrally<br />
by a sharp clavus; the ribs cross the<br />
venter transversely and bear a siphonal clavus<br />
corresponding to the periventral clavus.<br />
B) Up to approximately 75 mm D (C-134).<br />
The ornamentation of the early whorls is as<br />
previously described; the livin g chamber occupies<br />
two thirds of the last volution. At places<br />
where the test is present the ribs appear as if<br />
actually bifurcating in a V fashion from the periumbilical<br />
tubercle which elongates and slants<br />
adorally on the inclined umbilical wall.<br />
Toward the last half of the living chamber<br />
the tuberculation begins to attenuate, especially<br />
the periventral clavi, and the ventral median 11·<br />
ne of clavi disappears, leaving an arched ribbed
84<br />
venter; the ribs become biconcave and split Ion·<br />
gitudinally in several riblets; the angle between<br />
the ribs decreases. .<br />
C) Up to 96 mm D (C-134). On this speci·<br />
men only the ornamentation of the living cham·<br />
ber is observed ;the ribs that bifurcate from the<br />
umbilical tubercle decrease their angle and approach<br />
each other, furthermore, they tend to<br />
divide into several riblets (up to three); in this<br />
specimen the ventral median row of clavi,<br />
though very attenuated is still recognizable.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its large size, B) its prominent ornament<br />
of alternating (or bifurcating) long and short<br />
ribs, C) the arrangement of the tubercles,<br />
spinose periumbilically, clavate ad ventrally and<br />
ventrally, D) the biconcave ribs on the adult<br />
and the loss of the tuberculation.<br />
Measurements D Euw H w D/Euw D/H No.R<br />
% %<br />
C-134 7 ? at 15 13 7 7 16(1/2)<br />
C·134 757 39 24 22 527 32 19(1/2)<br />
C•134 96 5"3 34 34 56 35 40?(3/<br />
. COMMENTS. Ritdel (op.cit., p.55) dis·<br />
tinguished his Lyelliceras · scheibei from the<br />
other known species of Lyelliceras by the alternation<br />
of long and short ribs; he also compared<br />
his species to Ammonites ospinae Karsten but<br />
the union of the ribs at the periumbilical tubercles<br />
and the whorl section, wider than high,<br />
in Karsten's species were considered sufficient<br />
to diffe rentiate both species.<br />
I adhere to Riedel's criteria especially the<br />
latter; Karsten's species has rounded, ball-like,<br />
strong tubercles. Karsten's species apparently<br />
comes from beds overlying beds that yielded<br />
Ammonites toroanus Karsten and Ammonites<br />
mosque rae Karsten of Lower Turonian age.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Lower Coniacian.<br />
·<br />
£o dazicer fina.n. m..<br />
PJ.t3, 1ig, l7; Text-figs. 8M, 8N, 8Q, 88.<br />
1957 A canthoceras (?) ospinae (Karsten),<br />
· Biirgl, p.137.<br />
1957 Acanthoceras ospinae (Karsten), Biirgl,<br />
·<br />
pl.12, fig. 5a, 5b.<br />
1964 Acanthoceras cf.ospinae (Karsten), Etayo<br />
Sema, p. 34.<br />
1964 Acanthoceras ?ospinae (Karsten), Etayo<br />
Serna, p. 124, pars, Burgi's identification<br />
only.<br />
1968 · Acanthoceras ·ospinoe (Karsten), Etayo<br />
Sema, p.60.<br />
1972 Acanthoceras ospinae (Karsten), Etayo<br />
Sema, p.46.<br />
F. ETAYO · SERNA<br />
Holotype. C-134 (U.N.C,M.H.N.C.P.Ht. N.66)<br />
Paratype. (C-134 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Pt. N.67)<br />
The first whorl is smooth; the second<br />
whorl is inflated and has a reniform section, the<br />
third whorl has a subelliptical section: the<br />
flanks are subparallel, slightly convex, the venter<br />
is widely arched, the umbilical wall is abrupt<br />
and rounds into the sides without forming a definite<br />
rim. At the beginning of the fourth whorl<br />
broad pleat-like ribs develop; they begin to be<br />
well defined at the umbilical rim and on flank<br />
form a faint adoral bow up to the adventral<br />
third of the flank where they describe an adoral<br />
concavity , they end at the perlventral margin at<br />
claviform bulges. Wide constriction-like intercostal<br />
spaces are parallel to the ribs, but unlike<br />
the latter, they continue weakly across the venter,<br />
forming wide adoral linguiform projections.<br />
Contemporaneously very weak clavi develop<br />
along the ventral median line corresponding<br />
to the ventrolateral clavi. On the fifth whorl the<br />
ornament is well defined: there are coarse ribs<br />
which begin at the umbilical seam, developing a<br />
clavate swelling at the periumbilical rim where<br />
they bifurcate into radial branches in a Y fashion;<br />
both branches develop a spiniform tubercle<br />
at the beginning of the adventral third<br />
of the flank (= level of the involution line),<br />
from this tubercl the ribs trend obliquely<br />
adorally on the beveled adventral third of the<br />
whorl, they have a sharp periventral clavus and<br />
cross venter normal to the median line where<br />
they attenuate and develop a clavus. The<br />
intercostal spaces are deep and as wide as the<br />
ribs, especially those separating pairs of ribs.<br />
On the sixth whorl the section is higher<br />
than wide, the umbilical wall is subvertical and<br />
short, rounding rapidly into the flank s which on<br />
their inner three quarters of height are flat and<br />
parallel but on the adventral quarter are trunca·<br />
ted; on the costal whorl section the venter ap<br />
pears coronate , but on the intercostal section<br />
the venter is a wide ar.<br />
. On: tl')e seventh whorl the periumbilical<br />
bullae are very prominent and more widely spa·<br />
ced, contemporaneously one or two intercalary:<br />
ribs develop: they begin as if they were elonga·<br />
ted in a subdued manner tangent to the umbilical<br />
rim, then they are rectiradiate on the adven-.<br />
tral half of the flank and bear weak extemal la<br />
teral tubercles, the periventral and ventral median<br />
tubercles are regulary emphasized. On one<br />
paratype (C-134) the intercalarlyribs reach the<br />
umbilical rim and all ribs are much more promi·<br />
nent on the venter.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by •the ontogenetic development of its ornament,<br />
A) with a rapid appearance of intRrcalapr .<br />
ribs and of bifurcating ribs in a Y-like fashion,·<br />
B) the areentuated stressing of the periumbilical<br />
bullae with growth, and D) the relatively fine<br />
ribbing.
86 F. ETA YO - SERNA<br />
rent localities although presumably the same<br />
stratigraphical level: I) a juvenile specimen of<br />
about 120 mm diameter (as measured on figure<br />
3, plate 8 of Schliiter's paper), and II) an adult<br />
of about 297 mm diameter (measured on fig. 1,<br />
pl. 8, op. cit.). These illustrations were accepted<br />
as representig conspecific specimens by Laube<br />
and Bruder, whose own figure of the species,<br />
one adult specimen, shows a subrectangular section<br />
comparable to that of Schliiter's specimen_<br />
(op . cit., pi.S, fig. 1).<br />
Juveniles of von Schlotheim's species, in<br />
Schluter's (op. cit. p. 20, pl. 8, fig. 4) sense ha·<br />
ve a high rectangular whorl section and numerous<br />
clavi, up to 20 per whorl on the ventral<br />
margins.<br />
In contrast, some South American speci·<br />
mens referred to Mammites, Cor instance that<br />
figured by Benavides Caceres (1956, p. 468, pl.<br />
55 , fig. 5·6) have a regular ornament with less<br />
numerous, strong clavi on both sides of the ven·<br />
tral median area, and also have a "subquadrate"<br />
whorl section; thus, these South American spe·<br />
cies of Mammites have an accelerated development<br />
of the ornamentation with few prominent<br />
ventral clavi, unlike the type species.<br />
The new species from Colombia also di·<br />
ffers from the Tunisian "Mammites nodosoides<br />
var Afra" Pervinquiere (1907, p. 310, text-fig-.-<br />
118, pl. 18, fig. 2, 3) which has radially elonga<br />
_ted periumbilical tubercles rather than conical.<br />
Pei:'Vinquhre's species is also compressed. Pervin·<br />
quiere's Mammites nodosoides Schlotheim,"Forme<br />
typique" (ib ., p. 310, pl. 18, figs. 1a, b) has<br />
very strong, less numerous periumbilical tuber·<br />
cles which dominate in development over the<br />
upper ventrolateral tubercles, the reverse ofthe<br />
condition on the Colombian species. In my<br />
opinion, Pervinquiere's specimen is not to be<br />
referred to M. nodosoides sensu Schliiter.<br />
OCCURRENCE. La Frontera Formation.<br />
Lower Turonian.<br />
Msunroites ugQ.UL !ill..<br />
Pl. 13, fig. ; Tex-fig. 8.0.<br />
Holotype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N. 68).<br />
Only the holotype is available. The first<br />
three whorls are smooth , subcylindrical in sec·<br />
tion; on the fourth whorl there are acute to ro· .<br />
unded, subradial, prominent ribs separated by<br />
shallow, wider intercostal spaces; on the fifth .<br />
whorl a differentiation of the ribs occurs; they<br />
begin as folds at the umbilicitl seam and describe<br />
a concave arc on the umbilical wall ; on the flanks<br />
some are high and acute and other are broad<br />
and rounded; on some of them a sharp subtrian·<br />
gular periumbilical tubercle is present; at this<br />
stage the whorl section.),&_ subquadrangular (H:<br />
5mm; W: 5mm); the umbilical wall is oblique<br />
and merges into the flanks in a broadly rounded<br />
umbilical rim, here is the maximum whorl width ,<br />
on the adumbilical and central thirds the flanks<br />
are parallel but they have a slight tendency to<br />
converge toward venter; the adventral third of<br />
the flank is beveled to slightly concave, with a<br />
tubercle at each margin; the ventral median zo·<br />
ne is shallow and concave ; the intercostal whorl<br />
section is subcylindrical.<br />
On the sixth whorl the ornamentation<br />
changes drastically : no umbilical tubercles, the<br />
ribs become acute folds or accentuated bundles<br />
of growth striae; they describe a shallow, short<br />
adoral concavity on the umbilical wall, then<br />
they form a broad arc on the adumbilical and<br />
central thirds of the flank, then on the adventral<br />
third they form an oblique, crescentic concavity<br />
and extend onto the venter in attenuated form<br />
where they make an adoral arc on the ventral<br />
median zone ; on the periventral margin of the<br />
venter the ribs have a bullate tubercle which Ia·<br />
ter becomes rounded, and on both sides of the<br />
ventral median zone they develop thorny, outwardly<br />
inclined clavi.<br />
On the adoral half of the last whorl, the<br />
ribs become riblets that bifurcate near the mid·<br />
die of the flank forming a Y, with one branch<br />
bend adapically and the other ad orally , so every<br />
periventral tubercle is connected by secondary<br />
riblets from two different primary ribs, forming<br />
a zig-zag pattern; at this stage the whorl section<br />
is subquadrangular with its maximum width at<br />
the umbilical rim, the venter is marrow, concave.<br />
The growth striae follow the course of the ribs.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by its strong ontogenetic changes: A) it is first<br />
smooth and has subcylindrical whorl section, B)<br />
next it becomes trituberculate with strong ribs<br />
(Mammites-Iike stage), C) it becomes bituberculate,<br />
gains a subquadrate, adumbilically bulging<br />
whorl section and develops zig-zag like fine rib·<br />
bing.<br />
Meuurementa D Euw H W D{Euw D/H<br />
% %<br />
c. 263 31 11 13 16 36 41<br />
The measurements are taken where the<br />
preservation (?f the conch permits them.<br />
. COMMENTS. This species is provisionally<br />
referred to Mammites because of the transient<br />
stage du.ring which it resembles .Mammites; no<br />
indication of constrictions were observed. The<br />
only species known to me that resembles M. fu·<br />
gax, has been referred to Be '\ ueites by Reyment<br />
(Benueites spinosus Reyment, l954a, p.156, pl.<br />
3, fig. 2; and' especially 1955, p. 58, pl.13, figs.<br />
24 , and text-fig. 25a), but in this species the<br />
perillmbilic;al.tubercles develop only late during<br />
growth, contrary to the situation in M. fugax.<br />
Incidentally, Reyment subsequently figured<br />
Benueites sp inosus as coming from Colom·<br />
_ bia (La. Frontera, Alban; 1971, pl. 12, figs. 2a·b,<br />
pl. 3, fig. 3a, 36 ).<br />
In summary, in B. spinosus the ontogenetic<br />
change in ornament is from finely costate to
ZON ATION O F THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 87<br />
strongly costate and umbilically tuberculate,<br />
the opposite is true in Mammites fugax n. sp.<br />
OCCURRENCE. La Frontera Formation.<br />
Lower Turonian.<br />
mmi!fUQLt:ulatJ!LU· sp.<br />
: 13;ii 10; Text-fig. 8P.<br />
Holotype. C-310 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.69).<br />
Only the holotype is available. The penultimate<br />
whorl is of relatively moderate size , its<br />
adapical segment is smooth except for channellike<br />
oblique constrictions preceded adapically<br />
by a rounded flange that bears a prominent<br />
rounded UIJlbilical tubercles; the space between<br />
two constrictions is polygonal, reniform.<br />
At a point, and more or less suddenly, paralleling<br />
both sides of the ventral median region,<br />
11. pair of clavi arise on ven ter. The ribs issue<br />
from the umbilical rim and extend radially to<br />
about middle of the flank where a conical-like<br />
tubercle occurs; from it the ribs trend slightly<br />
prorsiradiate.<br />
On the last preserved segment the section<br />
is lozenge-shaped with maximum width at the<br />
umbilical rim; there are single primary ribs<br />
which arise from a bullate umbilical tubercle,<br />
they trend rad ially up to the lateral tubercle<br />
which is adventral to middle of the flank, from<br />
this tu bercle the rib slants adorally and develops<br />
another weak, round and feebly clavate tubercle<br />
at the periventral margin, and then the rib<br />
goes straight across the venter. Between two primary<br />
ribs with periumbilical tubercles there<br />
may be an intercalary rib ·that disappears near<br />
the umbilical rim ; sporadicallytwo ribs seem to<br />
arise from an umbilical tubercle . At this late stage<br />
the whorl section is lozenge-shaped: the ven·<br />
ter is flat, the flanks diverge to the periumbili·<br />
cal tubercle and then they slant to the umbilical<br />
seam fonnin,g an oblique umbilical wall.<br />
A smaller specimen with the same rib de·<br />
velopment and conspicuous "juvenile constric·<br />
tions" on the inner whorls is referred to the<br />
same species. On both specimens the areas with<br />
test preserved are covered with fine growth<br />
striae crossed by strigations.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the development of a lozenge-shaped<br />
whorl section in the adult, B) the bullae-like<br />
umbilical tubercles from which usually only<br />
one rib is issued, C) the non attenuation of the<br />
ribs on the venter.<br />
Mea.urementa D Euw H W D/Euw D/H No.R.<br />
, C-310 (Paratype) 20 9<br />
C·310 (Holotype) ? ?<br />
8 9<br />
? 7<br />
% %<br />
45 40 18<br />
? ? ?<br />
COMMENT.S. The whorl section of the<br />
ault of this species is very peculiar and no si·<br />
,lndar shape is known to me. Mammites revelie-<br />
rianum Coustillier, after the whorl section lllustrated<br />
by Karrenberg (1935, p. 132) has a rather<br />
pyriform to quadrangular section.<br />
OCCURRENCE. La Frontera Formation.<br />
Lower Turonian. _<br />
· -·<br />
· .. ,.'..,; .<br />
Family VASCOCERATIDAE<br />
Genus [F@scifs;. g.] = 4/c<<br />
TYPE EPECIES. Ammonites toroanus Karsten,<br />
1858, p. 109, pl. 4, fig. 2.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. Conch of moderate size,<br />
craterumbilicate to angustiumbilicate; the<br />
whorl section is subcircular on the innermost<br />
whorls, but it progressively becomes highly<br />
convex or flattened ogival.<br />
The constrictions are bisected by a<br />
prominent rounded rib which extends adorally<br />
on ven ter in a short lingu ifonn arc; the edges of<br />
the constrictions are thickened and rounded as ·<br />
if they were ribs; minor constrictions and rib lets<br />
may develop parallel to the principal ones, but<br />
usually the ornament between constrictions is<br />
dominated by growth striae; the most prom!·<br />
nent observable ornament is internal, well impressed<br />
on the internal molds.<br />
The suture has bush · like E/L,<br />
and subsymmetrical , deep, trifid L.<br />
COMMENTS. This genus differs from<br />
Thomasites Pervinquiere (1907), which has urn·<br />
bilical and periventral tubercles; from Neop tychites<br />
Kossmat (1895) which has an evenly arched<br />
whorl section, a constricted aperture and<br />
by the absence of constriction-rib type of internal<br />
ornament.<br />
frgncir;:oft.g§ §.U arezi n. sP.o;<br />
Pl 13, fig. 2; Text-figs. SX, SY, 8 ii.<br />
Holotype . C-310 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht. N.70)<br />
Paratype. C-310 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Pt. N.69)<br />
A) Up to 6 mm D (C-310). Several speci·<br />
mens ·were dissected but the protoconch was<br />
not observed. The smallest specimen studied<br />
has a moderately globose shell, the whorl section<br />
is circular to suboblong; the umbilical wall<br />
is subvertical and rounds evenly into the convex<br />
sides, the venter is arched. The surface of the<br />
shell is apprently smooth.<br />
The adapical third of the whorl shows a<br />
ridge-like prominence across the venter and<br />
dying about near middle of the flank; this is<br />
interpreted as fortuituous; ad apical to the ridge<br />
and paralleling it there is a narrow shallow sulcus;<br />
several constrictions without adjacent rid·<br />
ges divide the conch into segments.<br />
B) Up to 10 mm D (C-'3 10). At this dia·<br />
meter the whorl section becomes compressed,<br />
the sides are subparallel and the venter Is arched;<br />
the umbilical wall is vertical and the umbilical<br />
rirr: is abruptly rounded.
88<br />
The adapical end of this conch has a<br />
prominent rounded rib which starts near the<br />
middle of the flank and prqects adorally as a<br />
linguifonn arc on venter; adapical to this rib<br />
there is a very weak parallel sulcus, adoral to lt<br />
there is a parallel channel - like constriction.<br />
At the end of the first fourth of the<br />
whorl there is a similar more prominent roun·<br />
ded rib with its adjacent constrictions.<br />
Between the second and third fourths<br />
of the whorl there is a similar constriction, but<br />
it is preceded adapically by a ridge-like swelling<br />
on the test; the third fourth of the whorl is like·<br />
wise ended by a prominent rounded rib but<br />
no ridge develops, however, the adapical cons·<br />
triction is more accentuated and wider than the<br />
adoral constriction which in addition has a well<br />
marked, thin, rounded rib just adorally.<br />
The fragments of test on the last fifth of<br />
the whorl show that the growth lines describe<br />
a feeble and adumbilical concavity and a slight<br />
arc on most of the flank to finally project ado·<br />
rally on the venter like the constriction. There<br />
are five pairs of ribs and constrictions per whorl.<br />
Between the constrictions the test is smooth<br />
except for the growth lines; the space between<br />
the first four constrictions is equal, the fifth<br />
one has half the previous distance.<br />
C) Up to 20 mm D (C-310). Specimen sli·<br />
ghtly compressed. The whorl section has flatte·<br />
ned flanks, the venter tends to be acutely ar·<br />
che d.<br />
The whorl is divided by six prominent<br />
rounded ribs, with a constriction on each side,<br />
of which the adapical one is wide and shallow<br />
whereas the. adoral one is narrow and deep,<br />
both constrictions coverge and merge at the<br />
umbilical margin where _a channel-like depres·<br />
sion is formed, the rib disappears at the adum·<br />
bilical third of the flank; both the adoral and<br />
adapical constrictions are bordered by rounded<br />
riblets distinct only on the adventral half of<br />
the flank; the intercostal space is covered by<br />
owth striae only; the spacing between the ribs<br />
1s irregular but there are only six principal ribs<br />
per whorl; a minor pair of constrictions separa·<br />
ted by an acute riblet is visible adoral to each<br />
principal rib.<br />
Viewing the whorl from the adapical end<br />
the segments appear to be bulgirig laterally. In<br />
one paratype (C-310) there are several of these<br />
·<br />
acute riblets.<br />
D) Up to 25 mm D (C-310). The whorl<br />
section has slightly convex sides and an arched<br />
venter; the width of the main ribs is greater ada·<br />
perturally, but in other respects it has the same<br />
appearance as the previous whorl.<br />
The living chamber occupies the last third<br />
of the whorl. Where the test is preserved the<br />
principal ribs are paralleled by the fine, attenuated<br />
low and rib-like rounded margins of the ad·<br />
F. ETA YO - SERNA<br />
jacent constrictions; the groups of fine acute ribs<br />
in all cases are developed next to the principal<br />
ribs.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by the ontogenetic development with : A) chan·<br />
ge in the whorl section from subcircular to ogi·<br />
val with subparallel flanks, B) the rounded pri·<br />
mary ribs accompanied by constrictions that<br />
first appear on the ventral region and then advance<br />
toward the umbilical region during growth<br />
C) its narrow umbilicus.<br />
Meuurementa D Euw H w D/Euw% D/H%<br />
"C-310 6 1 3 3 17 l\0<br />
C·310 10 2 5 4 20 l\0<br />
C·310 20 3 10 8 15 60<br />
C·310 26 3 13 11 12 62<br />
COMMENTS. The type species Ammoni·<br />
tes toroanus Karsten, from Venezuela (Karsten,<br />
1858, p, 109, pl.4, fig. 2a, 2b) is a thicker<br />
species apparently with a larger umbilicus<br />
tnowever, KaJ:Sten's original have the umbilicus<br />
filled with matrix; see his pl.4, fig.2a), and most<br />
importantly the internal ribs are stronj!er and its<br />
venter wider than in Franciscoites suarezi.<br />
Leanza (1968, p. 192) compared "A mmonites<br />
toroanus'' Karsten to the inner whorls of<br />
his "Lewesiceras ubatense ", because of the pre·<br />
sence of scattered constrictions; in my view the<br />
similarity dee; not indicate affinities.<br />
OCCURRENCE. La Frontera Fonnation.<br />
Lower turonian.<br />
Genus j Imlayiceras 1 Le z3 1<br />
1968.<br />
= W,..·,f,w Cw
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMIA BY AMMONITES 89<br />
tion of the shell becomes accentuated, at the same<br />
time the strength of the ribs decreases even<br />
though their sinuosity persists; when the test is<br />
preserved the ribs are indicated by slightly rai·<br />
sed bundles of growth. striae; the adapical slope<br />
pf these.!>undles is steeper than the 1 a.dqral slope;<br />
the intercostal spaces are vai'}able m width but,<br />
usually wider than the ribs. Ad orally the ventral<br />
sulcus gets weaker.<br />
C) Up to over 35 mm D (C-310). The<br />
whorl section is slightly wider toward the cen·<br />
ter of the whorl; the low, weak ribs arise at the<br />
umbilical edge In couples and are very weak<br />
when they cross the venter; the· periventral<br />
carinae have almost disappeared and the venter is<br />
flat and truncate. The apertural margin is plain,<br />
it follows the falcoid path of the ribs. The living<br />
chamber is about two thirds of the last whorl.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
,by: A) a juvenile early stage with bicarinate and<br />
sulcate venter, together with prominent falcoid<br />
ribbing; B) a later stage with flat venter and numerous<br />
weak, flattened falcoid ribs that arise in<br />
bundles at the umbilical rim and split in twos<br />
on the external third of the flank and cross the<br />
venter producing crenulated edges; C) a narrow<br />
umbilicus throughout the ontogeny.<br />
MeaJURmenu<br />
C-310<br />
C·310<br />
D Euw<br />
25 3<br />
35 4<br />
H W D/Euw% D/H %<br />
14 7 12 36<br />
20 11 11 57<br />
COMMENTS. Imlayiceras was proposed<br />
by A.F. Leanza (1968, p.l96), and considered<br />
different from Hoplitoides von Koenen (1898)<br />
"restringido al gropo de H. /atesellatus von Koenen"<br />
(op.cit., p. 198), largely because of the<br />
presence of shallow but evident constrictions in<br />
the juvenile stage<br />
The early juvenile stage of I. ralphimlayi<br />
at fm t glance resembles that of lmlayiceras<br />
washboumei Leanza, (1968, pl. 4, fig. 3-4) but<br />
the Colombian specimens do not show constric·<br />
tions although the intercostal spaces are slightly<br />
accentuated (not interpreted as constrictions<br />
here); the juveniles also have a narrow umbilicus<br />
and, although Leanza remarks that his<br />
illustrated juvenile (see op. cit., pl.4, fig.3) has a<br />
proportionately wide umbilicus, I suspect that<br />
this width is an optical effect due to the umbilicus<br />
being filled with matrix on Leanza's specimen<br />
(see op. cit., pl.4, fig.7).<br />
. The largest specimen in my collection also<br />
resembles another specimen [Paratype USNM<br />
132559] refened by Leanza (op. cit., pl.6, figs.<br />
4 ,5) to his species, bu t• he describes the orna·<br />
mentation of his species as consisting only of<br />
fine growth striae, whereas on the Colombian<br />
species the striae are in elevated bands and an<br />
incons}:)icuous ribbing is present on the intemal<br />
mold. Furthermore, on the Colombian species,<br />
the ribs cross the venter and produce a railroad<br />
aspect with Irregular crenulated edges. At this<br />
stage the carinae are still prominent in Leanza's<br />
species but on I. ralphimlayi the venter is already<br />
truncated and the whorl section is evenly<br />
•<br />
.:II: ··<br />
arched although slightly truncated on the ad·<br />
ventral fourth of the flanks.<br />
The whorl section of the Colombian<br />
species . resembles that of "Hoplitoides munieri<br />
., Pervinquiere (107, .p.2.1;7·•·PllD . ·•- la, b,<br />
2a, 2b), but the latter was descnbed as havmg<br />
"Fiancs lisses (ni cotes, ni tubercules) , reguliere<br />
ment mais tres faiblement bombes '. Leanza<br />
suggested that this species could also be included<br />
in his genus.<br />
In the Mexican Hoplitoides cf • . H. munieri<br />
figured by Kummel and Decker (1954, p.317,<br />
pl.33, fig. 1,2, Text-fig.7 ,10) they indicate that,<br />
"Low, indistinct, irrelarly spaced transverse<br />
ribs cross the venter' ; the Mexican species is<br />
noticeably similar in general shape to my specimens<br />
except that it is larger and has a more persistenUy<br />
excavated venter; the latter species also<br />
was indicated by Leanza as possible member<br />
of Imlayiceras. The internal whorls of Hoplitoides<br />
inca Benavides Caceres (1956, p. 475, pl.63,<br />
figs. 6-11), are also similar but on the Peruvian<br />
species the ventrolateral ridges persist longer in<br />
the ontogeny.<br />
OCCURRENCE. La Frontera Formation.<br />
Lower Turonian.<br />
This species is named in honor of Dr.<br />
Ralph Imlay of the U.S. <strong>Geolo</strong>gical Survey.<br />
Genus §esiaJ Pervinquiere, 1907.<br />
Fagesia Pervinquiere, 1907, p.319.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Olcostephanus superstes Koss·<br />
mat, original designation.<br />
Fa za.LJi.Jl .sp.<br />
1it13 , fi'g. l; P1.14. fig.5;<br />
Text-fig. ST.<br />
1957 Vascoceras sp. nov., BUrgi, pl.13, figs. Sa,<br />
8b.<br />
Holotype. C-310 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht. N.72)<br />
Paratype. C-310 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt. N.71)<br />
A) Up to 17 mm D (C-310). The inner<br />
whorls were dissected in two specimens, but the<br />
protoconch was not reached. They have a reniform<br />
whorl section: depressed with the flanks<br />
and the venter formng a wide arc,"the umbili·<br />
cal wall is vertical. The umbilical rim is abrupt<br />
but not acute.<br />
Externally the conch has periodically wellspaced<br />
flanges that begin at the umbilical rim<br />
with a bullae or knob-like swelling and trend<br />
toward the venter with a slight adoral concavity<br />
on ·the flanks; they project forward on the<br />
venter forming an acute arc. Adapical to this<br />
ridge there is a wide shallow constriction that<br />
reaches the umbilical rim; adoral to the ridge<br />
there is another constriction which however, is<br />
narrower than the preceding one and which is<br />
paralleled adorally by a moderate ridge which
90 F. ETAYO · SERNA<br />
dies out near the middle of the flank. This<br />
second ridge is only recognizable when the test<br />
is preserved.<br />
Midway between two principal flanges<br />
there is a bullae-fonn swelling; this swelling<br />
dies near the middle of the flank. The ornament<br />
becomes. prominent almost suddenly;<br />
the two ridges arise from a prominent conical<br />
periumbilical tubercle and the interposed bullae<br />
becomes at first the start of one rib, then of two.<br />
All the ribs tend to be of equal strength.<br />
B) Up to 33 mm D (C-310). The ornament<br />
continues in the same pattern but the tubercles<br />
corresponding to the original intercalary ribs<br />
are the most prominent; inte:rspersed intercalary<br />
ribs which die near the middle of the flank<br />
may occur; the section becomes wide and has a<br />
very high umbilical wall.<br />
C) Up to 46 mm D (C-310). The living<br />
chamber occupies about halt the last whorl; the<br />
intercostal spaces as in the preceding stage are<br />
about twice as wide as the ribs.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its rounded subrectangular whorl section<br />
in the adult, B) the increasing strength of its<br />
ribs and the periumbilical mammillate tubercles.<br />
Measurements D Euw H w DfEuw D{H<br />
% a/o<br />
C·310 17 6 7 11 35 41<br />
C-3 10 33 11 14 22 33 42<br />
C-310 46 ?<br />
COMMENTS. Fagesia zanellai differs from<br />
''Fagesi peroni var. colombiana" Fritzche (1923),<br />
because the latter is smooth and flattened. Fagesia<br />
thevestensis (Peron) (1896; p.23, pl.7,<br />
figs. 2-3; Pervinquiere, 1907, p.325, pl.20, figs.<br />
5a,b; 6a,b), is a similar species but it possesses<br />
from 14 to 15 periumbilical tubercles whereas<br />
in the. ,Colombian species the tubercles vary<br />
fromJfto 10; further, the intercostal spaces are<br />
wider'iand the conch is more involute at comparable'dlameters<br />
in the Colombian species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. La Frontera Fomiation.<br />
Lower Turonian.<br />
This species is named in honor of the geologist<br />
Livio Zanella.<br />
_<br />
Genus (P _ _ _<br />
a a71U!mmit<br />
"""<br />
s Furon, 1935.<br />
- · \". ·<br />
Pa<br />
ramammites Furon 1935, p. 58;.<br />
__<br />
n<br />
__<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Vascoceras polymorphum Pervinquiere,<br />
subsequent desig·<br />
. ttation, R1!yitulnt 1954, foot·<br />
- note p. 255. · .<br />
.f.aron.!.ammies_..£2!o_ mbian!:f!.<br />
n.sp. . .<br />
Pl. 13, figs. 5, 13.<br />
1968 Paroi7Uitnmites cf.P. gracilis (Pervinquiere),<br />
Etayo-Sema, p. 43, fig. 13, T. 1.<br />
1972 Paromammites sp. Etayo-Serna, p. 47.<br />
Holotype. L.Vs-7 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.73).<br />
Only the holotype is available; the internal<br />
whorls are not observable. The whorl section<br />
is depressed, coronate; the conch is widely umbilicated.<br />
The ornament consists of flaring, com·<br />
pressed triangular peg-like umbilical clavi that<br />
begin at the umbilical seam; from these clavi<br />
usually two but sometimes three ribs branch;<br />
the ribs are compressed and acute and cross the<br />
flank radially or with a feeble adoral concavity,<br />
they bear a minute, almost imperceptible angulosity<br />
(or tubercle?) near the middle of the flank<br />
and they have an acute bullate tubercle which<br />
is slightly bent adapically on each side of a<br />
narrow median ventral area; along the median<br />
ventral line the ribs are very weak_, almost interrupted<br />
but have a weak adoral arc. There are<br />
16 periumbilical tubercles per whorl; the intercostal<br />
spaces are one and a half times as wide as<br />
the ribs on the internal mold,they are subequal<br />
on the test.<br />
Toward the adapical half of the last whorl<br />
there are deep oblique constrictions across the<br />
flanks, they parallel the ribs and begin at the<br />
umbilical seam. When the test is preserved, stri·<br />
gations are observed on it.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its wide umbilicus with vertical wall surrounded<br />
by stake-like tubercles, B) its reniform<br />
whorl section, and C) the very subdued tubercles<br />
on the middle of the flanks.<br />
Measurements D Euw H W DfEuw D/H<br />
. % %<br />
L.Vz.· 7 25 12 9 13 48 36<br />
COMMENTS. Paramammites colombianus<br />
differs form Paramammites gracilis (Pervinqui·<br />
ere) [1907, p. 337, pl. 21, fig. 41, the species I<br />
previously compared it with, by lhe more com·<br />
pressed whorl section and strong tubercles near<br />
the middle of the flank of the Tunisian species.<br />
The ribs are more numerous in the Colombian<br />
form:, 16 per h8lf whorl compared to 11 in the<br />
Tunisi.lu\ species. The specimen described from<br />
Vene;uela by Leza (1968, p.200, pl. 1 ! fig .. !-<br />
4) as "Paramamm1tes polymorphus Pervmqm<br />
re", has a more compressed whorl section and<br />
has stt;ng, blunt ribs and tuberculation.<br />
·<br />
occuRRENCE.<br />
San Rafael Formation. · ·<br />
LowefTuronian.<br />
Family COILOPOCERATIDAE ;· .<br />
G,enus •·<br />
[8 oplitoides)vo n Koenen:l·;<br />
. ... , . .<br />
Hoplitoides von Koenen, 1898, p. 53. ::;:- >:·<br />
YP<br />
T<br />
E SPECIES. ffoplitoides latesellatus v'on·<br />
Koenen, original designatjR,n,<br />
. ;<br />
Hop1itoides b,e.!!!,!Znm ojc •<br />
n. sp.<br />
Pl. 13, figs. 4, 8.
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBiA BY AMMONITES 91<br />
1972 Hoplitoides ingens (v.Koenen), Reyment,<br />
p. 915, pl. 35, fig. 4a, 4b, 4c.<br />
Holotype. C-310 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N.74).<br />
paratype. C-310 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N.72) •<br />
.. • \1 ,,1 .... . -· .<br />
The innennost whorl observed on internal<br />
mold is the thiid; the whorl section is subcircular<br />
at the ad apical portion, It has a slightly flat·<br />
tened venter, the flanks are evenly conve, the<br />
umbilical wall is short an!i vertical; the tourth<br />
whorl has a noticeable increase in height, it beco·<br />
mes vaulted with weakly conve sides; a sharply<br />
beveled area connects the lateral carinae to the<br />
flanks; this produces a narrow, deeply grooved<br />
venter. The fifth whorl increases notably in<br />
height and becomes lanceolate In section with<br />
the ventral grQPve preserved.<br />
In this particular specimen the siphon does<br />
not run beneath the center of the ventral groove<br />
but instead under one of the carinae (diagenetic<br />
effect?). The only ornament discernible is low,<br />
sinuous ribs that are visible only with oblique<br />
illumination; on the adventral third of the flank<br />
they are crescentic and they fade out at the edge<br />
of the periventral carinae. A larger fragment<br />
(paratype, C·310) shows the change from a te·<br />
nuously sulcate to a rounded venter.<br />
The suture line has a wide, asymmetrically<br />
bifid E/L saddle, it is very high and descendent<br />
into the wide L lobe; L/U saddle is subrectangular.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the rapid change in shape of the ventral<br />
region from bicarinate to narrowly rounded, B)<br />
its low sinuous ribs, C) the asymmetrical, descen·<br />
dent E/L saddle and the wider, shallow and tri·<br />
fid L.<br />
Me811Urementl D Euw H W D{Euw D/H<br />
% %<br />
C-310 34 3 20 10 9 61<br />
COMMENTS. Reyment (1972, pl. 35, fig.<br />
4a, 4b, 4c) figured this species under the name<br />
Hoplitoides ingens (v. Koenen) I actual diameter<br />
of Reyment's S f. ecimen about Omm.] however,<br />
using Reyment s description of von Koenen's<br />
species one observes: A) the internal mold of<br />
Hoplitoides ingens as illustrated by Reyment<br />
(1955, pl. 20, figs. la, lb) from Nigeria shows a<br />
lanceolate venter; at an equivalent diameter H.<br />
hemanmojicae shows instead a wide sulcate<br />
venter that just begins to round (see Reyment,<br />
1972, pl. 35, fig. 4c), B) none of the suture<br />
lines illustrated by Reyment of different<br />
"subspecies" of Hoplitoides (1955, partim)<br />
have a E/L saddle well bisected and subsymmetrically<br />
bifid or an elongated steplike arrangement<br />
ot the accessory elements causing a strong<br />
descendent flexion of the uture line and the<br />
consequent asymmetry of L; for example,<br />
compare the ontogeny of the suture line of<br />
H. hemanmoiicae (="H. ingens ") in Reyment<br />
(1972, pl. 35, fig. 4b) with that of Hoplitoides<br />
rngens (von Koenen) in Reyment (1955, pl. 18,<br />
fig, 4).<br />
OCCURRENCE. La Frontera Fonnation.<br />
Lower Turonian.<br />
This species named in honor of the geologist<br />
Heman . Mojica R. .. , · .<br />
Hoitoides lacabJJJmoo n. sp.<br />
PI. 3, bg. 9. - -- -.<br />
' .<br />
--- -<br />
?1972 Hoplitoides ingens laeuis [Solger], Reyment,<br />
p. 915, pl. 35, fig. 6.<br />
Holotype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N. 75).<br />
The conch is discoidal, involute; the whorl<br />
section is slightly inflated on its central and ad·<br />
umbilical thiid, but compressed to rather excavated<br />
on the adventral third. The venter is narrow,<br />
concave, boidered by two acute carinae.<br />
The ornament consist of fine raised striae<br />
whicti begin at the umbilical margin where they<br />
describe a slight concavity, they then trend prorsiradiate<br />
up to the adventral third of the flank<br />
where they describe a crescentic concavity,<br />
then the y extend onto venter, crossing it in a<br />
slight adoral arc. Short, sickle-like swellings,<br />
slightly oblique to the crescentic trend of the<br />
growth striae , appear on the adventral third of<br />
the flank; the distance between the swellings<br />
changes but it is always more than three times<br />
the width of the swellings.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its disk-like shape and grooved ventral<br />
zone, B) the bundles of falcoid growth striae on<br />
the adventral third of the flank are crossed<br />
obliquely by claw-like swellings, C) the absence<br />
of any periumbilical swellings.<br />
Measurement D Euw H W D/Euw"/o D/H%<br />
La Frontera 48 4 29 ? 8 60<br />
COMMENTS. A species that resembles<br />
the H. lacabagnae is figured by Peron (1896, p.<br />
40, pl.l, fig.6,7) as "Discoceras cf. largilliertianus<br />
d'Orb." from Algeria; his species is more<br />
inflated on the central and adumbilical thirds of<br />
the whorl than the Colombian species, and its<br />
venter widens quickly adorally (as observed on<br />
his figure), but this occurs slowly in the Colombian<br />
species.<br />
Reyment (1972, pl.35, fig.6) illustrated,<br />
but did not describe, an apparently closely related<br />
species from Colombia; he wrote (ib. p.915)<br />
on the caption to figure 6 of plate 35, "individu<br />
du type H. ingens laevis, c'est-a-dire des formes<br />
sans acune ornamentation veritable"; the speci·<br />
men illustrated by Reyment, however, has fine<br />
but very well defined falcate riblets on the internal<br />
mold but in the Nigerian species descri·<br />
bed by Reyment (1955, p1.18, fig.2) one observes<br />
puckers or folds; furthermore, on the Co·<br />
lombian specimen figured by Reyment (op. cit.,<br />
p1.35, fig.6), there are crescentic sweUings<br />
which cross the trend of the growth striae on<br />
the adventral third of the flank and especially<br />
on the last third of the length of the last wliorl,<br />
but this trait is not noted by Reyment in his<br />
discussion.
92<br />
OCCURRENCE. La Frontera Fonnation.<br />
Lower Turonian.<br />
JLf!itoides lgc,iraldae n. SE·<br />
Pl:-3, 1fg."f.t&· - " -<br />
Holotype. C-264 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht.N.76)<br />
The conch is discoidal, narro . wly umbili·<br />
cated; the whorl section ·is lanceolate; the umbi·<br />
lical · wall is vertical and rounds abruptly into<br />
the flanks which are evenly convex on the<br />
adumbilical and adventral thirds of the flank<br />
but slightly concave to compressed on the adven·<br />
tral third. The venter is narrow, pulley like, for·<br />
ming an open V, paralleled on both margins by<br />
an acute carina.<br />
The ornament consists of seven bullae·li·<br />
ke periumbilical swellings from which two bun·<br />
dles of riblets diverge, each branch is slightly arcuate;<br />
on the adumbilical third of the flank<br />
each of these bundles form crescentic swellings<br />
which fade out before reaching the ventral carl·<br />
nae. One or two intercalary swellings occur be·<br />
tween each couple of bifurcating ribs.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its V like venter, B) the periumbilical<br />
swellings from which bundles of riblets are<br />
issued, C) its claw -like swellings on the in·<br />
temal half of the adventral third of the whorl<br />
side.<br />
Measurements D Euw H W D{Euw "k DJH0/o<br />
C-264 50 5 28 12 10 56<br />
COMMENTS. This species differs from H.<br />
lacabagnae _by the absence of periumbilical swellings<br />
on the latter.<br />
OCCURRENCE. La Frontera Formation.<br />
Lower Turonian.<br />
· :}ifop"litoides (?) sp. ind.<br />
Pl.13, fig.15.<br />
Reference specimen. C-310.'<br />
Only half of a compressed specimen. The<br />
whorl section on one side is compressed and<br />
moderately shouldered; there is a keel along the<br />
median ventral line; the ornament is characterized<br />
by ribs issued in pairs in a subdued manner<br />
from the umbilical rim; they are rounded, prominent<br />
and are radial or moderately sinuous on<br />
the flank ending in a triangular prominence at<br />
the ventral shoulder, these prominences are<br />
slightly elongated in the spiral direction; between<br />
two of the rib couples there are two (or three?)<br />
intercalary ribs which begin approximately near<br />
the middle of the flank and end in rounded bu·<br />
llate prominences at the ventral shoulder.<br />
The intercostal distances between the<br />
primary ribs is twice the width of the ribs; the<br />
&pace between the intercalary ribs is subequal<br />
to the ribs. ·<br />
COMMENTS. There is some resemblance<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
between this specimen and Hoplitoides latese-<br />
1/atus von Kenen as figured by von Koenen<br />
(1898, p1.6, fig.3a, b, only), but the ventral region<br />
of the latter is tabulate and there are periumbical<br />
bullae, contrary to the Colombian specimen<br />
which is not bullate at the umbical rim<br />
and has a median ventral keel.<br />
OCCURRENCE. La Frontera. Lower Turonian.<br />
{. Family COLLIGNONICEltATIDl\El /,<br />
2!12!!! . 0 -Wioceras J:llB,:SJ,* J4.<br />
Niceforoceras Basse, 1948, p.694.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Niceforoceras columbianus<br />
Basse, original designation.<br />
.Jl.iceforocW!§_ boy..,g&aeJse.. n.<br />
sp. 'Pf.14, fig.7.<br />
Holotype. NRC-9 (U.N:C.M.H.N.C.Pllt.N.77)<br />
The conch is involute, discoidal. On the<br />
adapical segment of the last whorl the whorl<br />
section is ridged, carinate, and has subparallel,<br />
feebly convex sides, The ornament consists of<br />
strong biconcave growth lines which begin at<br />
the umbilical rim without any indication of tuberculation;<br />
they extend onto venter and join<br />
the ventral median keel in an acute V that<br />
points adorally; bundles of these lirae form<br />
inconspicuous flat bands arranged in an imbricating<br />
manner.<br />
Periventrally there are tubercles, they are<br />
oblique, claw shaped at the adapical part of the<br />
last whorl but they tend to become parallel to<br />
the median plane on the adoral segment of the<br />
last whorl.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
· by: A) its smooth appearance, B)its low, ban<br />
ded ribbing, C) the change in trend of the<br />
periventral tubercles from oblique to parallel<br />
l<br />
late in the ontogeny.<br />
Measurements D Euw H W D/Euw% D/H04<br />
NRC-9- 50 5 29 15 10 58<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles N.<br />
umbulaziforme Basse (1948, p.695, pl.25, figs.<br />
4a, 4b, only), but on the latter species the ribs<br />
are more prominently raised, almost acute, and<br />
there are weak periumbilical tubercles; N. boyacaense<br />
is also more inflated adapically than Basse's<br />
species . .<br />
OCCURRENCE. Cucaita Member. Lowe1<br />
Coniacian.<br />
_g..;,. nu s,. ... ..!fero ( c eriJ .C!! , 9.,rossouv,<br />
i§§t -<br />
---···<br />
Peroniceras de Grossouvre, 1894, p.93.
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 93<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Pe roniceras Moure ti de Gros·<br />
souvre, 1894, original designation.<br />
1968 Peroniceras mouretii [de Grossouvre],<br />
Etayo-Serna, Tab.l.<br />
1972 Peroniceras mouretii de Grossouvre, Etayo-Serna,<br />
p. 48.<br />
Holotype. VL6·Cu-5 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht .N.<br />
78).<br />
Only the holotype is available. The antepenultimate<br />
whorl has a ogival section (HW: 10;<br />
W: 6mm it is ventrally keeled and bears two<br />
asymmetrical shallow grooves paralleling the<br />
ventral median carina; the flanks have fine,<br />
rounded sinuous riblets or ribs, separated from<br />
each other by intercostal spaces twice as wide<br />
as the ribs; the test is thick.<br />
The penultimate whorl has a nearly quadrangular<br />
section: the umbilical wall is subvertical<br />
and rounds smoothly into the convex si·<br />
des; the venter has three carinae separated by<br />
shallow furrows; the space between the ventrolateral<br />
carinae and the periventral margins is<br />
sharply truncated to excavated; on the flanks<br />
there are prominent bar-like prorsiradiate ribs<br />
which are feebly curved across the flanks; along<br />
one third of the last whorl there are 14 riblets.<br />
The ribs are issued at brink of the umbilical<br />
wall where they develop a weak bullate swelling; .<br />
along the periventral margin the ribs have<br />
outwardly extended clavi.<br />
From the periventral clavi the ribs extend<br />
toward the ventrolateral keel and disappear<br />
near it. The intercostal space is greater than<br />
the width of the ribs, and increases adorally.<br />
The last whorl has a subrctangular section. The<br />
ribs are very prominent, rounded and separated<br />
by channel like intercostal spaces twice as wide<br />
as the ribs, the connection with the ventrolateral<br />
keels has almost vanished and the periventral<br />
clavi dominate over the periumbilical<br />
bullae. The ventral carinae are conspicuous,<br />
well raised and faintly undulated.<br />
The suture line has a deep L lobe which<br />
widens adapically but is constricted adorally by<br />
E/L and L/U saddles.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by the rapid change of its whorl section from<br />
ogival to quadrate to subrectangular, B) the development<br />
of rounded, well separated ribs on<br />
which the periventral clavi become prominent.<br />
COMMENTS. In ontogenetic development<br />
of the whorl section this species is similar to<br />
"Schloenbachia Dravidica Kossmat" (1895, p.<br />
190, pl.23, figs. 3a·d) in which the ribs on the<br />
young are close to each other and the venter is<br />
narrow, with only one distinct keel and the v.!;t·<br />
trolateral keels only suggested, the change to<br />
subquadrate whorl follows rapidly; the specimen<br />
described by Kossmat has been re-studied<br />
by Matsumoto who confirmed the on_togenetic<br />
development (1965, II, p.213) and stresses the<br />
"Gauthiericeras-like character'' of the early<br />
whorls.<br />
Kossmat's species, however, has an early<br />
ontogenetic bifurcation of the ribs from the<br />
umbilical tubercles, wherea the Colombian species<br />
has only single, regularly spaced ribs; in this<br />
characteristic the Colombian species resembles<br />
"Peronicer(ZS subtrica rjn atum d'Orbigny var.<br />
tridol'S4tum Schlii ter;'as figured by de Grossouvre<br />
(1894, p.94, pl.lO, fig.3); although it is<br />
difficult to compare it to the large French specimen,<br />
however, on the latter the ribs seem to<br />
be persistently concave adorally whereas on the<br />
Colombian specimen the ribs tend to be straightened<br />
and separated; on the specimen referred<br />
to Schliiter's species by Grossouvre (1894, pl.ll,<br />
figs. 1a, 1b) the ribs are very acute on the umbi·<br />
lical rim and the periumbilical tubercles acute<br />
and far from the umbilical rim whereas on the<br />
Colombian species the ribs are bar-like with al·<br />
most uniform width across the flanks.<br />
Furthermore, if Grossouvre's assignment<br />
of the specimen on his plate 11, fig.2 to Schlti·<br />
ter's species is correct that species would have an<br />
ontogenetic development with a very early occurrence<br />
of strong ribbing, the opposite of that<br />
of the Colombian species.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Cucaita Member. Lower<br />
Coniacian.<br />
This species is named in honor of the geologist<br />
Roberto Garcia S.<br />
Pero niceras diabloi n. s.<br />
-· -'Pm, fig. 1; Tex1-figs. 1;·'9F;· 9a: ·<br />
1968 Peroniceras aff. rousseauxi Gross., Etayo<br />
Sema, p.45, fig.13, Tab.l.<br />
Holotype. NRC-3 (1965) (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.<br />
N.79).<br />
Only one specimen is available. The penultimate<br />
whorl has a very indistinct ornamentation<br />
of widely separated low ribs; on the folio·<br />
wing whorl the ornamentation is rapidly strengthened;<br />
the ribs start at the periumbilical margin<br />
with a rounded tubercle, sporadically bullate,<br />
on the flank they describe a well defined<br />
adoral concavity, ending in compressed periventral<br />
clavi; the ribs do not show a distinct connection<br />
to the ventral carinae. The ribs are flat,<br />
low and depressed on middle of the flank.<br />
The section of the last whorl is rounded<br />
subrectangular slightly higher than wide; the<br />
umbilical wall is subvertical, it rounds smoothly<br />
into the flattened sides; the space between the<br />
ventrolateral carinae and the periventral margins<br />
is slightly excavated to beveled, the median<br />
ventral line is raised, and on each side of it the-
94<br />
re is an asymmetrical sulcus bordered by a continuous<br />
low carina. There are 15 ribs on two<br />
thirds of the last whorl. The suture has a L<br />
pouch·like, digitated, U3 is very oblique adumbilically<br />
, narrow.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characteri·<br />
zed by : A) the rapid strengthening of its ribbing<br />
and the dominance of the tubercles over the<br />
ribs and the attenuation of the ribs on the middle<br />
of the flank, B) the conspicuous suture line<br />
with extremely oblique U3.<br />
Measurements D Euw H W D/Euw DIH<br />
NR.C·3(1965) 52 26 16 16 48 °k 30%<br />
COMMENTS. This specimen resembles<br />
those described and illustrated by Burckhardt<br />
(1919, p.113; 1921, pl.29, fig.7-10) as "Peroniceros<br />
cf. tricarinatum Schtilter sp. non auct.";<br />
they are similar in the flattening of the ribs on<br />
middle of the flanks and in the arcuate nature<br />
of the ribs, but the Mexican species has a coarser<br />
ornamentation earlier in the ontogeny than<br />
in the Colombian species.<br />
Peroniceras diabloi n. sp. also resembles<br />
Peroniceros westfallicum as illustrated by de<br />
Grossouvre (1894, p.98, p1.12, fig. 1) but in the<br />
French species· the periumbilical tubercles are<br />
clearly bullate whereas in the Colombian<br />
species they are dominantly mammillate.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Cucaita Member. Lower<br />
Coniacian.<br />
.... 1,.<br />
,l'erv,niceruerrai o, sp..<br />
-··- "PJ.14; fig. ;Text-fig. 91, 9J.<br />
Holotype. NRC·Est.9 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P. Ht.N.<br />
80).<br />
Two fragments are av ailable. The smallest .<br />
one has a rectangular whorl section and although<br />
the specimen has been slightly compressed, the<br />
ventral median carina is elevated, continuous<br />
but widely undulated; it is paralleled by a lower<br />
but continuous carina on each side; the carinae<br />
are separated by a shallow, very asymmetrical<br />
sulcus. The ribs are strong, prorsiradiate to fee<br />
hi y concave ad orally, rounded· they start at the<br />
umbilical rim without develping a tubercle<br />
though a.slight bulging is insinuated, they end<br />
periventrally at strong clavate to slightly obli<br />
que rounded tubercles; the intercostal spaces<br />
are slightly wider than the ribs on the internal<br />
mold.<br />
Sporadically an intercalary rib, that ap<br />
pears near middle of the flank or branches<br />
from the subsequent primary at about the same<br />
point , may occur; the largest very flattened<br />
(mechanically) specimen has a similar ornamen<br />
tation but with more definitely clavate periven·<br />
tral tubercles.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by ts high whorl section, prominent ventral<br />
med1an keel and strong,uniform bar-like prorsi-<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
radiate to concave ribs with weD developed pe·<br />
riventral clavi and weak periumbilical bullae .<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles Peroniceras<br />
moureti Grossouvre (1893, p. 100, pl.<br />
11, figs, 3, 4; text-fig. 37-39), on the latter ho·<br />
wever the ribs are slender and pointed adumbili·<br />
cally and at the same time they develop conspi-<br />
·<br />
cuous elongated periumbilical bullae.<br />
·<br />
The suture line of Peroniceras moureti<br />
Grossouvre (1894, p. 94, fig. 37, p. 101, fig.39)<br />
is similar to that of the Colombian species in its<br />
general aspect but in spite of the difference in<br />
size the L lobe in the French species is narrower<br />
and more deeply incised, whereas in the Colombian<br />
species it is fan-like.<br />
Venzo's (1936, p. 101, pl. 9, fig. 1a, 1b)<br />
specimen of "Peroniceras Moureti De Gross',<br />
likewise has thin and acutely bullate adumbilical<br />
end of the ribs.<br />
The specimen figured by Schliiter (1876,<br />
p. 38, pl. 41, fig. 3, 5) as ·mmonites cf. tridorsatus"<br />
and referred by Grossouvre to his species,<br />
has slender ribs with tubercles farther away<br />
from the umbilical rim and a higher section than<br />
is typical of Grossouvre's species. The ontoge·<br />
netic development of the whorl section shown<br />
by Schliiter (pl. 41, fig. 5) adds height very<br />
slowly but the tricarinate stage is rapidly ;cquh<br />
·<br />
red.<br />
The specimens re ferred by Young (1963,<br />
p. 73, pl. 26, fig. 5, pl. 27, fig. 1, text-fig. 13)<br />
to Peroniceras moureti (Grossouvre , 1894), differ<br />
from the Colombian species by their crowded,<br />
well rounded, strong and conspicuously ad orally<br />
concave ribs; their whorl section is markedly<br />
subquadrate also.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Cucaita Member. Lower<br />
Coniacian.<br />
•.,1'._, ..... "-<br />
This species is named in honor of the geo·<br />
logist Alvaro Guerra.<br />
2·- J-E-!-·o .. -n-c;<br />
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ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 95<br />
1968 Prionocycloceras longispinata (Basse),<br />
Etayo-8erna, p. 45, fig. 13, Tab. 1.<br />
1972 Prionoeycloceras longispinata (Basse),<br />
· ; Etayo-Serna, p. 48. .,, .<br />
Hipotype. C-134 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Hy .N. 44).<br />
Only an internal mold is available. Conch<br />
involute, compressed, the umbilical wall is short,<br />
rather sloping, merging into the side with a<br />
rounded umbilical rim. The flanks are weakly<br />
cpnvex, they connect to the planifastigate ven- ..<br />
ter through weak shoulders.<br />
The ornament consists of ribs beginning<br />
at the umbilical rim with small bullate to conical<br />
tubercles; the ribs are radial on the adumbi·<br />
lical third of the flank, they describe an arc on<br />
the middle of the flank and an adoral concavity<br />
on the adventral third; the ribs widen progressively<br />
toward the periventral margin where they<br />
end at clavate, adventrally pointing tubercles<br />
which adaperturally become parallel to the ventral<br />
median line and comute. There are 6 ribs<br />
on two thirds of the last whorl.<br />
Wherever the test is preserved its surface<br />
is covered with striae that parallel the ribs, they<br />
cross the venter in an acute V with its apex adoral.<br />
Between the primaries there may be a riblet<br />
with a similar trend but without tubercles. The<br />
ventral median line is raised as a fine dentate<br />
carina. The ribs tend to split longitudinally. The<br />
intercostal distance varies from one to four times<br />
the width of the ribs.<br />
B) Up to 65 mm D (C-134). At this stage<br />
the ribs are much wider, consequently, the intercostal<br />
space varies from one to one and a<br />
half times the width of the ribs; the ventral region<br />
becomes obtuse.<br />
The suture of this specimen has a tall, ramose,<br />
and bifid E/L saddle and a deep L lobe<br />
with vertical notched sides; L/U saddle is trifid<br />
with subquadrate accessory saddles.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by its moderately convex to flattened subrectangular<br />
whorl section and its broad flexuous<br />
ribs.<br />
Measurements D Euw · H W D/Euw%<br />
c- 134 so 13 22 15? 26<br />
c- 134 65? ? 30 22? ?<br />
DfH%<br />
44<br />
?<br />
COMMENTS. Basse (1950, p. 245) proposed<br />
Donjuaniceras as a subgenus of Peroniceras,<br />
with "Donjuaniceras longispinata Basse" as<br />
type species; Basse considered "Prionocyclus<br />
ayabanus Steinmann"as described by Gerhardt<br />
(1897, p. 197, pl. 5, fig. 22a, b) as to<br />
"offre tous Ies caractlres du genre Donjuaniceras<br />
et se place au voisinage des especes precedentes".<br />
Basse's subgenus became a synonym of<br />
Prionocycloceras Spath (1926).<br />
. AHhough I am interpreting Basse's species<br />
In a rather broad sense, in my opinion, it diffP- rs<br />
from Prionocycloceras guayabanum (Steinmann)<br />
[see Gerhardt, op. cit.] which has the periventral<br />
tubercles inclined tOward the ventral median<br />
line with a knob-like aspect; the tubercles are<br />
clavate and abventrally inclined in Basse's spe·<br />
cies, furthermore the latter is a more slender<br />
species; the intercostal spaces are also larger.<br />
• The specimen I previously referred to Basse's<br />
species was compared to plaster carts of Basse's<br />
species.<br />
The specimen figured by Biirgl (1957, pl.<br />
14, fig. 5, ex. spec. HB 31/10 SGN?vlP) asPrionocycloceras<br />
guayabanum (Steinmann) from<br />
the Nariiio Section of Girardot, has a more rapidly<br />
widening venter and a more subquadrate<br />
whorl section than the holotype of Basse's species.<br />
Priono$floceras J2.0rtarum n. se. - .<br />
-pr.·n, 'ij. l'2; Pn4; fij:1;"Text-fig: 9N.<br />
Holotype. C-134 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.N. 81).<br />
Only the holotype is available. The conch<br />
is moderately evolute, the whorl section is subrectangular,<br />
it has an obtusely fastigate venter;<br />
the umbilical wall is oblique and rounds smoothly<br />
into the subparallel flanks that then round into<br />
the venter without a shoulder.<br />
The penultimate whorl has wide, flattened<br />
ribs of which every other or the third one is<br />
stressed and develops a periven tral bullate to<br />
conical tubercle; on the last whorl the intermediate<br />
ribs are considerably weaker and the ornament<br />
appears as if only rounded prominent primary<br />
ribs were present; the ribs, usually but not<br />
always, start at rounded prominent periumbilical<br />
tubercles, they describe an adoral arc on the<br />
adumbilical half of the flank and a sharp concavity<br />
on the adventral half; the ribs end at prominent<br />
cornute tubercles that are inclined toward<br />
the median ventral line; the sinuosity of the ribs<br />
may be more or less accentuated.<br />
The growth lirae are biconcave; on venter<br />
they form an acute adorally pointing V; on<br />
the periventral margins the fine intercalary ri·<br />
blets and growth striae ('?) may be so prominent<br />
as to be easily observable. The intercostal space<br />
increases ad orally and is from two to three times<br />
the width of the ribs: there are 6 ribs on the last<br />
half whorl. The median ventral line is raised as a<br />
fm ely denticulated carinae.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
throughout its ontogeny by: A) the elimination<br />
of the intercalary ribs that are later represented<br />
only by prominent riblets on the periventral<br />
margin, B) the rapid ontogenetic development<br />
of comute periventral tubercles.<br />
Measurements D Euw H W D/Euw% D/H%<br />
C·134 49 18 20 16 37 41<br />
COMMENTS. The nearest similar species<br />
is "Prionocyclus mediotuberculatus Gerhardt
96<br />
(1898, p. 198, figs. 23a,b,c), which differs by<br />
its more widely spaced ribs (13-14 per whorl);<br />
the presence of intercalary riblets along the periventral<br />
margin in P. portarum, the subdued<br />
mediolateral tubercles in Gerhardt's species.<br />
The specimen referred to Gerhardt's species<br />
by Biirgl (1957, pl.14, fig.4a,4b), from an<br />
unknown locality, is not in my opinion conspecific<br />
with Gerhardt's species because it has in·<br />
tercalary ribs on the external half of the flank<br />
which have strong centrolateral inflations and<br />
the primary ribs are few.<br />
Prionocycloceras portarum differs from<br />
Prionocycloceras acutospinatum (Basse) (1950,<br />
p.247, pl. 11, fig. 5-6) by the strong omamenta·<br />
tion early in the ontogeny and the strongly ar·<br />
cuate ribs on the flank of the latter.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Lower Coniacian.<br />
-'··-,., .... ,<br />
This species is.named in honor of the Geo<br />
logists Jaime and Nuria de Porta.<br />
PrJangnclo c; eras M ). cucaitaw..s._ ll· _ sp.<br />
Pl. 14, fig. 9, Text- 1g. 9M.<br />
1968 Prionocycloceras (?) aff. P. lenti (Gerhardt),<br />
Etayo-Sema, p.45, fig.13, Tab.l.<br />
1972 Prionocycloceras aff. lenti (Gerhardt),<br />
Etayo-Sema, p. 48.<br />
Holotype. NRC-5 (1965) (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.<br />
-Ht. N. 82).<br />
Only the holotype is available. The conch<br />
is discoidal, relatively involute, with the whorls<br />
overlapping to the adumbilical fourth of the<br />
flank; along the umbilical margin of the penultimate<br />
whorl there are small crescentic folds<br />
but the flanks are smooth except for the<br />
growth striae; on the last whorl the periumbili·<br />
cal tubercles are mammillate with their apices<br />
slightly inclined inwards; the ribs arise in pairs<br />
from these tubercles; on the ad apical half of the<br />
last whorl there are fine ribs which describe an<br />
elongated S on the flank and end periven trally<br />
in tubercles with a chisel like point and a<br />
q1,1adrate base and are obliquely inclined to the<br />
median ventral line; at this point the intercostal<br />
space is subequal to the ribs, but adorally ribs<br />
become more distant and wider.<br />
On the adoral half of th last whorl the<br />
periventral tubercles. are parallel to the median<br />
ventral line and moderately enlarged laterally<br />
and outwards. The intercostal whorl section at<br />
the adapical end of the last whorl is fastigate; at<br />
the adoral end it is subrectangular, it has an<br />
accentuated overhanging umbilical wall which<br />
merges through an angular umbilical rim into<br />
the flanks which are inflated on the adumbilical<br />
half and excavated to compressed on the adven·<br />
tral half; the sides round smoothly into the al·<br />
most tabulate venter which has smooth carina<br />
along the ventral median line.<br />
F. ETA YO - SERNA<br />
The specimen is completely septate<br />
and missing its living chamber. The growth lines<br />
follow the trend of the ribs, they cross vente!<br />
forming an acute V with apex pointing adora·<br />
Jly. On the adoral fourth of the last whorl there<br />
are 8 tubercles.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by its change in whorl section from Castigate<br />
to truncate, by the numerous ribs which arise<br />
in pairs from spinose umbilical tubercles and<br />
end in comu te oblique tubercles.<br />
MeB!IIlrements 0 Euw H W 0/Euw% D/H0"<br />
NRC-6(1965) 64 17? 26 18 28? 40<br />
COMMENTS. Prionocycloceras (?) cucaitaense<br />
n.sp., resembles "Gauthiericeras lenti" Ger·<br />
hardt (1897, p.77, pl.l, fig.4a, b; text-fig.3; non<br />
Reyment 1958, p.12, non Matsumoto, 1965,<br />
p.45); Gerhardt's species is more fm ely costate<br />
with 17-18 ribs per half whorl and has weak pe·<br />
riumbilical tubercles; on the contrary, the new<br />
species has a sparse ribbing.<br />
''Ammonites barbacoensis" Karsten (1858,<br />
p,111, pl.4, fig.5) has even greater similarities in<br />
the shape of the whorl section, involution, type<br />
of ribbing, and tuberculization, but they diffex<br />
by the wavy carina at the adoral portion of the<br />
conch ["dorso acutiusculo late tuberculato", ib.<br />
p. 11]; P. (?) cucaitaense lacks the tubercles.<br />
The association of Karsten's species with<br />
"Ammonites Tucuyensis von Buch" is incorrect<br />
the latter species comes from La Puya Membex<br />
of Albian Age (Renz, 1972, p.704, 719). Kars·<br />
ten (1858, p. 111) noted that "A Barbacoensis<br />
. . . kommt selten neben dem Leonhardianus m.,<br />
varicosus Sow., Tucuyensis Buch • . . bei Barba·<br />
coas ... ," but later (1886, p.18) he reported a<br />
more reliable association near Barbacoas (Vene·<br />
zuela): "A. Leonhardianus Krst . . . A. toroanlfS<br />
Krst . . . A. Mosque rae Krst . ..<br />
etA. Barbacoen<br />
sis Krst . .. {see also Karsten, op. cit., p. 62];<br />
these ammonites probably come from the La<br />
Luna Fomiation and perhaps represent two<br />
different biostratigraphic horizons. "A. barbacoensis"<br />
Karsten represents an unnamed genus<br />
re:ated to · Prionocycloceras (as observed by<br />
Gerhardt, 1898, p. 193), rather than being<br />
congeneric with it.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Cucaita Member. Lowe!<br />
·<br />
Coniacian.<br />
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TYPE SPECIES. Gloriace1Tl$ correai n. sp.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. Conchs small to mocMrately<br />
large. The earliest whorls observed are discoidal<br />
with .fastigate, unicarinate median ventral re·<br />
gion; the ornament consists of faint falcoid ox<br />
biconcave ribs that cross the venter in an acute<br />
adoral bend; the ribs mar-bifurcate on the urn·<br />
bilical third of the flank, at this stage no tuber·<br />
cles are developed.
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 97<br />
Shortly after, the ribs weaken on the median<br />
ventral line and develop a rounded somewhat<br />
spirally elongated external lateroventral<br />
node; the admedian ventral end of the ribs<br />
elongates longitudinally and which soon inter·<br />
connect fonning almost continuous keels on<br />
each side paralleling the median keel but the<br />
ribs can still be observed crossing the venter.<br />
The ribs sporadically develop weak periumbili·<br />
cal swellings. With growth the ribs tend to stra·<br />
ighten on flanks, become club-like and connect<br />
the ventrolateral carinae.<br />
The periventral tubercles are much stron·<br />
ger than the periumbilical ones which someti·<br />
mes are missing. The suture line has E/L saddle<br />
large, rectangular and bifid with the external<br />
branch foliate and narrow at its stem; L lobe is<br />
wide, deep, bifid (pseudotrifld); L/U2 saddle is<br />
slender, taller than E/L saddle, bifid, phylloid;<br />
U2 lobe is digitated, short. U2/U3 and U3/U1<br />
are subequal. U3 lobe is digitated, glove-like;<br />
.U1 lobe is bifid, narrower but as deep as U2;<br />
U1/l saddle is single, witn' a unique phylloid<br />
head.<br />
COMMENTS. This new genus resembles<br />
Peroniceras Grossouvre (1894) from which it<br />
differs by possessing an early initial stage with<br />
flexuous bifurcating ribs that cross the carinate<br />
venter forming chevrons, a character retained in<br />
some adults but absent in Peroniceras [see for<br />
instance Peroniceras dravidica Kossmat, (1895,<br />
p.190, pl.23, fig.3)], and by having undulated<br />
ventrolateral carinae. Major differences are present<br />
on the suture line.<br />
The suture line of Peroniceras as figured<br />
by Grossouvre (1894, p.44, text-fig.37) has<br />
a wide E/L with a narrow, highly incised digitated<br />
L. U2{U3 saddle is accessory to L/U2; such<br />
interdependency of L/U2·U2/U3 saddles is also<br />
observable on "Peroniceras cf. dravidicum Kossmat<br />
sp." as illustrated by Spath (1921, p.295,<br />
pl.23, fig. 1d) (which incidentally is the only<br />
example of the entire suture of a Peroniceras<br />
known to me);in the latter species U1/I saddle<br />
is trifid.<br />
"Peroniceras " leei Reeside (1927, p.40,<br />
pl.43, fig.3) has a suture with U2 and U1 separated<br />
by a tall bushy U2/Ul. The Gloriaceras al·<br />
so resembles Pro texanites Matsumoto (1955),<br />
as exemplified by "Mortoniceras bourgeoisi d'<br />
Orbigny" in de Grossouvre (1894, pl. 14, figs.<br />
2a, 2c), from which it differs by the early development<br />
of the keel, the more flexuous and numerous<br />
initial ribs, the slenderer but more dis·<br />
sected elements of the external suture and by<br />
the better defined and raised umbilical saddles.<br />
Of the non-Colombian species known to<br />
me congeneric fomlS would be represented by<br />
some of the specimens described by Burckhardt<br />
(1919, p. 109) as "Peroniceras cfr. subtricarinatum<br />
Sturm, non D'Orb, et auct.", especially the<br />
specimen showing the last· suture and the living<br />
chamber (Burckhardt, 1921, pl. 27, fig. 5); the<br />
:Mexican specimen seems more evolute than the<br />
Colombian one and its E/L saddle is also m
98<br />
the flank and have a periventral ovate clavus<br />
from which they extend onto the venter.<br />
The median ventral carina is high, slightly<br />
Wldulated and separated from the ventrolateral<br />
carinae by shallow, asymmetrical sulci. Adaperturally<br />
the whorl section becomes lower; the ribs<br />
may bifurcate {rom the umbilical rim or near<br />
the middle of the flnak.<br />
On the adoral part of the last whorl the<br />
section becomes subquadrangular, the ribs are<br />
club-like on the flanks and at the connection<br />
with the ventrolateral keels, clavi-like undula·<br />
tions of the carinae develop as if the latter were<br />
tuberculated; the ventral margin clavi become<br />
strenghtened and periumbilically the ribs tend<br />
to develop clavate swellings.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by the slow ontogenetic cl)ange of its ribbing<br />
from fm e and biconcave in the early whorls to<br />
strong, straight, club-shaped ribs in the later<br />
stages; likewise the change in whorl section is<br />
slow.<br />
Measurements D Euw H W D/Euw D/H No.R.<br />
Ofo %<br />
NRC· Ca · 1·6 66 27 23 20 41 36 14<br />
COMMENTS. This species resembles that<br />
described by Burckhardt (1919, p. 109; 1921,<br />
pl. 27, especially on fig. 3) as "Peroniceras cfr.<br />
subtricarinatum Sturm, non D'Orb. et auct.",<br />
but the nbs are finer and sharper on the latter.<br />
The Mexican species also has more closely spa·<br />
(!ed ribs.<br />
G. c orreai n. sp. differs from G. paulinae<br />
n. sp . because on the latter the ribs change<br />
through the ontogeny from biconcave to stron·<br />
gly concave ad orally. Earlier (Etayo • Serna,<br />
1968) I identified G. correai n. sp. as "Peronice<br />
ras cf. Czomigi", having compared it to figure<br />
2a of plate 11 of Grossouvre's paper; in the<br />
French species, however, the illustrations indi·<br />
(!ate that the lateral keels are continuous, not<br />
onnecred to the marginal tubercles.<br />
Furthermore, the ribs are concave ado·<br />
rally on the adumbilical third of the flank up to<br />
a size where they are completely strait on the<br />
Colombian species which likewise has umbilical<br />
bullae that are lacking in the Grossouvre's (op.<br />
cit., p. 103) illustration.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Cucaita Member. Lower<br />
Coniacian.<br />
Gloriaceras rgzulinae.!bJJ!.<br />
.__,._,Pl. U,'Iig.·t ·;Text-figS': 9K, 9L.<br />
fiolotype. NRC-Cu5 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N.84)<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N. 73).<br />
There is one internal mold available. The<br />
second (?) whorl is subeUiptical in section,slightly<br />
higher than wide, the maximum width is at<br />
the umbilical rim, the flanks gently converge toward<br />
the arched venter; on the third whorl the<br />
section has doubled .its height: the periventral<br />
..<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
region Is broadly rounded and there is a keel<br />
along the median ventral line paralleled by<br />
weak grooves.<br />
On the fourth whorl the section retains<br />
the preceding proportions but the flanks are<br />
slightly more flattened and two lateral carinae<br />
paralleling the median keel are visible on the<br />
adoral part of the third whorl; the flanks are<br />
smooth but at the adapical part of the fourth<br />
whorl, prorsiradiate, weakly biconcave ribs begin<br />
to develop from the umbilical rim and extend<br />
onto the venter ending at the ventrolateral<br />
carinae, at this stage the periventral clavi are on·<br />
Iy weakly indicated; soon thereafter the ribs begin<br />
to show clear periventral clavi and more or<br />
less contemporaneously bullate swellings deve·<br />
lop on the ribs along the umbilical margin; on<br />
the flanks of the fourth whorl the ribs describe<br />
a well defined adoral concavity. The intercostal<br />
spaces are slightly wider than the ribs on the in·<br />
ternal mold.<br />
B) Up to 50 mm D fVL-6-Cu-1(1966)].<br />
The conch is septate throughout, the ornament<br />
of the penultimate whorl is the same as on the<br />
small specimen al though the concavity of the<br />
ribs on the flanks is less obvious because the<br />
test is still present; on the adapical third of the<br />
last whorl the concavity of the ribs on the<br />
flanks becomes conspicuous, the ventrolateral<br />
clavi are depressed and outwardly inclined.<br />
The living chamber occupies two thirds of<br />
the last whorl and on it the ribs are strongly<br />
concave and very prominent. On this specimen<br />
all three ventral carinae are only slightly wavy.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by the quick ontogenetic change of the ribs from<br />
sickle shaped in the early whorls to strongly<br />
concave adorally on the later whorls; the whorl<br />
section changes more rapidly in height than in<br />
width.<br />
Measurements. D Euw H w D/Euw D/H No.R.<br />
% %<br />
NRC· Cu • 6 38 16 13 10 39 34 21(1/'Z)<br />
VLG • CU· 1 52' 20 19 15 38 36 33<br />
(1966)<br />
NOTE: Specimen VL6-CU-1-(1965) was measu·<br />
red to the end of the phragmocone only.<br />
COMMENTS. Gloriaceras paulinae n.sp.<br />
differs from the specimen figured by Burckhardt<br />
(1921, plate 27, fig.5) which is characterized as<br />
noted by Burckhardt (1919, p.llO) : "Un ejem·<br />
plar (Iam.XXVII, fie.5) se aparta de los otros oor<br />
sus costillas mas rObustas y mas distanciada5 ya<br />
en Ia juventud, y parece representar una especia<br />
distinta, como lo indica tambien la sutura que . ..<br />
se acerca a un tipo de linea sutural caracterlstico<br />
para el genero Mortoniceras . . . . ", because of<br />
its smaller size, lesser involution and weaker ribs.<br />
The other specimensaescn"bed by Burck·<br />
hardt (1919) and illustrated later (1921, pl. 26,<br />
fig. 1-12, but especially figs. 4,2, 'the latter ex·
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 99<br />
elusive of the suture line) might be conspecific<br />
with the Colombian species.<br />
The specimen described and illustrated by<br />
Stunn (1901, p. 60, pl. 3, fig. 5, 5a) as "Peroniceras<br />
subtricarinatum d'Orb. ·5pec." to which<br />
Burekhatdt compared his specimens (1919, p.<br />
109) shows at the stage of growth illustrated<br />
by Sturm (D:39mm approx.) a similar ornament<br />
to that of the adult of Gloriaceras pauli<br />
nae n.sp. however, from Stunn's comments (op.<br />
cit. p.60), "Den Beschreibungen durch friihere<br />
Autoren ist nur hinzuzufligen, dass bei zuneh·<br />
mender Gro55e der lndividuen die drei Riicken·<br />
kiele immer mehr schwinden, so dass schliesslich<br />
der- Durehschnitt des letzten Umganges spitz-:.<br />
oval wird", that is to say that on the European<br />
species the ventral carinae attenuate and the<br />
whorl section becomes acute-oval with growth;<br />
this signifies that the ontogenetic development<br />
df Sunn's "species" is opposite to that of the<br />
Colombian species.<br />
COMMENTS. The "subgenus" Zumpangoceras<br />
was proosed by Basse (1948) in her<br />
study of the European and Madagascan species<br />
of Barroisiceras. By studying my material from<br />
Colombia and through the perusal afBurckhardt's<br />
paper, im seems clear that although all of Burck·<br />
hatdt's "Barroisiceras , . share some common<br />
characteristics, not all of them share the same<br />
ontogenetic development.<br />
The ribs are dominantly biconcave (:IW oll!l@'.eg!!!i _-u.,. !li · - ·'-.""' "" .<br />
..<br />
, · -<br />
jection; . a median ventral clavus whih alternates<br />
w1th ventrolateral clavate to obhque tu·<br />
Zumpangoceras Basse, 194 7, p. 144.<br />
bercles; the lateral tubercles become stronger<br />
with growth, they tend to migrate toward the<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Zumpangoceras burckhardti center of the flank from a more internal posi·<br />
Basse, original designation. tion and dominate over the periumbilical tuber<br />
Lectotype of Z. burckhardti cles; the early whorls with tectiform ventral re·<br />
the specimen described by<br />
Burckhardt (1919, p.98 and<br />
later illustrated as Barroisice<br />
gion which subsequently becomes truncated or<br />
even weakly excavated with growth.<br />
ras sp. ind.num. 7 by the same<br />
The specimen figured by Burckhardt on<br />
author (1921, pl.23 fig. 1), his plate 22, fig. 16, is here interpreted as cons<br />
here designated.<br />
pecific with the lectotype of Z. burckhardti;<br />
the specimens described as Barroisiceras sp. ind.<br />
num. 7 (op.cit.,pl. 25, figs. 16, 17) are here in·<br />
terpreted as probably congeneric but not cons·<br />
pecific with the lectotype.<br />
Zum l a inai n. sp P: ""'· ·='"·---·--..<br />
Prr, 1gT; ext-ffgs. 9o, 9 .<br />
1968 l''orresteria (Forresteria) cf. F. allaudi<br />
(BLT). Etayo-Serna, p.45, fig. 13, Tab. 1.<br />
1972 Forresteria (Forresteria) cf. allaudi (BLT),<br />
Etayo-Serna, p. 48.<br />
Holotype. NCR-1 (1965) (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.<br />
N. 85).<br />
Paratype. (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Pt.N. 74).<br />
A) Up to 30 mm D (VL-6-Cu5). At the<br />
adapical fourth of the penultimate whorl the<br />
section is fastigate, senate along the median line;<br />
there are rounded periventral to clavate tuber·<br />
cles, the sides are ornamented with flattened<br />
flexuous ribs, they begin at the umbilical rim<br />
and internally to the middle of the flank they<br />
bifurcate; one intercalary rib appears near the<br />
middle of the flank and between a pair of<br />
bifurcating ribs. Midventral and periventral<br />
tubercles alternate, the fanner being adoral to<br />
the latter.
100 F. ETA YO - SERNA<br />
On the adapical third of the last whorl<br />
the ornament follows the pattern previously<br />
described, the ribs are accentuated and have the<br />
shape of an elongated S, they extend on venter<br />
and interconnect at the median ventral clavi.<br />
The whorl section becomes subrectangular;<br />
the umbilical wall is low and vertical, it<br />
rounds abruptly intO the flanks which are convex<br />
on their adumbilical third, then they weakly<br />
converge toward venter forming a rounded ventral<br />
shoulder; the venter is raised· along the median<br />
line but it becomes slightly excavated on<br />
each side. At this stage some ribs have weak periumbilical<br />
bullate swellings.<br />
On the adoral half of the last whorl the<br />
section becomes more inflated on its adumbilical<br />
third and the venter becomes wide, almost<br />
truncate; at the boundary between adumbilical<br />
and central thirds of the flank some ribs de\lelop<br />
a subtriangular prominent tubercle, at the same<br />
time the periventral tubercles enlarge outwards<br />
but they are clearly compressed_ d clavate.<br />
B) Up to 50 mm D (NRC-1 (1965)). This<br />
specimen includes the adult (?) liVing chamber.<br />
It is involute, the intercostal whorl section is<br />
suboval: the umbilical wall is short, subvertical,<br />
it merges rather abruptly into the convex flanks<br />
that in tum round bto the broadly arched<br />
venter.<br />
The ornament consists of ribs most of<br />
which start at the umbilical brink in a claw-like<br />
manner,· they begin as sharp points and<br />
thicken outwardly, they also bend backwards<br />
slightly on the adumbilical third of the height<br />
of the whorl; just internally to the middle of<br />
the flank the ribs develop a prominent pyramidal<br />
tubercle and from it the ribs run forward<br />
ending .periventrally in a thorny, clavate and<br />
outwardly directed tubercle; the ribs may bifurcate<br />
from the lateral tubercle with one of<br />
the branches joining either the following adoral<br />
or the preceding adapical periventral tubercle<br />
(which th(ln appears to join two ribs coming<br />
tonn different nodes) in such a manner that the<br />
ribs seem _ to form a W on the flank; this does<br />
not alwayspccur on the opposite side, however.<br />
Some ribs may have a slight periumbilical<br />
node or they may bifurcate periumbilically<br />
with one branch joining the subsequent submedial<br />
tubercle. The ribs are broad, low, and tend<br />
to split lQngitudinally on the adventral half of<br />
the flank: The intercostal spaces are broad, one<br />
and a half times as wide as the ribs; shallow.<br />
Along the median ventral line there is a<br />
row of prominent clavi, adoral to the priventral<br />
tubercles at the vertex of the linguiform<br />
projection of raised lirae (rib lets?) on venter.<br />
The growth striae are impressed on the<br />
ribs on the internal mold; on venter the ribs<br />
themselves are absent but the raised growth<br />
striae cross it in the wide adorally linguiform<br />
arc; the preserved fragment represents the living<br />
chamber, there are 10 periventral clavi and 8<br />
subcentral lateral tubercles.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its great involution, B) the ontogenetic<br />
development of its ornament: the siphonal and<br />
penventral tubercles appear first followed by a<br />
weak periumbilical and finally, a sub-mediolateral<br />
tubercle, the latter at first are nearer the wnbilical<br />
third of the flank and then slowly migrate<br />
upwards toward the middle of the flank but<br />
never attaining an exactly medial position but<br />
becoming stronger with growth, C) the change<br />
in the shape of the venter from fastigate to almost<br />
truncate and wide.<br />
MeastUemeata. D Euw H W D/Euw D/H<br />
% %<br />
VL6 • Cu5 30 5 16 12 17 63<br />
NRC-1 (1966) 60 10? 22 20 20 44<br />
COMMENTS. The small juvenile specimen<br />
resembles Forresteria stantoni Reeside (1932,<br />
pl. 7, figs. 1· 7) which has a very strong ribbing<br />
earlier in the ontogeny than the Colombian species.<br />
Furthermore, its ribs are club-sh aped and<br />
more numerous than in Z. osplnai n.sp., the lateral<br />
tubercle en Reeside's species is cen trolateral to<br />
adventral, contrary to that of the new Colombian<br />
species where it is at first adumbilical in<br />
position, later migrating toward center of the<br />
flank.<br />
The large Colombian specimen resembles<br />
Forresteria (F. ) allaudi (Boule, Lemoine and<br />
Thevenine)[1907, p. 32, pl. 8, fig. 6; malformed?l,<br />
however, the whorl section in the most<br />
similar specimens is very depressed as with the<br />
specimen illustrated by Boule, Lemoine and Thevenine,<br />
or the one by Basse (194 7, pl.8, figs.3,3a)<br />
from the "Con_glomerat ferrugineux Ambohimarina,<br />
Mont Carre"; however, on the Madagascan<br />
specimens the vertical distance between the<br />
periventral and the lateral tubercles is shorter<br />
than the distance between the latter and the<br />
umbilical tubercles, the opposite of the Colom·<br />
bian species.<br />
Likewise on the Madagascan species the<br />
ventrolateral tubercles are heavy and conical<br />
whereas in the Colombian species they are com·<br />
pressed, clavus-like, upwards and outwardly<br />
directed. ForresteriD {orresteri Reeside (1932,<br />
pl.5, fig. 5) has a subquadrangular whorl section<br />
rather than higher than wide as on the Colom·<br />
bian specimens; the siphonal clavi of F. forresteri<br />
Ft.eeside are elongated, and the ribs club-shaped<br />
whereas on the Colombian species the ribs are<br />
curved and have a tendency to splitlongitudinal·<br />
ly.<br />
Matsumoto (1969, p. 308) has discussed<br />
the Indo-Pacific species, he considered Reeside's<br />
species a synonym of the Madagascan species.<br />
Whatever may be the case, it is clear that the<br />
Colombian species differs in the ontogenetic<br />
development of its nodes and pattern of ribbing<br />
and belong to a different group than the<br />
Indo-Pacific species.
ZONATION OF TH E CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 101<br />
The specimen referred to the Madagascan<br />
species by Benavides-Citceres (1956, p.478, pt<br />
61, fig. 1) is too poorly preserved to warrant a<br />
comparison. On the specimen illustrated by<br />
Burckhardt ( 1921, pl. 25) in his figure 17, the<br />
ribs are raised, ridge-like between the lateral<br />
and umbilical tubercles, consequently, the lateral<br />
tubercles are not well individualized, they<br />
are fine, subrounded in the Mexican species; the<br />
opposite of these characteristics occur in the<br />
Colombian species.<br />
Incidentally, this figure 17 of Burckhardt's<br />
plate 25 (1921) seems to show the migration of<br />
the tubercles toward middle of the flank.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Cucaita Member. Lower<br />
Coniacian.<br />
,... ....,... .#/ ·.J.-..... .-<br />
This species is named in honor of the geologist<br />
Carlos Ospina.<br />
•<br />
Holotype. N.R.C - Sora (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Ht.<br />
N. 68).<br />
The innermost whorl observed (third?) is<br />
twice as high as wide; the maximum width on<br />
the adumbilical third of the flank; externally<br />
from the maximum width the flanks are flat to<br />
excavated and converge toward the venter that<br />
has inclined sides. The next whorl covers two<br />
thirds of the height of the preceding whorl, the<br />
ad umbilical third of the flank is clearly convex;<br />
the remaining part of the flank is flat and weakly<br />
converges toward the venter into which it merges<br />
across the shoulder.<br />
The ornament consists of ribs which begin<br />
at the umbilical rim with a rounded to bullate<br />
tubercle, they trend radially to near the mid·<br />
die of the whorl where they develop a weak<br />
round node from which the ribs may bifur..:ate,<br />
the adventral branch is slightly adorally arcuate<br />
across the venter; at the ventrolateral margins<br />
the ribs develop clavi that are subparallel to the<br />
median ventral line; riblets interconnect the median<br />
ventral and the lateroventral tubercles.<br />
Early in the ontogeny, the ribs are narro·<br />
wer than the intercostal spaces, later they become<br />
broad, club-shaped, wider than the intercos·<br />
tal spaces especially on the adventral half of the<br />
flank. The increase in umbilical width with<br />
growth is quite •significant.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) the decrease in the distance between the<br />
ribs with growth, B) the ephemeral development<br />
of the small, rounded lateral tubercles, C) the<br />
stressing with growth of the periumbilical tuber·<br />
cles and the increase of the umbilical width.<br />
Measurements D Euw H W D{Euw D/H<br />
Sora NRC 40 7 22 14 17% 1:15%<br />
NOTE : The measurements refer to the entire<br />
part of the conch only.<br />
COMMENTS. The only species·known to<br />
me that is comparable is ''Barroislc. aff. als·<br />
tadenense Solger, non auct', decribed by<br />
Burckhardt (1919, p.105) and subsequently<br />
illustrated (1921, pl.25, tig.10) but on the<br />
Mexican species [=Zumpangoceras] the ribs are<br />
finer, more crowded and more prominent and<br />
the periventral tubercles are very attenuated,<br />
likewise its umbilicus does not seem to widen<br />
• with growth.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Cucaita Member. Lower<br />
Conician.<br />
Genus<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Buenoceras loboi n. sp.<br />
DIAGNOSIS. Conch discoidal, moderate·<br />
ly involute, maximum inflation near middle of<br />
the flank from which the flattened sides round<br />
toward the umbilicus and the periventral margins;<br />
the venter is tectiform; the early whorls<br />
are ornamented with fine ribs that " appear<br />
smoothly at the umbilical margin; they are<br />
weak on the flank but on the adventral third<br />
they are stronger; there are ventrolateral<br />
tubercles that are inclined toward the ventral<br />
median line, the ribs then cross the venter in an<br />
acute V with an acute clavus at the vertex; on<br />
later whorls weak ribbon like biconcave riblets<br />
arise in bundles from tenuous periumbilical<br />
swelling; they may bifurcate near the middle of<br />
the flank where they are a little wider but do<br />
not develop a tubercle . In the adults all ribs end<br />
in oblique claw-like tubercles which are connec·<br />
ted through the prolongation of the ribs with<br />
the ventral median clavi.<br />
COMMENTS. This genus differs from<br />
Zumpangoceras Basse (194 7), by the absence of<br />
lateral tubercles which are stressed with age.<br />
From "Schloenbachia " flexuosa Gerhardt<br />
(1898, p. 157, pl. 4, fig. 1a,1b,1c) from Upper<br />
Coniacian beds of Colombia which has a whorl<br />
section with the inner half of flanks weakly excavated<br />
to flat, whereas the moderately excavated<br />
external halt" of the whorl converges toward<br />
the venter; the inner whorls of "S. " {lexuosa<br />
have venter fastigate, later in ontogeny the ventral<br />
zone widens, the ventral median keel is depressed<br />
and the venter becomes almost trunca•<br />
ted;on the internal whorls the lateral ornament<br />
consists of low flexuous ribs, which develop<br />
oblique ventrolateral claw-like tubercles and<br />
continue to midventer; on subsequent stages,<br />
the ornament is composed of bundles of falcoid<br />
to falcate raised lirae that define very low<br />
ribs, they extend onto venter forming an acute<br />
siphonal V, the ribs develop a row of ventrolateral<br />
tubercles subparallel to the ventral median<br />
line.<br />
These ventrolateral tubercles are .elevated<br />
adapically and thin and project slightly obliquely<br />
and ad orally; on later stages the rib; and periventral<br />
tubercles are suppressed and only raised<br />
lirae with an accentuated concavity on the ad·
102<br />
ventral third of the whorl side are present (the<br />
two later stages are illustrated on Gerhardt's<br />
figure 1; plate 4, 1898); the sum of the precedign<br />
characteristics differentiate clearly both<br />
taxa.<br />
This genus is named in honor of Professor<br />
Jesus A. Bueno of the Department of Geocien·<br />
cias U. Nal. of Colombia.<br />
·-·-, .• .liJrGergs I,Qboi n. m.<br />
--· . . PI.l ;fig. 2; Text-fig. 9R, 9U.<br />
Holotype. NRC-4 (1965) (U. N. C. M. H. N. C.<br />
P. Ht. N.87).<br />
Paratype. (U. N. C. M.· H. N. C. P. Pt. N. 75).<br />
The adapical segment of the second whorl<br />
has a subcylindrical section; at an equivalent<br />
position on the third whorl the section is twice<br />
as high as .wide and ventral median clavi occur<br />
on the adoral portion of this whorl; the flanks<br />
have an even curvature from the ventral median<br />
clavi to the umbilical rim.<br />
The umbilical wall is curved and bends<br />
toward the venter of the preceding whorl. On<br />
the fourth whorl (D: 15 mm) the venter is tectiform<br />
and has diverging flat ventral sides which<br />
round smoothly into flanks; the latter have<br />
their maximum width adumbilically near the<br />
middle.<br />
Every whorl overlaps to a point slightly<br />
adumbilical of the middle of the flank of the<br />
·<br />
preceding whorl.<br />
The ornament on the last PJ't!&erved whorl<br />
consists of ribs that arise from rounded swellings<br />
at the umbilical rim, describe a weak<br />
concavity on the adumbilical third of the flank,<br />
then trend prorsiradiate to near the middle of<br />
the flank, from which point they describe a wi·<br />
de adoral concavity. The ribs are flat, ribbonlike;<br />
at the periventral margins the ribs develop<br />
an oblique claw-like subelliptical thickening,<br />
from these nodes the riblets or Iirae connect<br />
with the ventral median clavi in a manner such<br />
that venfA!r is crossed by an array of acute Vs.<br />
The suture line has L asymmetrical; the<br />
sanddles are subrectangular, symmetrically to<br />
subsymmetrically bifid; U2 is oblique.<br />
The laceration of the different elements<br />
of the suture line is very variable even on both<br />
sides of the same suture.<br />
- . ' - . ; ..<br />
· .. .<br />
DIAGNOSis: ' This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its biconcave to falcoid ribs that coalesce<br />
at low rounded tubercles on the umbilical<br />
rim, some of them bifurcate near the middle<br />
of the flank without forming a tubercle , B) the<br />
claw-like periventral tubercles and elevated median<br />
ventral row of clavi.<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
Measurements<br />
NRC-Sora<br />
NRC·4<br />
D<br />
?<br />
?<br />
Euw<br />
?<br />
?<br />
COMMENTS. · The only foreign species<br />
known to me that compares with this species is<br />
Reesidites minimus (Hayasaka and Fukada) type<br />
species of Reesidites Wright and Matsumoto<br />
(1954), however, the latter has prominent<br />
strong ribbing very early in the ontogenetic development<br />
(see Hayasaka and Fukada, 1951,<br />
pl.l), the opposi is true of the Colombian species,<br />
on the latter the ventrolateral nodes are<br />
oblique to the median ventral line but in Reesidites<br />
minimus they are parallel to the siphonal<br />
line (See Matsumoto, 1965, p 61, pl.64, fig.<br />
34a; holotype, pl.14), finally (and not critical?)<br />
the suture lines are different: in the Japanese<br />
species E/L saddle is asymmetrically bifid with<br />
the adventral branch conspicuously shorter<br />
than the external branch (see Matsumoto,<br />
p.64, fig. 34b, holotype).<br />
More similar, though, and here interpreted<br />
as congeneric, is·the Mexican species represented<br />
by "Barroisicera sp. ind.num.3", of<br />
Burckhardt (1919, p.102) and subsequently<br />
illustrated by him (1921, pl.24, fig.10); from<br />
the illustration, the Mexican species has closer<br />
periventral tubercles and a more accentuated<br />
bend of the low ribs at middle of the flank than<br />
on the Colombian species.<br />
Biirgl, 1954a, recorded a "Barroisiceras<br />
subtuberculatum (Gerhardt)" (ex.spec. HB-216<br />
SGNMP), which seems to be a member of Buenoceras<br />
loboi n. sp., however the former seems<br />
thicker and has stronger ribs than the latter.<br />
OCCURRENCE. Cucaita Member. Lower<br />
Conician.<br />
"\""''\ ' . c , ..<br />
This species is named in honor of the<br />
Engineer Ramiro Lobo of the Ministerio de Mi-<br />
·<br />
nas y Petroleos.<br />
H<br />
16<br />
30<br />
Genus. nsygnjteshatsumoto,<br />
.._, 1. !Pt!lt . IlL . '- Qlr ).<br />
-·. -<br />
Protexanites Matsumoto, 1955, p.3.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. ''Mortoniceras" bourgeoisi<br />
(d'Orbigny) Grossouvre<br />
(1894, p.73, J)l. 13, fig.2; pl.,<br />
14, fig.2-5) [sic], orial desig-<br />
·<br />
nation.<br />
w<br />
10<br />
18<br />
fro{g!'n.ti£st_,ucqiV,Je-<br />
Pl.l ,fi'gs. ,4; 'rexr.Ji <br />
1968 Protexariites caiiaense (Gerhardt), .Etayo<br />
Sema, p.45, fig.13, Tab. I.<br />
1972 froiexanites canaense (Gerhardt), Etayo<br />
Serna, p. 48.<br />
Holotype. VL6-Cu-3 (U. N. C. M. H. N. C. P.<br />
<br />
N.88).<br />
The first whorl of the conch has a vaulted
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 103<br />
section; it is slightly wider at the umbilical margin<br />
and has weakly convex or subparallel sides<br />
' that evenly round into the broad fastigate venter;<br />
the umbilical wall is oblique and rounds<br />
abruptly into the sides; the second whorl is subquadrate,<br />
the flanks are flat between the umbilical<br />
and the ventral margins, -the venter is wea<br />
Idy keeled along the median line, arched from<br />
the keel to the periven tral margin; the flanks<br />
overlap only the external half of the preceding<br />
whorl.<br />
On the third whorl the venter tends to become<br />
flat but keeled along the median line; up<br />
to the second whorl the sides are smooth, but<br />
on the third whorl broad, well separated ribs<br />
begin to appear.<br />
On the adoral half of the fourth whorl<br />
there are eight low ribs most of them with bullate<br />
periumbilical tubercles; the ribs extend<br />
;adially to the periventral margin where they<br />
develop a long triangular spinose tubercle, upon<br />
which abub; against the following whorl.<br />
On the fifth whorl the section is quadrate,<br />
with a broadly rounded umbilical rim and<br />
the innermost part of the umbilical wall weakly<br />
converges toward the venter of the preceding<br />
whorl; the ventral margins are broadly rounded<br />
along the intercostal spaces, they raise into<br />
rounded bulges from which they connect with<br />
the ventral median keel.<br />
There are sixteen ribs on the fifth whorl,<br />
they are separated by intercostal spaces twice<br />
as wide as the width of the ribs, and the periumbilical<br />
bullae are conical; the ribs are wider<br />
and weaker near the middle of the flank. On the<br />
sixth and last whorl the section is as in the preceding<br />
whorl; the growth of the whorls is relatively<br />
slight.<br />
The ribs begin at brink of the umbilical<br />
wall and are inclined adapically, they bend slightly<br />
just outside the umbilical rim and then trend<br />
radially to weakly arcuately across the flank,<br />
they develop periventral tubercles that project<br />
outwards and backwards like a thorn; from this<br />
marginal tubercle the rib continues onto the<br />
venter as a broad triangular ridge at the end of<br />
which one or two clavate, bead like tubercles<br />
are pre,sent; between these tubercles and the<br />
raised median ventral kell there is a wide shallow<br />
sulcus.<br />
The growth striae begin a the umbilical<br />
seam, they slant down about 45 adapically on<br />
the umbilical wall, they then tum forming a<br />
shallow concavity on the adumbilical third of<br />
the flank, describe a weak arc on the central<br />
third and a concavity on the adventral third;<br />
they trend toward the ventral median line forming<br />
a linguiform projection.<br />
At some places on test, especially where<br />
this is limonitized the growth striae can be seen<br />
·to anastomose with each other and form a network;<br />
at places where the test is preserved but<br />
not limonitized the internal structure of the test<br />
.<br />
appears to consist of rhombic compartments but<br />
this is due In twinning of the calcite shell material;'·<br />
DIAGNOSIS. This species is characterized<br />
by: A) its quadrate whorl section, B) ib; radial<br />
ribs with periventral spinose nodes and C) the<br />
shallow and moderatellynarrow sulci .that para-<br />
llel the ventral median keel. · · :; > ·<br />
Me&S\lremeots D Euw H w D/Euw D/H No.R.<br />
% %<br />
VL-6-Cu-3 38 15 15 13 39 39 20<br />
70 30 26 24 43 -7 19<br />
90 36 30 29 40 33 23<br />
NOTE : The height of the whorl was measured<br />
·<br />
over the carina.<br />
COMMENTS. Protexanites cucaitaense p.<br />
differs from "Mortoniceras bourgeoisi (D'Orbigny)"<br />
in de Grossouvre [1894, p. 73, pl. 14, figs.<br />
3a1 3b ),which has the ventrolateral clavi taller<br />
than the ventral median keel on the excavated<br />
venter, contrary to the condition of the Colombian<br />
species; further, on the French species the<br />
umbilical tubercles are radially elongated but<br />
in the Colombian species they are pustuliform;<br />
in addition, the ribs tend to attenuate and widen<br />
near the middle of the flank on the Colombian<br />
species, a trait that is not observed on the French<br />
species.<br />
Pro texanites cucaitaense differs from Protexanites<br />
cagnaense (Gerhardt) [usually mis!pelled<br />
canaense] which has a high, rectangular<br />
whorl section whereas the former has a quadrate<br />
whorl section and shallower ventral sulci<br />
paralleling the ventral median carina; furthermore,<br />
on P. cucaitaense n.sp., there is a persistent<br />
correspondence of two successive ventral clavi<br />
to each marginal tubercle, a trait that is observed<br />
only late in the ontogeny of Gerhardt's<br />
species (1898, pl. 1, fig. 2a, 2b).<br />
Young (1963, p. 66-67) discussed the status<br />
of Protexanites Matsumoto and Prionocycloceras<br />
Spath and seemed to dismiss the valut.!<br />
of the ventrolateral clavate tubercles of Protexanites.<br />
In my opinion, based on the Colombian<br />
specimens available to me, it appears that the<br />
ventrolateral tubercles greatly enlarge with<br />
growth in Prionocycloceras , but on Protexanites,<br />
the tubercles do not enlarge as much and<br />
if they enlarge, they do not obliterate the ventral<br />
clavi, or both weaken concomitantly (see<br />
Grossouvre, 1894, pl. 13, fig. 2; D:150mm).<br />
As observed by Young, and confirmed<br />
by the Colombian material, there are secondary<br />
ribs or riblets intercalated along the periventral<br />
margins on Prionocycloceras, but in Protexanites,<br />
the intercostal spaces are smooth, the<br />
ribs are more distant and rectiradiate; in addition,<br />
the ventrolateral clavi seem to appear<br />
earlier in the ontogeny of Protexanites than in<br />
Prionocycloceras. Incidentally, the type locality<br />
of the holotype of the type species of Prionocycloceras<br />
is not near Chejende, Venezuela,
104<br />
but "Fundort: Von Stiibel im Bett des Rio Guayabo<br />
an der Siidwestseite des Cerro Pelado im<br />
siidlichen Columbien gefunden". (Gerhardt,l898<br />
p. 197; see also Steinmann, 1882, p.169).<br />
OCCURRENCE. Cucaita Member. Lower<br />
Coniacian.<br />
.TH:fHA ....<br />
Family CYMATOCERATIDAE<br />
Genus Heminautilus Spath, 1927<br />
Heminau 4 tiath, 1927, p. 22.<br />
TYPE SPECIES. Nautilus saxbii Morris, ori·<br />
ginal designation.<br />
Heminautilus etheringtoni<br />
Durham.<br />
Pl.4, fig. 8; Pl. 5, fig. 9.<br />
1946 Heminautilus etheringtoni Durham, p.432<br />
pl. 62, fig.4; pl. . figs. 3,5-7, pl.64, fig.<br />
1-3; Text-fig. 3c-f,5.<br />
1947 He minautilus etheringtoni Durham, Durham,<br />
p. 576, figs. 1-3.<br />
1956 Heminautilus etheringtoni Durham, Kum·<br />
mel, p. 335, 436, 437, fig. 201.<br />
1964 Heminautilus etheringtoni Durham, Kummel,<br />
K407, fig. 29K.<br />
1964 Heminautilus etheringtoni Durham, Etayo-Serna,<br />
p. 129.<br />
Hypotype. F- 15 (U.N.C.M.H.N.C.P.Hy.N , .45).·<br />
Only a completely septate internal mold<br />
is available. The conch is very involute, the whorl<br />
section is high, inverted cordate; the umbilical<br />
wall is inclined, it ascends smoothly to the high.<br />
periumbilical area and then merges into the<br />
slightly excavated convergent flanks that bend<br />
abruptly at the periventral margin to form a<br />
rounded rectangular shoulder; the venter is<br />
truncated.<br />
The suture line is adorally arcuate on the<br />
umbilical wall, on the periumbilical area it bends<br />
sharply and trends rursiradiate for a shorter dis·<br />
tance than the internal branch, and then it changes<br />
progressively to form a wide, very regular<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
* * *<br />
adoral concavity on the flanks, it crosses the<br />
venter straight, normal to the median ventral<br />
line. In general the shape of the suture line is<br />
that of a sickle with a short handle.<br />
Measurements D Euw H W D/Euw<br />
%<br />
F·15 115 5 75 62 4<br />
D/H<br />
%<br />
65<br />
COMMENTS. The specimens studied by<br />
Durham, excepting that coming from his loca·<br />
lity C (Paratype, U.C.M.P.N. 35735) are slightly<br />
more inflated than the present which, however,<br />
agrees well with Durham's holotype (U.C.M.P.N.<br />
35731) in whorl profile, although on the latter<br />
the flanks are relatively straight whereas in my<br />
specimen they are weakly contracted towards<br />
the adven tral third of the flank.<br />
On this specimen the suture lines cross<br />
the venter normal to the median ventral line<br />
without any indication of a siphonal sinus or<br />
at most only a suggestion of it; in the collection<br />
of the University of California there is a topotype,<br />
internal mold, of He minautilus etheringloni<br />
·Durham (U.C.M.P.N. loc. C-180) which does<br />
not show the ventral sinus, a trait previously re·<br />
corded by Durham (1946, p. 432) for one paratype<br />
(U.C.M.P.N. 33733); on this specimen the<br />
suture line is weakly arched adorally and at one<br />
point it is slightly oblique to the ventral median<br />
line.<br />
On the holotype (U.C.M.P.N. 35731) the<br />
venter of the internal mold is flat, almost trun·<br />
cated but where the test is preserved it shows a<br />
feeble siphonal sulcus: a ventral sutural lobe is<br />
present.<br />
Heminautilus saxbii (Morris) the holotype<br />
of the type species of the genus as illustrated by<br />
Kummel (1956, pl. 10) shows an adventral contraction<br />
of the flanks and its section is less infla·<br />
ted and the ventral sinus is well marked compared<br />
to some equivalent specimens (immature?)<br />
of H. etheringtoni.<br />
The specimen illustrated by Douville {1916,<br />
pl. 17, fig. 2b; see fig. 6,4) as "Nautilus lallieri<br />
d'Orbigny" has suture line trending straight or<br />
with an adoral bow on the venter; the venter on<br />
the latter species is flat to weakly excavated<br />
with bicarinate margins and with maturity a cen·<br />
tral carina begins to develop, but this trait is<br />
not observed on Durham's species.
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 105<br />
SUMMARY<br />
-- · · ..<br />
.. J_:· ·<br />
In two regions of the Eastern Cordillera<br />
of Colombia, namely Villa de Leiva and Apulo,<br />
the lithologic sequences were ascertained and<br />
carefully mapped. The ammonites collected bed<br />
by bed from the lithologic sequences were taxo.nomically<br />
investigated and this study constitu·.<br />
tes the body of the present report.<br />
102 species of ammonite.s are described<br />
and illustrated, of these 8f11o of them are recognized<br />
as new taxa; 52 g_eneral of ammonites are<br />
described of which 21 u;o of the total is reported<br />
new as follows: Colomboceratoides n. sg. [type<br />
species Toxoceratoides (Colomboceratoides)<br />
renzoni n. sp.J; Pseudoptychoceras n.g. (type<br />
species Pseudoptychoceras gilberti n. sp. ]; Carloscaceresiceras<br />
n.g. [type species Car/oscaceresiceras<br />
caceresi n. sp.]; Corteziceras n. g. (type<br />
species Co rteziceras cortezi n. sp. ]; Jaumaportai<br />
ceras n. sg. [ type species Trochle!Ceras (Jaumaportaiceras)ho{{stetteri<br />
n. sp.]; Zambranoites n.<br />
sg. [type species Ve ctisites (Zambranoites)<br />
zamoranoi n. sp.]; Juandurhamiceras n.g. (type<br />
species Juandurhamiceras juandurhami n. sp.];<br />
Stoyanowiceras n.g. (type species Ammonites<br />
tre{fryanw; Karsten, 1858]; Riedelites n.g.<br />
f type species Riede lites esthersemae n. sp. j;<br />
'Rinconiceras n.g. f type species Rinconiceras<br />
rinconi n. sp. ]; Ralphimlayites n.g. [type species<br />
Acanthoceras prorsocurvatum Gerhardt, 1898];<br />
Codazziceras n. g. [type species Lyelliceras<br />
scheibei Riedel, 1938]; Franciscoites n. g. [type<br />
species Ammonites toroanus Karsten, 1858];<br />
Gloriaceras ng. [type species Gloriaceras correai<br />
n. sp.l; Buenoceras n. g. [type species Buenoceros<br />
loooi n. sp. ].<br />
._ . ... ,,<br />
The new species described are the following:<br />
Holcophylloceras hemandezi n. sp., Hypophylloceras<br />
wiedmanni n. sp., Eogaudryceras<br />
helmsi, n. sp., Eogaudryceras (Eotetragonites)<br />
cabaricoi n. sp., Toxoceratoides (Colomboceratoides)<br />
renzoni n. sp., Pseudoptychoceras<br />
gilberti n. sp., Aconeceras gutierrezpalmae n. sp.,<br />
Me lchiorites palmeri n. sp., Valdedorsella (?)<br />
rolombiam n.sp., Pseudohaploceras Ieiuaeme n.sp.<br />
Carloscaceresiceras caceresi n. sp., Carloscaceresiceras<br />
monteroi n. sp., Corteziceras cortezi n.<br />
sp., Pse"(ldosayne/la ralphimlayi n. sp., Lewesiceras<br />
(?) ulloai n. sp., Trochleiceras (Trochleice-.<br />
ras) juliuerti n. sp., Trochleiceras (Jaumaportmceras)<br />
ho{fstetteri n. sp., Cheloniceras (Epiche·<br />
loniceras) dognaeluirae n. sp., Cheloniceras<br />
(Epich eloniceras) camachoi n. sp., Cheloniceras<br />
(Epicheloniceras) carlosacostai n. sp., Cheloniceras<br />
(Ep icheloniceras) jimenoi n. sp., Cheloni·<br />
ceras (Epicheloniceras) ban:eroi n. sp., Cheloniceras<br />
(Epich eloniceras) pardoi n. sp., Cheloni:<br />
ceras (Epicheloniceras) leonhardtriedeli n. sp.,<br />
Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) huertasi n. sp.,<br />
Vectlsites (Zambranoites) zambranoi n. sp.,<br />
Vectisites (Zambranoites) cruzi n. sp., Ve ctisites<br />
(Zambranoites) mateusi n. sp., Ve ctisites<br />
(Zambranoites) cadenai n. sp., Vectisites<br />
(Zambranoites) duquesi n. sp., Hypacanthopli<br />
es (?) dognaliciae n.sp., Juadurhaf1!icer!V!<br />
Juandurhami n. sp., Juandurham1ceras gzrald01<br />
·: ".i; .. ' ,<br />
n. sp., Acanthohoplites bigoureti(orin.e n. sp.,<br />
Acanthohoplites seunesiforme n. sp., Acanthohoplites<br />
quitasuegno n. sp., Acanthohoplites<br />
odiosus n. sp., Acanthohoplites pluricostatum<br />
n. sp., Acanthohoplites elegan tean te n. sp.,<br />
Acanthohoplites luisperezi n. sp., Acanthohoplites<br />
(?) lep tocerati{orme n.sp., Acarrtf!.fiOplites<br />
(?) serpenti{orme n. sp., Colombiceras {? ) foreroi<br />
n. sp., Colombiceras (?) sarmientoi n. sp.,<br />
• Gargasiceras (?) juanwyatti n. sp., Douvilleiceras<br />
tarapacaense n. sp., Douvilleiceras abozagloi n.<br />
sp., Eodouvilleiceras pedrocarvajali n. sp., Eodouvilleiceras<br />
(?) tequendamai n. sp., Du{renoyia<br />
boteroi n. sp., Du{renoyia hansbuergli n. sp.,<br />
Ne odeshayesites albertoalvarezi n. sp., Neodeshayesites<br />
ciPgulatum n. sp., Stoyanowiceras<br />
cin tatum n .. sp. , Riedelites esthersernae n. sp.,<br />
Riedelites quebradanegra n. sp., Riedelites<br />
{ilosum n. sp., . Parahoplites hubachi n. sp.,<br />
Parahoplites triston n. sp., Engonoceras olgaluciae<br />
n. sp., Engonoceras (?) duartei n. sp.,<br />
Platiknemiceras colombiana n. sp., Knemiceras<br />
pegnai n. sp., Rinconiceras rinconi n. sp.,<br />
Lyelliceras carvaja/orum n. sp., Lyelliceras<br />
pseudolyelliforme n.sp., Lyelliceras isaacleaz· n.<br />
sp., Ralphimlayites apuloense n. sp., Tegoceras<br />
benauidescaceresi n. sp., Codazziceras {ina n.<br />
sp., Mammites nodosoidesappelatus n. sp.,<br />
Mammites {ugax n. sp., Mamites scutulatus n.<br />
sp., Franciscoites suarezi n. sp., Im/ay{ceras (?)<br />
ralphimlayi n. sp. Fagesia zanellai n.>sp., Paramammites<br />
colombianus n. sp., Hoplitoides<br />
hernanmojicae n. sp., Hoplitoides lacabagnae<br />
n.sp., Hoplitoides lagiraldae n. sp., Niceforoceras<br />
boyacaense n. sp., Peroniceras robertogarciae<br />
Peroniceras diabloi n. sp., Peroniceras guerrai n.<br />
sp., Prionocycloceras portarum n.sp., Prionocycloceras<br />
(?) cucaitaense n. sp., Gloriaceras correai<br />
n. sp., Gloriaceras paulinae n. sp., Zumpangoceras<br />
ospinae n. sp., Zumpangoceras (?)<br />
sorae n. sp., Buenoceras loboi n. sp., Protexani·<br />
tes cucaitaense n. sp.<br />
These different species of ammonites represent<br />
a biostratigraphic sequence ranging in age<br />
from Upper Aptian to Lower Santonian, based on<br />
them, tb> following zonation ("Assemblage-zone"),<br />
has been proposed: 1) Zone of Du{renoyia sanctorum<br />
and Stoyanowiceras tre{{ryanus, below;<br />
2) Zone of Parahoplites (?) hubachi and Acanthohoplites<br />
(?) leptoceratiforme, above for the<br />
Upper Aptian; 3) Zone of Neodeshayesites columbianus<br />
and Douuille iceras solitae for the<br />
Lower Albian; 4) Zone of Pla tiknemiceras colombiana,<br />
Rinconiceras rinconi and Lyelliceras<br />
pseudolyelli{orme for the Middle Albian; 5)<br />
Zone of Mammites nodosoidesappelatus and<br />
Franciscoites suarezi for the Lower Turonian;<br />
6) Zones of Gioriaceras correai, Pro texanites cu·<br />
caitaense and Codazziceras scheibei for the<br />
Lower Coniacian; 7) Zone of Lenticeras baltai<br />
and Paralenticeras sieuersi for the Lower Santo·<br />
nian.<br />
Assemblages representing the Upper Albian,<br />
Cenomanian, Upper Turonian, and Upper<br />
Coniacian were not recognized. Detailed descrip·<br />
tions of some lithostratigraphic units are given,<br />
ar;.d their faunal content indicated.
106 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
En dos regiones de Ia Cordillera Oriental<br />
de Colombia, en Villa de Leiva y Apulo, se determinaron<br />
las secuencias litol6<strong>gicas</strong> que fueron<br />
cludadosamente cartografiadas. Las amonitas<br />
colectadas estrato por estrato de tales secuencias<br />
litolo<strong>gicas</strong> fueron taxon6micamente investigadas<br />
y este estudio constituye el objetivo<br />
principal de este escrito.<br />
Se describen e ilu!l;ran 102 especies de<br />
amonitas, de las cuales ssu;a::onfonnan nuevas taxa;<br />
se deben 52 generos de amonitas de las<br />
cuales 2lu/odel total se dictaminan como nuevas<br />
asi: Colomboceratoides n. sg. [especie tipo Toxoceratoides<br />
(Colomboceratoides) renzoni n.<br />
sp. ]; PseudoptychocerO$ n. g. [ especie tipo Pseudoptychocer:O$<br />
gilberti n. sp. ]; CarloscaceresicerO$<br />
n. g.f,especie tipo Carloscaceresiceras caceresi<br />
n. sp. ; Corteziceras n. g. [especie tipo Corteziceras<br />
cortezi n. sp. ]; Jaumaportaicer(l$ n. sg.,<br />
r especie tipo Trochleiceras (JaumaportaicerO$)<br />
hof{stetteri n. .J;Zambranoites n. sg. [especie<br />
tipo Vectisites (Zambranoites) za.mbranoi n. sp. ];<br />
Juandurhamiceras n. g. [especie tipo Juandurhamiceras<br />
juandurhami n. sp.]; StoyanowicerO$ n.<br />
g. respecie tipo Ammonites treffryanw Karsten,<br />
18158 J; Riedelites n. g. [ especie tipo Riedelites<br />
esthersemae n. sp. J; Rinconiceras n. g. r especie<br />
tipo RinconicerO$ rinconi n. sp. ]; Ralphimlayites<br />
n. g. respecie tipoAcanthocerasprorsocurua·<br />
tum· G!:!rfiardt, 1898]; Codazziceras n. g. [ espe
ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 107<br />
Les sequences lithologiques des regions de<br />
Villa de Leiva et de Apulo, dans la Cordillere<br />
Orientale de Colombie, cartographb!es en detail<br />
ont ete detenninees. Les ammopites, recueillies<br />
strate par strate ont ete clllll.Wes taxonom<br />
ment; cette etude constitue l'objectif du present<br />
travail.<br />
102 especes d'ammonites sont decrites et<br />
illustrees, parmi lesquelles 85 o/o confonnent un<br />
nouveau taxon; 52 genres d'ammonites sont<br />
decrits panni lesquels les 21% suivants sont<br />
considerees comme nouveaux: Co lomboceratoides<br />
n. sg. respece type Toxoceratoides (Colomboceratoicfes)<br />
renzoni n.sp.];Pseudoptychoceros<br />
n. g. f espeee type Pseudoptychoceras gilberti n.<br />
sp.j; Carloscaceresiceras n. g. [espece type Carloscaceresiceras<br />
caceresi n.sp. ]; Corteziceras n.g.<br />
[qspeee type Co rteziceras cortezi n.sp.J; Jaumaportaiceros<br />
n. sg. r espeee type Trochleiceras<br />
(Jaumaportaiceros) hof{stetteri n.sp.l; Za mbranoites<br />
n. sp. [espeee type Ve ctisites (Zambranoites)<br />
zambranoi n. sp.j; Juandurhamiceras n. g.<br />
[espece type Juandurhamiceras juandurhami<br />
n. sp.];Stoyanowiceras n.g. respece type Ammonites<br />
tref{ryanus Karsten 1S58]; Riedelites n.a.<br />
respece type Riedelites esthersemae n. sp.1;<br />
1linconiceros n.g. r espece type Rinconiceras rinconi<br />
n.sp. ]; Ralp'himlayites n.g. [ espece type<br />
Acanthoceras prorsocurvatum Gerhardt, 1898};<br />
Codazziceras n.g. [espeee type Lyelliceras schezbei<br />
Riedel, 1938]; Franciscoites n. g. [espece type<br />
Ammonites toroanus Karsten, 1858]; Gloriaceras<br />
n.g. [ espece type Gloriaceras correai n.sp. ];<br />
Buenoceras n.g. [ espece' type Buenoceras lo boi<br />
n.sp.].<br />
Les nouvelles especes decrites sont les suivantes:<br />
Holcophylloceras hemandezi n. sp., Hypophylloceras<br />
wiedmanni n. sp., Eogaudryceras<br />
helmsi n.sp., Eogaudryceras (Eotetragonites) cabaricoi<br />
n.sp., Toxoceratoides (Colomboceratoides)<br />
renzoni n.sp., Pseudoptychoceras gilberti<br />
n.sp., Aconeceras gutierrezpalmae n.sp., Me lchiorites<br />
palmeri n.sp., Valdedorsella (?) colombiana<br />
n.sp., Pseudohaploceras leivaense n.sp., Carloscaceresiceros<br />
caceresi n.sp., Carloscaceresiceras<br />
monteroi n.sp., Corteziceras cortezi n.sp.,<br />
Pseudosaynel/a ralphimlayi. n.sp., Lewesiceras (?)<br />
ulloai n.sp., Tro chleiceras (Trochleiceras) juliuerti<br />
n. sp., Trochleiceras (Jaumaportaiceras)<br />
hof{stetteri n.sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloriiceras)<br />
camachoi n.sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
carlosacostai n.sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
jimenoi n. sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
barreroi n. sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
pardoi n. sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
leonhardtriedeli n.sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
huertasi n.sp., Vectisites (Zambranoites)<br />
zambranoi n. sp., Vectisites (Zambranoites) cruzi<br />
n.sp., Vectisites (Zambranoites) mateusi n.sp.,<br />
Vectisites (Zambranoites) cadenai n. sp., Ve ctisites<br />
(Zambranoites) duquesi n. sp., Hypacanthoplites<br />
(?) dognaliciae n.sp., Juandurhamiceras<br />
juandurhami n.sp., Juandurhamiceras giraldoi<br />
n.sp., Acanthohoplites bigoureti{orme n . .:p.,<br />
RESUME<br />
Acanthohoplites teunuiforme n. sp., Acanthohoplltu<br />
quitasuegno n. sp., ACtJnthohoplitu<br />
odiosru n. up., Acanthohoplites pluricostatum<br />
n. sp.,Acanthohoplites eleganteante n. sp.,ACtJn·<br />
thohoplites luisperezi n. sp., Acanthoh¢plitu<br />
(?) leptocerotlforme n. sp., Acanthohoolites (?)<br />
• serpenti{orme n. ap., Colombiceras (?) foreroi<br />
n. sp., Colombiceras (?) sarmientoi n. sp., Gargasiceras<br />
(?) juanw.vatti n. sp., Douvilleiceras<br />
tDrapacaense n. ap., Douvilleiceras abozagloi n.<br />
aD., Eodouvilleicel'dll pedroCtJrvajali n. sn., Eodouuilleiceras<br />
(?) tequendamai n. sp., DutrenoyilJ<br />
boteroi n. sp., DutrenoyilJ hansbuergli n. ap.,<br />
Ne odeshayesites albertoalvarezi n. sp., Neoduhayesites<br />
cingulatum n. ap., Stoyanowiceras<br />
cintatum n. so., Riedelites esthersemae n. sp.,<br />
Riedelites quebrodaneea n. sp., [liedelites filasum<br />
n. sp., Parohoplites hubachi n. ap., Parahoplites<br />
tristan n. s. t Engonoceros o[Haluciae n.<br />
so., Engonoceras (? J duartei n. sp., Platiknemiceros<br />
colombiana n. sp., Knemiceras pegru,i n.<br />
sp., Rinconiceras rin coni n. sp., LyP-llicera8 carvaialorom<br />
n. sp., Lyelliceras pseudoljelli{orme<br />
n. sp., Lyelliceras isCUJcleai n. sp., Ralphimlayites<br />
apuloense n. ap., Tegoceras ·benavldescaceresi.<br />
n. sp., Codazziceras {ina n. sp., Mammites nodosoidesappelatus<br />
n. sp., Mammites {ugax n. sp.,<br />
Mammites scutulatus n.sp.,Franciscoites suarezi<br />
n. sp. Imlayiceras (?) rolphimlayi n. sp., FagesilJ<br />
zanet'fui n. sp.,Paramammites colombilJnus n. sp.,<br />
Hoplitoides hemanmojicae n. sp., Hoplitoides<br />
lacabagnae n. sp., Hoplitoides lagiraldae n.<br />
ap., Nice{oroceras boyacaense n. sp.,Peroniceras<br />
robertogarcwe n. sp., Peroniceras diabloi n. sp.,<br />
Peroniceras guerrai n.sp.,friono.cycloceras por<br />
tarom n. sp., Prionocycloceras (?) cucaitaense<br />
n. sp., Gloriaceras correai n. sp., Gloriaceras pau·<br />
linae n. sp., Zumpangoceras ospinae n. sp., Zumpangoceras<br />
(?) sorae n. sp., Buenoceras loboi n.<br />
sp., Protexanites cucaitaense n. sp.,<br />
Ces especes differenms d'ammonites representant<br />
une sequence bio stratigraphique dont<br />
l'ige s'etend de 1' Aptien Superieur jusqti' au Santonien<br />
Inferleur. On pro r. ose pour 12t intervafie<br />
Ia zo'lation suivante: ('mblage-zone;"), 1)<br />
Zone de Du{renoyia sanctorom et Stoyanowiceras<br />
tref{ryanus sous Ia; 2) Zone de Parahoplites<br />
(?) hubachi et Acanthohoplites (?) lep toceratiforme<br />
au dessus de I' Aptien Superieur; 3) Zone<br />
de Neodeshayesites columbianus et Douvilleiceros<br />
solitae pour 1' Albien Inferieur; 4) Zone de<br />
Platiknemiceras colombiana, Rinconzceras rinconi<br />
et Lyelliceras pseudolyelli{orme pour 1' Albien<br />
Moyen; 5) Zone de Mammites nodosoidesappelo.tus<br />
et Franciscoites suarezi pour le Tou·<br />
ronien Inferieur; 6) Zone de Gloriaceras correai,<br />
Protexanites cuca1taense et Codazziceras scheibei<br />
pour le Coniacien inferieur; 7) Zone de Lenticeras<br />
baltai et Paralenticeras sieversi pour le<br />
Santonien lnferieur. Les Ammonites representatives<br />
de l' Albien Superieur. du cenomanien, du<br />
Turonien Superieur et du Coniacien Superieur<br />
n'ontpas ete identifiees.Ce travail conUent flnale<br />
ment Ia description detaillee de quelques unites<br />
lithologiques ainsi que Ia faune qu'elles contiennent.
108<br />
In due regioni della Cordigliera Orientale<br />
di Colombia, Villa de Leiva e Apulo si sono<br />
stabilite alcune sequenze litologiche rilevate poi<br />
con cura. Le ammoniti, raccolte strato a strato<br />
secondo l'ordine della successione litologica,<br />
sono state oggetto della ricerca tassonomica che<br />
viene presentata in questo scritto.<br />
Si descrivono e illustrano 102 specie di<br />
ammoniti, fra le cuali 85o/osi assegnano a novi<br />
taxai si descrivono 52 generi di ammoniti fra le<br />
quali l'autore e del parere che 2lo/osiano nuovi:<br />
Colomboceratoides n. sg. J specie tipo Toxoceratoides<br />
(Colombocerato · es) renzoni n. sp. ];<br />
Pseudoptychoceras n. g. [species tipo Pseudoptychoceras<br />
gilberti n. sp.1; Carloscaceresiceras<br />
n. g. f specie tipo Carloscaceresiceras caceresi n.<br />
sp.j; torteziceras n. g. [specie tipo Corteziceras<br />
cortezi n. sg. J; Jaumaportaiceras n. sg. r specie<br />
tipo Trochleiceras (Jaumaportaiceras) hoffs tetteri<br />
n. sp. J; Zambranoites n. sg. [specie tipo Vectisites<br />
(Zambranoites) zambranoi n. sp.l; Juandurhamiceras<br />
n. g. [species tipo lllllndurhamicems.juandurhami<br />
n.sp.J;Stoyanowiceras n.g. [spe·<br />
cie tipo Ammonites tre{fryanus Karsten 1858];<br />
Riedelites n. g. [specie tipo Riedelites estherser<br />
nae n. sp. ]; Rir,coniceras n. g. [specie tipo Rin<br />
coniceras rinconi n. sp. ]; Ralphimlayites n. g.<br />
fspecie tipo Acanthoceras prorsocurvatum Ger<br />
hardt, 1898 ]; Codazziceras n. g. f specie tipo<br />
Lyelliceras scheibei Riedel, 1938 j; F'ranciscoites<br />
n. g.<br />
J specie<br />
tipo A.mmonites toroanus Karsten,<br />
1858 ; Glorillcera n. g. [specie tipo Gloriaceras<br />
correai n. sp.]Buenoceras n. g. [specie tipoBue<br />
noceras loboi : . sp. ].<br />
. . · Le nuve specie. descritte sono Je seguenti:<br />
Ho lcophylloceras hemandezi n. sp.Hypophyllo•<br />
ceras wiedmanni n. sp., Eogaudryceras helmsi<br />
n. sp., Eogaudryceras (Eo tetragonites) cabaricoi<br />
n. sp., Toxoceratoides (Colomboceratoides) ren<br />
zoni n. sp., · Psudoptychoceras gilberti n. sp.<br />
Aconeceras gut1errezpalmae n. sp. Melchiorites<br />
palmeri n.sp., Va ldedorsel/a (?) colombiana n.sp.<br />
Pseudohaploceras leivaense n. sp., Carloscaceresiceras<br />
caceresi n. sp., Carloscaceresiceras monteroi<br />
n. sp., Corteziceras cortezi n.sp., Pseudosoynella<br />
ralphimlayi n.sp., Lewenceras (?) ulloai<br />
n.sp., Trochleiceras (Tt'ochleiceras) juliverti n.sp.,<br />
Trochleiceras (Jaumavortaiceras l hnff.tP.tteri n.<br />
sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) dognaetVIrae<br />
n. sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) camachoi<br />
n. sp. Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) carlosacos<br />
tai n.' sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) jime<br />
noi n. sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceros) ba"e<br />
roi n. sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) pardoi<br />
n. sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) ieonhar<br />
dtriedeli n. sp., Cheloidceras (Epichelonbras)<br />
huertasi n. sp., Vectj$ites (Za mbranoites) zam<br />
branoi n. sp., Vecti&jJ{Is .. (ambranQ.ites) ,cruzi<br />
n. sp., Vectisites (Za.iJiP-[4ttoite$) mateust n. sp.,<br />
Vectisites (Zambraii0MI1); cadenai n; sp., Vec<br />
tisites (Zambranoites) duquesi n. sp., Hypacan·<br />
thoplites (?) dognaliciae n. sp., Juandurhcmice<br />
ras juandurhami n. sp., Juandurhamiceras giral<br />
doi n.sp., Acantholwplites bigourctiforme n. sp.;<br />
F. ETAYO ·SERNA<br />
RIASSUNTO<br />
Acanthohoplites seunesiforme · n. sp., Acanthohoplites<br />
quitasuegno n. sp., Acanthohoplites<br />
odiosus n. sp., Acanthohoplites pluricosta tum<br />
n. sp.,Acan thohoplites eleganteante n. sp.,Acanthohoplites<br />
luisperezi n. sp., Acanthohoplites<br />
(?) leptoceratiforme n. sp., Acanthohoplites (?)<br />
serpenti{orme n. sp., Colombiceras (?) foreroi<br />
n. sp., Colombiceras (?) sarmientoi n.sp., Gargasiceras<br />
(?) juanwyatti n. sp., Douuilleiceras tarapacaerise<br />
n. sp., Douuilleiceras abozagloi n. sp.,<br />
Eodouvilleiceras pedrocarvajali n. sp., Eodouvilleiceras<br />
(?) tequendamai n. sp., Du{renoyia<br />
boteroi n. sp., Du{renoyia hansbuergli n. sp.,<br />
Neodeshayesites albertoalvarezi n. sp., Neodes·<br />
hayesites cingulatum n. sp., Stoyanowiceras<br />
cintatum n. sp., Riedelites esthersemae n. sp.,<br />
Riedelites quebradanegra n. sp., Riedelites {flosum<br />
n. sp. Parahoplites hubachi n. sp., Parahoplites<br />
t,.iston n. sp., Engonoceras olgaluciae n. sp.,<br />
Engonoceras (?} duartei n. sp., Platiknemiceras<br />
colombiana n. sp., Knemiceras pegnai n. sp.,<br />
Rinconiceras rinconi n. sp., Lyelliccras carvajalorum<br />
n. sp.,Lyelliceras pseudolyelli{orme n.sp.,<br />
Lyellieceras isaacleai n. sp., Ralphimlayites<br />
apuloense n. sp., Tegoceras benavidescaceresf<br />
n. sp., Codazziceras {ina n. sp., Mammites nodosoidesappelatus<br />
n. sp., Mammites {ugax n. sp.,<br />
Mammites scutulatus n. sp. ,Fhnciscoites suarezi<br />
n. sp., Imlayiceras (?) ralphimlayi n. sp., Fagesia<br />
zanellai n. sp., Paramammites colombianus n.sp.,<br />
Hoplitoides hemanmojicae n. sp., Hoplitoides<br />
lacabagnae n. sp., Hoplitoides lagiraldae n. sp.,<br />
Nice{oroceras boyacaense n. sp., Peroniceras robertogarciae<br />
n. sp., Peroniceras diabloi n. sp.,<br />
Peroniceras guerrai n. sp., Prionocycloceras portarum<br />
n. sp., PrionocyclocerU$ (?) cucaitaense n.<br />
sp., Glorillceras correai n. sp., Gloriaceras paulinae<br />
n. sp., Zumpangoceras ospinae n. sp., Zum , ·<br />
pangoceras (?} sorae n. sp., Buenoceras loboi n.<br />
sp., Protexanites cucaitaense n. sp.,<br />
ueste diverse specie di ammoniti rappre<br />
sentano una sequcnza biostratigrafica che si<br />
stende in eta dall Aptiano Superiore fino al San·<br />
toni?..no Inferiore dentro Ia quale l'autore pro·<br />
pone la seguente zonificazione, \'Assemblage·<br />
zone"): 1) Zona aDufrenOJiiz sanctorum y Sto<br />
yanowiceras treffryanus sottostante; 2) Zona a<br />
Parahoplites- (?) hubachi y Acanthohoplites (?)<br />
leptoceratiforme, soprastante (?) L'Aptiano Su<br />
periore; 3) Zona a Neodeshayesites columbianus<br />
y Douvilleiceras solitae per I' Albiano Inferiore;<br />
4) Zona a Platiknemiceras colombitzna, Rinconi<br />
ceras rinconi y Lyelliceras pseudolyelli(orme per<br />
l' Albiano Medio; 5) Zona a Mammites nodosoi<br />
desappelatus y Franciscoites suarezi per il Turo<br />
niano Inferiore; 6) Zona a Glorillceras correai,<br />
Protexanites -cucaitanse y Codazziceras scheibei<br />
per il Coniaciano Inferiore; 7) Zona a Lentice<br />
ras baltai y of?aralenticeras sieversi per il Santo.- '<br />
niano· Inferio,:Q .. -Non si sono riconosciute le fau·. ·<br />
ne reopresentiltive dell' Albiano Superiore, del<br />
Cenoina:1iano, Turoniano Superiore e Coniacia·<br />
no Superiom.<br />
Si descrivono minuziosamente alcune unita<br />
litostratigrafiche e si indica Ia fauna I( conteta.
ZONA "nON OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 109<br />
In den Umgebungen von Villa de Leiva und<br />
Apulo, zwei Gebieten auf der Ostlichen Kordillere<br />
Kolumbiens, wurden die lithologischen Abfolgen<br />
der Kre,de aufgJ)nommen und sorgf3Itig Kartographiert.<br />
Die aus jeder Schich_t aufgesammenlten<br />
Anmoniten wurden taxonomisch untersucht.<br />
Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung stellen das<br />
Hauptziel der vorliegenden Arbeit dar.<br />
Es werden 102 Ammoniten-Arten beschrie_<br />
ben und abgebildet, aarunter 85 o/oDeueTaxa. Es<br />
werden auch 52 Ammoniten-Gattungen beschrieben,<br />
unter denen sich 21 %neue Gattungen<br />
finden : (Colomboceratoides) n. sg. [Typus Art<br />
TgxoceratoitJes (Colomboceratoides) renzoni.<br />
n sp.]; Pseudoptychoceras n. sg. (Typus Art<br />
Pseudoptychoceras gilberti n. sp· ]; Carloscaceresiceras<br />
n. g. (Typus Art Carloscaceresiceras<br />
caceresi n. sp.J; Cortezicer{ls n. g. (Typus Art<br />
C.,o rteziceras cortezi n. sp. ]; JauTTUJportaiceras<br />
n. sg. fTypus Art Trochleiceras (Jaumaportaiceras)<br />
hof{stetteri n. sp .] ; Zambranoites n.sg.<br />
(Typus Art Ve ctisites (Zambranoites) zambranoi<br />
n. sp.] ; Juandurhamiceras n. g. [Typus Art<br />
Juandurhamiceras juandurhami n. sp.]; Stpyanowiceras<br />
n. g. fTypus Art Ammonites treffryanus<br />
Karsten 18581; Riedelites n. g. (Typus Art<br />
Riedelites esthersemae n. sp.]; Rmconiceras<br />
n. g. [ Typus Art Rinconiceras ri11coni n. sp.];<br />
Ralphimlayites n. g. {Typus Art Acanthoceras<br />
prorsocurvatum Gerhardt 1898]; Codazziceras<br />
n. g. (Typus Art Lyelliceras scheibei Riedel,<br />
1938]; Franciscoites n. g. fTypus Art Ammonites<br />
toroanus Karsten 185S]; Gloriaceras n. g.<br />
[Typus Art Gloriaceras correai n. sp.]; Buenoceras<br />
n. g. (Typus Art Buenoceras Ioboi n. sp. <br />
Bei den neun aufgestellten arten handelt es<br />
sich urn: Holcophylloceras hemandezi n. sp.,<br />
Hypophylloceras wiedmanni n. sp., Eogaudryceras<br />
helmsi n. sp., Eogaudryceras (Eotetragonites)<br />
cabaricoi n. sp., Toxoceratoides (Colo mbocera<br />
toides) renzoni n. sp., Pseudoptychoceras<br />
gilberti n. sp., A coneceras gu tierrezpalmae n. sp.,<br />
Melchioritespalmeri n. sp., Va ldedorsella (?) colombiana<br />
n. sp., Pseudohaploceras leiuaense n.<br />
sp., Carloscaceresiceras caceresi n. sp., Carloscaceresiceras<br />
monteroi n. sp., Corteziceras cortezi<br />
n. sp., Pseudosaynella ralphimlayi n. sp., Lewesiceras<br />
(?) ulloai n. sp., Trochleiceras (Trochleiceras)<br />
.juliuerti n. · sp., Trochleiceras (Jaumaportaiceras)<br />
ho((stetteri n. sp., Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
camachoi n. sp., Cheloniceras<br />
(Epicheloniceras) carlosacostai n. sp., Cheloniceras<br />
(Epicheloniceras) jimenoi n. sp., Cheloniceras<br />
(Epicheloniceras) barreroi n. sp., Cheloniceras<br />
(Epicheloniceras) Pflrdoi n. sp., Chelonice·<br />
ras (Epicheloniceras) leonhatdtriedeli n.sp, Chelniceras<br />
(Epiche/oniceras) huertasi n. sp., Vecttliltes<br />
(Zambranoites) zambranoi n. sp.,Vectisi·<br />
tes (Zambranoites) cruzi n. sp., Ve ctisites (Zambra<br />
. noites) mateusi n. sp., Vectisites (Zambranoltes)<br />
cadenai n. sp., Ve ctisites (Zambranites)<br />
duquesi n. sp., Hypacanthoplites (?) dognaliciae<br />
n. sp., Juandurhamiceras juandurhami n. sp.,<br />
Juandurhamiceras giraldoi n. sp.,Acanthohoplites<br />
bigoure ti{orme n. sp., Acanthohoplites<br />
seunesiforme n. sp., Acanthohoplites qui-<br />
ZUSAQENF ASSUNG<br />
·· ; .( : . {[,;£><br />
·<br />
..._ : ·<br />
tasuegno n. sp., Acanthohoplites odiosus n. sp.,<br />
Acanthohoplites pluricostatum n. sp., Acanthohoplites<br />
eleganteante n. sp., Acanthohoplites<br />
luisperezi n. sp., Acan thohoplites (?) leptocerati{orme<br />
n. sp.,Acanthohoplites (?)serpenti{onne<br />
n. sp., Colombiceras (?) (oreroi n. sp., Colombiceras<br />
(?) sarmientoi n. sp:;Bargasiceras (?) juanwyatti<br />
n. sp., Douuilleiceras tarapacaense n. sp.,<br />
Douvilleiceras abozagloi n. sp., Eodouuilleiceras<br />
pedrocarvajali n. sp.,Eodouuilleiceras (?) tequendamai<br />
n. sp., Dufrenoyia boteroi n. sp., Du(renoyia<br />
hansbuergli n. sp., Neodeshayesites albertoalvarezi<br />
n. sp., Neodeshayesites cingulatum n.<br />
sp., Stoyanowiceras cintatum n. sp., Riedelites<br />
quebradanegra n. sp., Riedelites filos., n. sp.,<br />
Parahoplites hubachi n. sp., Parahoplites tristan<br />
n. sp., Engonoceras olgaluciae n. sp., Engonoceras<br />
(?) duartei n. sp., Platiknemiceras colombiana<br />
n. sp., Knemiceras pegnai n. sp., Rinconiceras<br />
rinconi n. sp., Lyelliceras caru
110<br />
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-- 1902.· Contibution to the natural history<br />
of the pearly Nautilus: in Zoological<br />
results based on material collected in New<br />
Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and<br />
Elsewhere, Part 6, pp. 691-830, pis. 75-83,<br />
1 map., Text-figs. 1·15. Cambridge U.<br />
Press.<br />
WRIGHT, C. W. and MA TS UMOTO, T. 1 954,<br />
Some doubtful Cre taceous ammonite genera<br />
from Japan and Saghalien. Mem.<br />
Foe. Sci., Kyushu Univ., Ser. D, vol. 4,<br />
n.2, pp. 107-134, pls. 7-8, Text-figs. 107-<br />
134.<br />
WRIGHT, C. W. 1957.- In W. J. Arkell, Bernard<br />
Kummel, and C. W. Wrigh t: Mesozoic Am·<br />
moidea. In R.C. Moore (ed.): Treatise on<br />
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L490, Tex t-figs. 124-555. Univ. Kansas<br />
Press.<br />
YOUNG, K. 1957.· Upper Albian (Cretaceous)<br />
ammonoidea from Texas. J. Paleont.<br />
v. 31, n. 1, pp. 1-33, pls. 1-10, Tex t-figs.<br />
1·4.<br />
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from the Gulf Coast of the United States.<br />
Un iv. Texas Pu bl. no. 6304, ix+142 pp.,<br />
Plates 1·82, Tex t-figs. 1·34.<br />
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FIGURES 3-17
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0)<br />
Terminology utilized in this paper when<br />
describing whorl sections; M vl: median<br />
ventral line AV: adventral: M: middle;<br />
AU: adumbilical.<br />
Terminlogy utilized in describing the ribs;<br />
Ao: adoral; Aa: adapical; Cc: concavity;<br />
Bp: branching point; Cv: convexity ; Pr:<br />
proyection.<br />
Whorl section of Phylloceras buchianum<br />
forbes); C-217. a) hypotype at a whorl<br />
height (=H.) of 3 mm (x 5 2/3); b) hypotype<br />
at H:6 mm (x 5 2/3).<br />
Growth striae and constriction ridge profile<br />
of Holcophylloceras hemandezi n.sp.,<br />
holotype C-13 at H: 8 mm (x 1 5/8).<br />
Rib profile of Hypophylloceras wiedmanni<br />
n.sp. \ holotype C-225, at H: 14<br />
mm (x 1 1/3J.<br />
Terminology utilized in this work descri·<br />
bing the elements of the suture line: E:<br />
external lobe; L: lateral lobe; U: umbilical<br />
lobe, 1: internal lobe. E/L: seddle between<br />
; E and L lobes.<br />
Types of ribbing described in this work.<br />
Whorl section of Holcophylloceras hernandezi<br />
n. sp., holotype C-13, at H: 8 mm<br />
(x 2 6/8).<br />
External suture line of Holcophylloceras<br />
hernandezi n. sp., holotype C-13, at H: _<br />
8 nim (x 2 6/8).<br />
Whorl section of Eogaudryceras helmsi<br />
n. sp., holotype C-223, a) at H : 4 mm<br />
(x 1 1/2); b) at H :14 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Eogaudryceras (Eo tetragonites)<br />
cabaricoi n. sp., holotype C-513,<br />
at H: 14mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Part of external suture line showing L, of<br />
Eogaudryceras (Eote tragonites} cabaricoi<br />
- n. sp., holotype at H: 8mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Toxoceratoides (Colombocera<br />
toides)renzoni n. sp., holotype LB·<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
FIGURE 3<br />
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fi)<br />
10. a) at H: 9.5 mm (x 28/9); b) at H: 3.5<br />
mm (x 2 8/9).<br />
Complete suture line of Toxocera toides<br />
(Colomboceratoides) renzoni n.sp.,morph<br />
I, C-220, at H: 5 mm.<br />
Whorl section of Me lchioriles media Riedel,<br />
hype type C-127, at H: 6mm (x 3 1/6).<br />
External suture line of Melchioriles media<br />
Riedel, hypotype C-127, at H: 6 mm<br />
(x 2 1/6).<br />
Whorl section of Pseudoptychoceras gilberti<br />
n. sp., holotype C-223, at H:5 mm<br />
(x 3).<br />
Complete last suture line of Pseudoplychoceras<br />
gilberti n. sp., paratype C· 223,<br />
at H: 6 mm (x 3).<br />
Whorl section of Pseudohaploceras leiuaense<br />
n. sp., holotype VL-10-17, at H:<br />
19.5 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Profile of the adoral ridge of a constriction<br />
in Valdedorsella (?) colombiana n. sp,<br />
paratype Sta Ana, at H: 12 mm (x 1 1/4).<br />
Whorl section of Valdedorse/la (?) colombiana<br />
n. sp., paratype Sta. Ana, at H: 13<br />
mm (x 1 1/5).<br />
Whorl section of Aconeceras gu tierrezpalmae<br />
n. sp., paratype C-223. a) at H: 3mm;<br />
b) at H: 5.5mm (x 6).<br />
_Part Qf external suture.line of Aconeceras<br />
gulierrezpalmae n. sp., holotype C-223 at<br />
H: 8mm.<br />
Profile of a growth striae of Aconeceras<br />
gutierrezpalmae n. sp., holotype C-223,<br />
at H: 8mm (x 2 7/8).<br />
Whorl section of Melchiorites palmeri<br />
n. sp., holotype C-223, at H: 6mm (x 2 1/3)<br />
Whorl section of Corteziceras (?)n.sp.ind.,<br />
C-5 13, at H: 14 mm (x 1 1/3).<br />
External suture line of Pseudohaploceras<br />
leiuaense n. sp. holotype at H: 13 mm.
122 . F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
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D)<br />
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F).<br />
G)<br />
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Whorl section of Carloscacercsiceras caceresi<br />
n. sp., paratype C-13-27, at H:20mm<br />
(x 1 1/2).<br />
External suture line of Carloscaceresiceros<br />
caceresi n.sp.,paratype C-13-37, atH:lBmm.<br />
Whorl section of Corteziceras cortezi n.<br />
sp., . Sta. Ana, holotype at H:20 mm<br />
{x 1 1/2).<br />
a) Whorl section of Lewesiceras (?) ulloai<br />
n. sp., c-310, holotype, at H : 8 mm (x<br />
1 1/2); b) profJle of the adapical ridge of<br />
a constrictions, ib. at H : 9.5 (x 1 1/2).<br />
External suture line of Carloscaceresiceras<br />
monteroi n. sp., holotype C-13-33, at H.:<br />
16 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Corteziceras latecostata<br />
(Riedel), hypotype C-225, at H : 21 mm<br />
(x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Trochleiceras (Jaumaportaiceras)<br />
hoffstetteri n. sp., holotype<br />
C-215-5, at H: 8mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Part of external suture line of Trochleiceras<br />
(J.) ho{{stetteri n. sp., C-215, paratype,<br />
at Ji: 5 mm.<br />
Whorl section of Trochleiceras (Trochleiceras)<br />
juliverti n. sp., holotype C-215-2,<br />
at H:.4 mm (x 3).<br />
·<br />
. Whorl section of Carloscaceresiceras · (?)<br />
chimuense (B.C.) n. sp.,h)lpotype VL-Est.<br />
·<br />
33a, at H: 34mm (x l l/7).<br />
Part of external suture line of Carloscaceresiceras<br />
('!) chimuense (B. C.) n.sp., holotype<br />
VL-Est. 3aa, at H:18 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
L) Whorl; section of Trochleiceras (Jauma<br />
portiiiceras) hotfstetten· n. sp., C.215 para<br />
. type at H: 3 mm (x 3).<br />
. '.: · <br />
) . Part of external suture line of Trochleice·<br />
ras (Trochleiceras) juliverti n. sp., C-215-1<br />
· paratype,(x 3),·· ·<br />
N) Whorl section of Pseudosaynella ralphim-<br />
FIGURE 4<br />
layi n. sp., paratYpe C-223x, at H:10 mm<br />
(x 1 1/2).<br />
0) External suture line of Pseudosaynella ralphimlayi<br />
n. sp., holotype SV-28 at H:18<br />
mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
P) Whorl section of Cheloniceras (Epichelo·<br />
niceras) barreroi n. sp., holotype C-514,<br />
at H:17.5 (x 1 1/6).<br />
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External suture line of Cheloniceras (E)<br />
barreroi n. sp., holotype C-514, at H: 9<br />
mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
carlosacostai n.sp., paratype<br />
C-223-13, at H:19 mm (x 9/10).<br />
External suture line of Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
carlosacostai n. sp., holotype<br />
C-223-16, at H:16.5 (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
camachoi n.sp., holotype VL-10·<br />
17, at H :21.5 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
leonhardtriedeli n. sp., C23, at<br />
H:13.5 (x 1 1/3).<br />
Whorl section of Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
amazonarum (Burckhardt), bolo·<br />
type C-514, at H:20mm (x 8/10).<br />
Whorl section of Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
dognaelvirae n. sp., holotype VL·<br />
12-2, at H: 15 mm (x 1 1/5) .<br />
Whorl section of Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
jimenoi n. sp., holotype C-504,<br />
at H:21 mm (x 4/5).<br />
Whorl section of Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
huertasi n. sp., paratype V17-Sa-<br />
11, at H:11.5 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Complete suture line of Ch. (E.) huertasi<br />
n.sp., paratype VL7 SA-11, at H:6 mm<br />
(x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)<br />
pardoi n. sp., holotype C-504, at<br />
H: 22 mm (x 9/10).
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Whorl section of Vectisites (Zambranoi·<br />
tes) cruzi n. sp., holotype C-504, at H:10<br />
mm (x 3).<br />
External suture line of V. (Z. ) cruzi n.sp.,<br />
holotype C-504, at H: 5 mm (x 3).<br />
Whorl section of Juandurhamiceras juan·<br />
durhami n. sp., paratype Santa Ana, at<br />
H: 10 mm (x 2 8/10).<br />
External suture line of Parahoplites (?) in·<br />
constans Riedel?, C-501-13, at H: 8 mm<br />
(x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section ofGargasiceras (?) juanwya·<br />
tti n. sp., holotype C-151, at H:11.5 mm<br />
(x 1 1/2).<br />
Part of the external suture line of Paraho·<br />
plites hubachi n. sp., morph I, C-127, at<br />
H: 13 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
External suture line of ParahopUtes tris·<br />
ton n. sp., h.olotype C-127, at H: 6 mm<br />
(x 3).<br />
Whorl · section of Vectisites (Zambranoites)<br />
zambranoi n. sp., holotype C-504, at<br />
H:17.5 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Ve ctisites (Zambranoites)<br />
duquesi n. sp., paratype C-514, at H:<br />
11 mm (x 1 11-2).<br />
External suture line of Juandurhamiceras<br />
juandurhami n. sp. Santa Ana-25, at H:13<br />
mm (x 3).<br />
External suture line of Vectisites (Zambranoites)<br />
zambranoi n. sp., C-504, at<br />
H: 12 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Ve ctisites (Zambranoites)<br />
cadenai n. sp., holotype C-514 at H:13<br />
mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Du[renoyia boteroi n.sp.<br />
holotype C-223 x-10, at H:20.5 mm (x 1<br />
1/2).<br />
N) External suture · line of Du[renoyia bo teroi<br />
n. sp., holotype C·223x-10, at H:13<br />
mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
0) External suture line of Vectisites (Zambranoites)<br />
zambranoi n. sp., holotype<br />
C-504, at H:10 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
FIGURE 5<br />
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External suture line of Vectisites (Zam·<br />
branoites) cadenai n. sp., holotype C-514,<br />
at H:10 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Aoanthohoplits seunesi·<br />
forme n. sp., holotype C-127, at H:12<br />
mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
External suture line of Acanthohoplites<br />
seunesi{orme n. sp., holotype C-127, at<br />
H: 12 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Acanthohoplites pluri·<br />
costa tum n. sp., holotype C-127, at H:9<br />
mm (x 3).<br />
External suture line of Acanthohoplites<br />
pluricostatum n. sp., holotype C-127, at<br />
H: 9 mm (x 3).<br />
Whorl section of Acanthohoplites bigoureti{orme<br />
n. sp., holotype C-127, at H:<br />
9 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
External suture line of Acanthohoplites<br />
bigoureti[orme n. sp., bolo type C-127, at<br />
H: 7 mm (x 3).<br />
External suture line of Acanthohoplites<br />
eleganteante n. sp., holotype C-127, at<br />
H:6 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Acanthohoplites quitasuegno<br />
n. sp., holotype C-127, at H: 8<br />
mm (x 3).<br />
External suture line of Acan thohoplites<br />
quitasuegno n. sp., holotype C-127, at H:<br />
8 mm (x 3).<br />
Whorl section of Acanthohoplites luisperezi<br />
n. sp., paratype C-127, at H: 7 mm<br />
(x 3).<br />
External suture line of Acanthohoplites<br />
luisperezi n. sp., paratype C-127, at H: 6<br />
mm (x 3).<br />
a) Whorl section of Acanthohoplites odious<br />
n. sp., holotype C-127, at H:6 mm (x 1<br />
1/2); b) ib. at H: 10 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
External suture line of A. odious n.sp.<br />
holotype C-127 at H: 7 mm (x 3).<br />
o) . Whorl section of Acanthohoplites {?) serpenti[orme<br />
n. sp., holotype C-127 at H:<br />
5mm(x5).<br />
a) Whorl section of Acanthohoplltes (?) leptocerati[orme<br />
n. sp., holotype ( x 5).
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Whorl section of Neodeshayesites cinf!u/atum<br />
n. sp., holotype C-501·0, at H:30mm<br />
(x 1 2/10).<br />
Whorl section of Neodeshayesites contractu<br />
(Riedel), hypotype C-500-3, at H:22<br />
mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Superposed rib profiles of Neodeshayesi·<br />
tes albertoaluarezi n. sp., at left of each·<br />
figure; N. columbianus (Riedel) at center<br />
of each figure, and N. karsteni (Marcou), the<br />
profile transecting the other profiles except<br />
on the first group of figures on the<br />
left; the single profile (third from left to<br />
right) corresponds to N. columbianus<br />
(Riedel). From left to right at D:23mm,<br />
D:37mm; D:42mm; H:21mm; H:26mm<br />
(al X 1 1/2).<br />
External suture line of Neodeshayesiles<br />
contractu (Riedel), hypotype, C-500-4 at<br />
H:25mm (x 11/2).<br />
Rib profiles of N. contractu (Riedel), hypotype<br />
C·500 (2), from left to right at<br />
H:9mm; H:llmm; H:14mm; H:18mm,<br />
(all X 1 1/2).<br />
Rib branching in N. contractu {Riedel)<br />
hypotype C-500 (2), at H:llmm {x 1 1/2).<br />
External suture line of Neodeshayesites<br />
cingula tum n. sp., holotypf' C-501-0, at<br />
H:24mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
External suture line of N. cingula tum n.sp.<br />
paratype C-5.01-23,at H:14mm {x 1 1/2).<br />
Rib profile of N. contracla (Riedel), after<br />
fig; S .' .plate 7 of Riedel's paper (1937); at<br />
· . ...<br />
F. ETA YO - SERNA<br />
FIGURE 7<br />
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H:11.5mm; H:13mm; H:14mm respectively<br />
(X 1 1/2).<br />
Rib profile of N. cingulatum n. sp., halotype<br />
C-501-0, at H: 16mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Rib profile of N. cingula tum n. sp., halotype,<br />
C-501·0, at H:22mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Sloyanowiceras lre{fry·<br />
anus (Karsten), hypotype La Mesa 10 at<br />
H:20mm (x 3).<br />
External suture line of Stoyanowiceras<br />
tref{ryanus {Karsten), hypetype La Mesa<br />
10, at H:20mm (x 3).<br />
Whorl section of Riedelites ('?) quebradanegra<br />
n. sp., C -200 A, hypotype at H:16<br />
mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Riedelites obliquum<br />
(Riedel), C-5 14 (A), at H:16.5 (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Stoyanowiceras lre{{ryanus<br />
(Karsten) after the original drawing<br />
in Karsten (1858, pl.4 , fig.1b), (x 7 /9).<br />
External suture of Riedelites ('?) quebradanegra<br />
n. sp., Q·200 A, hypotype at H:<br />
11.5mm (x 3).<br />
External suture line of Riedeliles eslhersernae<br />
n. sp., C-222A,holotype, at H:ll.5<br />
mm (x 3).<br />
Whorl section of Riedeliies esthersernae<br />
n. sp., C · 222A, holotype , at H:16 mm<br />
(x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Riedelites {ilosum n. sp.<br />
paratype C-225 (2), at H:16.5mm(x 1 1/2).
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Whorl section of Platiknemiceras n. sp.A,<br />
C-510 A, at H:Smm (x 3 ).<br />
Part of external suture line of Engonoce·<br />
ras olgaluciae n. sp., holotype C-510A, at<br />
H :14mm (x 3).<br />
Whorl section of Engonoceras olgaluciae<br />
n. sp., holotype C-5 10A, at H:9mm<br />
(x 1 2/10).<br />
Part of external suture line of Knemiceras<br />
pegnai n. sp., holotype C-131, at H:68<br />
mm (lower suture) and H:85mm (upper<br />
· ·<br />
suture), (x 1).<br />
Whorl section of Lyelliceras pseudolyelli·<br />
forme s. sp., holotype C-255, at H:15mm<br />
·<br />
(x 2 1/10).<br />
Whorl section of Knemiceras pegnai n. sp.<br />
holotype C- 131, at H:89mm (x 1/4).<br />
Whorl section of Knemiceras semicosla·<br />
tum Sommermeier, hypotype, VL-Est.<br />
33a. a) at H: 23 mm (x 1 1/2), b) at H:35<br />
mm (x 1 2/10).<br />
Whorl section of Lyelliceras carvajalorum<br />
n. sp., holotype C-225, at H:16 mm (x 3).<br />
External suture line of L. carvajalorum<br />
n. sp.,paratype C-225, at H:17 mm (x 3).<br />
External suture line of Pialiknemiceras<br />
n. sp. A,C-5 10A, at H: 11 mm (x 3).<br />
External suture line of Knemiceras semicostatum<br />
Sommermeier, lectotype VL<br />
Est 33a, at H: 30 mm (x 1 2/10).<br />
Whorf section of Codazziceras {ina n. sp.,<br />
paratype C-134, at H:12 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
External suture line of Codazziceras {ina<br />
n.sp.,paratype C-134, H:12 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Mammites {ugax n. sp.,<br />
holotype C-263, at H:14 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
F. ETA YO · SERN A<br />
FIGURE 8<br />
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Whorl section of Mammites scutulatus n.<br />
sp., holotype C-310, at H: 14 mm (x 1<br />
1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Codazziceras {ina n. sp.,<br />
paratype C-134, at H:_4 mm (x 3).<br />
Whorl section of Codazziceras scheibei n.<br />
sp.,hypotype C-134, at H:13 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Rib profiles of Codazziceras {ina n. sp.,<br />
paratype C-134 and C. scheibe (Riedel),<br />
hypotype C-134; figures to the right re·<br />
present the ribs of latter. H 13 mm (x 1<br />
1/2); long rib on right side at H:30 mm<br />
(x 1 2/1 0).<br />
....,<br />
Whorl sections of Fagesia zanelli n. sp.,<br />
paratype C-310, a) at H: 6mm; b) at H:15<br />
mm, (both x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl sections of /mlayiceras (?) ralphim·<br />
layi n. sp., paratype; a) at H: Groin (x 3);<br />
b) at H: 24 mm (x 1 2/10).<br />
Whorl section of Rinconiceras rinconi n.<br />
sp., paratype C-169, at radius: 13 mm<br />
(x 3).<br />
External suture line of Rinconiceras rinconi<br />
n. sp., holotype C- 169, at H: 8 mm<br />
(x 4 5/10).<br />
Whorl section of Franciscoiies suarezi ri.<br />
sp., holotype C-310, at H: 14 mm (x 1<br />
1/2).<br />
External suture line of Franciscoites suarezi<br />
n. sp., holotype C-310,at H: 13 mm<br />
(x 3).<br />
Part of external suture ( L) of Tegoce·<br />
ras benavidescaceresi n. sp., holotype VL.<br />
Est 33a, at H: 23 mm (x 1 2/10).<br />
Part of external su ture of Tegoceras<br />
benavidescaceresi n. sp., holotype VL.<br />
Est. 33a, at H: 23 mm (x 1 2/10).<br />
Whorl section of Franciscoites suaresi n.<br />
sp., paratype C-310, at H: 4 mm (x 3).
132.<br />
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F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
FIGURE 9<br />
Whorl section of Peroniceras robertogar·<br />
ciae n. sp., holotype VL 6 Cu-5, at H:13<br />
mm (x 1 2/10).<br />
Part of external suture line of Peroniceras<br />
robertogarciae n. sp., holotype VL 6 CU·<br />
5, at H:13 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Gloriaceras correai n. sp.<br />
holotype NRC·CA-1-5, at H:15 mm (x 1<br />
1/2).<br />
Rib profiles of Gloriaceras paulinae n.<br />
sp., (on left side), and Gloriaceras correai<br />
n. sp., (on right side), at H:ll mm and H:<br />
22 mm respectively (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Peroniceras diabloi n.sp.<br />
holotype NRC-3 at H:16 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Rib profile of P. diabloi n. sp., holotype<br />
NRC-3, at H: 16 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
External suture line of Peroniceras diabloi<br />
n. sp., holotype NRC-1-5, at H:22 mm<br />
9 :H (x 1 1/2).<br />
External suture line of Gloriaceras correai<br />
n. sp., holotype NRC -Est. 9, at H.: 22<br />
(x 1 2/10).<br />
Whorl section ofPeroniceras guerrai n. sp.,<br />
holotype NRC-Est. 9, at H: 19 mm (x 1<br />
1/2).<br />
External suture line of Peroniceras guerrai<br />
n. sp., holotype NRC-Est. 9, at H: 19 mm<br />
(x 1 1/2).<br />
Kt Whorl section of Gloriaceras paulinae n.<br />
sp., paratype NRC-CU-5 ( x f1/2).<br />
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Last tlXi.emal suture line of Gloriaceras<br />
paulinae n. sp., holotype NRC-CU-5.<br />
Whorl section of Prionocycloceras (?)<br />
cucaitaense n. sp., holotype at H:25mm<br />
(X 1 2/10).<br />
Whorl section of Prionocycloceras por·<br />
tarum n. sp., holotype C-134, at H:20<br />
mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Zumpangoceras ospinai<br />
n. sp., holotype NRC-1, at H:22mm<br />
(x 11/7). "<br />
Whorl section of Zumpangodras ospinai<br />
n. sp., paratype Sora NRC, at H;12mm<br />
(X 1 2/10).<br />
.<br />
Whorl section of Protexanites cucaitaense<br />
n. sp., holotype VL6-CU3 at H:17mm<br />
(x 1 2/10).<br />
External suture line of Buenoceras loboi<br />
n. sp., holotype NRC-4 (1965), at H:25<br />
mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
Whorl section of Prionocycloceras ion·<br />
gispinatum .(Basse), hypotype C-134,<br />
at H:28mm (x 1 2/10).<br />
Part of external suture line of P. longispinatum<br />
(Basse), hypotype C-134, at<br />
H:23mm (x 1 2/10).<br />
Whorl section of Buenoceras loboi n. sp.,<br />
holotype NRC-4 (1965) (x 1 1/2) .<br />
External suture line of Hoplitoides hernanmojicae<br />
n. sp., holotype C - 310, at<br />
H: 26 mm (x 1 1/2).<br />
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FIGURA 9<br />
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134<br />
Scatter diagram of the distribution of specimens<br />
of Carloscaceresiceras carloscaceresi n.<br />
sp. and Carloscaceresiceras monteroi n. sp., in<br />
samples C-13, C-170 according to sizes. The<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
FIGURE 10<br />
relationships are between the external umbilical<br />
width (=Euw) and the height of the whorl<br />
(=H ). Small dots represent sample C-13; large<br />
dots represent sample C-170.
FIGURA 10<br />
3<br />
. . -. ...<br />
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•<br />
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FIGURE 10<br />
'. s '"------ -.- ---"--------H -r- w __________ "T""" ____ _<br />
10 2 3<br />
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136<br />
Scatter diagram of the relationships between<br />
Euw and H ,. and the accompanying<br />
variations in type and number of ribs in Chelo·<br />
nicems (Epicheloniceras) carlosacostai n.. sp.,<br />
NOTE: From fl&ure 11 to 17 the foUowtne •ymbols<br />
wm be u.sed.<br />
SYMBOLS<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
0<br />
+<br />
F. ETAY.O ·SERNA<br />
FIGURE 11<br />
type 88Dlple C-223. For the explanation of the<br />
symbols used to repre11mt types of ribbing eee<br />
figure 3G. .<br />
No. OF RIBS<br />
46 -50<br />
41 · 45<br />
36 .40<br />
31 -35<br />
26 -30<br />
21 · 25<br />
16 .20<br />
11 -15
·FIGURA II<br />
3<br />
25<br />
15<br />
-- -<br />
OD OD<br />
10<br />
O D<br />
OD<br />
o n<br />
00D<br />
OD<br />
Hw<br />
OD<br />
OD'<br />
20<br />
OD'<br />
0D<br />
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!'. FIGURE II<br />
,., . .<br />
30
138<br />
Scatter diagram of the relationships between<br />
Euw and H, and the accompanying<br />
variation in type and number or ribs in Juan·<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
FIGURE 12<br />
durhamiceras jUtZndurhllrni n.sp., type ple<br />
Santa Ana, A.P.G. .<br />
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FIGURA 12<br />
25<br />
15<br />
00f( •<br />
·K<br />
0K<br />
0G<br />
.<br />
K<br />
. °K<br />
0G ·K<br />
0 K<br />
00K ·K<br />
0K0G<br />
0K<br />
0K<br />
·K '<br />
0 K'<br />
5 ----------------H_w------------------<br />
1 0 20<br />
·K<br />
·:;:· .. ,.i.'·:· ·.<br />
- .. ..;..<br />
FIGURE 12
140 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
Scatter diagram of the relationships between<br />
Euw and . H, and the accompanying variation<br />
in type and numher of ribs in Eadouvi-<br />
FIGURE 13<br />
lleiceras (?) tequendamai n. sp., type sample<br />
C-223.
FIGURA 13<br />
2<br />
15<br />
tn• to•<br />
10<br />
t n•<br />
OD'<br />
Hw<br />
20<br />
FIGURE.l3
142<br />
Scatter diagram of the relationships be·<br />
tween Euw and H and the accompanying va·<br />
riation in number of ribs in Du{renoyia sancto·<br />
F. ETA YO - SERNA<br />
FIGURE 14<br />
rum Biirgl (=S, Sm), and Dufrenoyia hansbuer·<br />
gli n. sp., (=Th).Data from Blirgl 1956b, Table I.
FIGURA 14 FIGURE 14<br />
jl: ·s<br />
::J<br />
....<br />
·sm<br />
· s<br />
. s<br />
·Sm<br />
'Sm<br />
'Sm ·S ·Sm<br />
·s ·s<br />
' Sm<br />
·Th<br />
0S·Sm ·Sm<br />
·s · s ·sm<br />
·s<br />
·Sm • ·Th ·Th ·Th<br />
0s ·S ·Tb• Th<br />
·sm<br />
·Th<br />
Hw<br />
•Tb<br />
·Tb<br />
20 30 40<br />
· . I
144 F, ETAYO ·SERNA<br />
Scatter diagram of the relationships between<br />
Euw and H and the accompanying variation<br />
in type and number of ribs in Neodes-<br />
FIGURE 15<br />
hayesites columbianus (Riedel), reference sample<br />
C-12-C.
FIGURA 15<br />
3<br />
1<br />
A• •F<br />
•A<br />
•F<br />
•n •F •F<br />
•F' •F<br />
•F •A<br />
FeF<br />
.n • •E<br />
•F' •F •F<br />
•F •F<br />
• •F<br />
•A<br />
•F<br />
A • • •F'<br />
•F<br />
E••F •A<br />
•D •A<br />
Hw<br />
FIGURE 15<br />
-- -- -,- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --r- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --<br />
5--- 10 20 30
146<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
FIGURE 16<br />
Scatter. diagram of the relationships between<br />
Euw and H and the accompanying variation<br />
in type and number of ribs in Neodes·<br />
hayesites albertoaluarezi n. sp., type sample<br />
G-219.
FIGURA 16 FIGURE 16<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
Hw<br />
10 20 30
148 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
Scatter diagram of the relationships be·<br />
tween Euw and H and the accompanying va·<br />
riation in type and number of ribs in Neodesha·<br />
FIGURE 17<br />
yesites karsteni (Marcou), Reference sample<br />
C-501.
FIGURA 17<br />
35<br />
25<br />
15<br />
eB<br />
• c eA<br />
Ee ec<br />
A(B•) 8 A<br />
•n •n<br />
HW<br />
5--- -- -- -- -- -- -- --.r- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -.- -- -- -- -- -<br />
ec<br />
8B<br />
e s en<br />
10 20 30<br />
ec<br />
FIGURE 17
PLATES 1-15
152<br />
F. ETA YO · SERN A<br />
PLATE 1<br />
Fig. 1) Du{rcnoyia codazziana (Karsten), La Fig. 5) Gargasiceras interiectum (Riedel), La<br />
Ye, ( x 1 1/10).<br />
Ye-5 bis (x 1).<br />
Fig. 2) Du{renoyia sanclorum (Burgi), hypo· Fig. 6) Du(renoyia boleroi n. sp., holotype<br />
type La Ye-7 (x 1 2/100).<br />
C-223-x-10, (x 1).<br />
Fig. 3) Du{renoyia sanctorum (Burgi), morph<br />
1, La Ye (x 1 3/100).<br />
Fig. 4) Du{renoyia hansbuergli n. sp., hypoty·<br />
pe C-223-x-28 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 7) Du{renoyia codazziana (Karsten), La<br />
Ye-2 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 8) Du{renoyia codazziana Karsten J ,<br />
morph II, La Cumbre x 1 1/1 ).<br />
Plate 1. Ammoni from the Du(re noyia sanclorum·Stoyanowlceras tre{{ryanus Assembla-<br />
. ·.<br />
ge zone. F1gs. 1·8. Upper Aptian.<br />
......
154 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
Fig. 1) Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) barreroi<br />
n. sp., holotype C-514 (x 1 7/10).<br />
Fig. 2) Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) pardoi<br />
n. sp., holotype C-504 (x 1 12/100).<br />
Fig. 3) Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras cama·<br />
choi n. sp., holotype VL-10-17 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 4) Ch eloniceras (Epicheloniceras) huertasi<br />
n. sp., holotype VL-7-Sa-11 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 5) Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) dognaelvirae<br />
n. sp., holotype VL-12-2 (x 1<br />
5/100).<br />
PLATE 2<br />
Fig. 6) Eodouvilleiceras (?) lequendamai n. sp.,<br />
holotype C-223-21, (x 1 12/100).<br />
Fig. 7) Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) (?)<br />
amazonarum (Burckhardt) , hypotype<br />
C-5 14 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 8) Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) jimenoi<br />
n. sp., holotype C-514 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 9) Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) carlosacostai<br />
n.sp., holotype C-223-16 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 10) Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) carlosacoslai<br />
n. sp., holotype C-223-16 (x 1<br />
16/100).<br />
Plate 2. Ammonites from the Du{renoyia sanctoru m-Stoyanowiceras tre{(ryanus Assemblage<br />
zone. Figs. 1-10. Upper Aptian.<br />
-·
156 F. ETA YO ·SERNA<br />
Fig. 1) Pseudosaynella ralphimlayi n. sp., holotype<br />
SV-28 (x 1 2/10).<br />
Fig. 2) Corteziceras cortezi n. sp., holotype<br />
Santa Ana (x 1).<br />
Fig. 3) Acanthohoplites (?) serpentiforme n.<br />
sp., holotype C-157 (x 1 77/100).<br />
Fig. 4) Pseudohaploceras leivaense n. sp., holotype<br />
VL-10-17 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 5) Juandurhamiceras juandurhami n. sp.,<br />
paratype Santa Ana 31 (x 1 4/100).<br />
Fig. 6) Corteziceras (!) n.sp., ind., C-5 13 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 7) Corteziceras cortezi n. sp., morph I,<br />
Santa Ana (x 1).<br />
PLATE 3<br />
.<br />
Fig. 8) Stoyanowiceras treffryanus Karsten,<br />
morph I (x 1 3{100).<br />
Fig. 9) Melchiorites media Riedel, hypotype C·<br />
157 (x 1 72/100).<br />
Fig. 10) Valdedorsella (?) colombiana n. sp.,<br />
holotype Santa Ana (x 89/100).<br />
Fig. 11) Hypacanthoplites (?) dognaliciae n. sp.,<br />
holotype T.P.I. Guaduas (x 1 2/100).<br />
Fig. 12) Stoyanowiceras treffryanus Karsten,<br />
morph II, Penn. 7 (x 1 8/100).<br />
Fig. 13) Juandurhamiceras giraldoi n. sp., bolotype<br />
Santa Ana 42 (x 1 8/100).<br />
Plate 3. Ammonites from the Dufrenoyia sanctorum-Stoyanowiceras tre((ryanus Assembla·<br />
ge zone .. Figs. 1-2, 4-8, 10·13. Ammonites from the Parahoplites (?) hubachi-Acanthohoplrtes<br />
(?) leptocerati(orme Assemblage zone. Figs. 3, 9. Upper Aptian.<br />
.... ...
158 F. ETA YO · SERN A<br />
PLATE 4<br />
Fig. l) Stoyanowiceros tre{fryanus Karsten, Fig. 5) Juandurhamiceras joepecki n. sp., San-<br />
Pensilvania (x 1 2/10),hypotype. ta Ana 9 (x 1 2/100).<br />
Fig. 2) Juandurhamiceras juandurhami n. sp., Fig. 6) Corteziceras latecostata (Riedel), C-255<br />
holotype Santa Ana 30 (x 1). (x 1).<br />
Fig. 3) Riedelites obliquum (Riedel), bypotype<br />
C-200 D (x 1 2/10).<br />
Fig. 4) Acanthohoplites odiosus n. sp., bolo·<br />
type C-127(x1.4{100).<br />
Fig. 7) Stoyanowiceras lreffryanus (Karsten)?<br />
Penn. 13 (x 1 25/100).<br />
Fig. 8) Heminautilus etheringtoni Durham,<br />
hypotype (x 1 2/10).<br />
Plate 4. Ammonites from the Du{renoyia sanctorum-Stoyanowiceras treffryanus Assemblll<br />
ge zone. Figs. 1-3, 5, 7-8. Ammonites from the Prahoplites ('?) hubachi-Acantho<br />
hoplites ('?) leptocerati{onne Assemblage zone. Figs. 4, 6. Upper Aptian.<br />
v
160 F. ETAYO · SERNA<br />
PLATE S<br />
Fig. 1) Parahoplites (?) hubachi n.sp.,holotype Fig. 6) Parahoplites(!) hubachi n.sp., morph I,<br />
C-127 (x 1 2/10). C-127 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 2) Acanthohoplites bigoureti{orme n. sp., Fig. 7) Gargasiceras (?) juanwyatti n.sp., boloholotype<br />
C-127 (x 1 4/100). type C·151 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 3) Stoyanowiceras treffryanus (Karsten),<br />
Penn. (x 1), hypotype.<br />
Fig. 4) Acanthohoplites eleganteante n. sp., Fig. 9)<br />
holotype C-127 ( x 1 4/100).<br />
Fig. 5) Acanthohoplites triston n. sp., bolotype<br />
C-127 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 8) Acanthohoplites luisperezi n. sp., bolotype<br />
C-157 (x 82/100).<br />
Heminautilus e theringtony Durham,<br />
hypotype (x 1 3/10).<br />
Plate 5. Ammonites from the Dufrenoyia sanctorum-Stoyanoeras treffryanus Assembla·<br />
ge zone. Figs. 3, 9. Ammonites from the Parahoplites (?) hubachi-Acanthohoplites<br />
(?) lep tocerati(orme Assemblage zone. Figs. 1·2, 4-8 Upper Aptian.<br />
v
162<br />
Fig. 1) Vectisites (Zambranoites) zambranoi<br />
n. sp., holotype C-504 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 2) Ve ctisites (Zambranoites) duquesi n.<br />
sp., holotype C-514 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 3) Cheloniceras (Epichetoniceras) leonhardtriedeli<br />
n. sp.,hypotype (x 1).<br />
Fig. 4) Ve ctisites (Zambranoites) cadenai n.<br />
sp., holotype C-514 (x 1).<br />
Fig. ·5) Colombiceras (?) sarmientoi n. sp.,<br />
holotype C-5 13 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 6) Melchiorites palmeri n. sp., holotype<br />
C-223 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 7) Riedelites obliquum (Riedel), morph I,<br />
C-5 14 A (x 1). Hypotype.<br />
Fig. 8) Gargasiceras in teriectum ( Riedel),<br />
morph I, La Ye 4 his (x 1 2/10).<br />
Fig. 9) Vectisites (Zambranoites) cruzi n. sp.,<br />
holotype (x 1).<br />
Fig.10) Melchiorites palmeri n. sp., paratype<br />
C-200 (x 1).<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
PLATE 6<br />
Fig.ll) Eogaudryceras (Eotetragonites) cabaricoi<br />
n. sp., holotype C-513 (x 87/10).<br />
Fig.12) Riedelites esthersernae n. sp., holotype<br />
C-222A (x 1).<br />
Fig.13) Colomblceras {oreroi n. sp., holotype<br />
C-200-7 (x 1 1/10).<br />
Fig.14) Eogaudryceras (Eogaudrycerus) helmsi<br />
n. sp., holotype C-223 (x 1).<br />
Fig.15) Aconeceras gutierrezpalmae n. sp., ho<br />
Jotype C-223 Jx 1 6/10).<br />
Fig.16) Riede lites (?) quebradanegra nsp., hypo·<br />
type C-200 A (x 1 26/100).<br />
Fig.17) Pseudoptychoceras gilberti n. sp.,<br />
morph I C-223 (x 1 42/100).<br />
Fig.18) Pseudoptychoceras gilberti n. sp., ho·<br />
Jotype C-223 (x 1 44/100).<br />
Fig.19) Toxoceratoides (Colomboceraloides)<br />
renzoni n. sp., holotype LB·10 (x 1).<br />
Fig.20) Vectisites (Zambranoites) mateusi n.<br />
sp., holotype VI-11-3 (x 1 33/100).<br />
Plate 6. Ammonites from the Du{renoyia sanciorum-Stoyano;Jceras tre{fryanus Assembla·<br />
ge zone. Figs. 1·20. Upper Aptian.
164<br />
Fig. 1) Riedelites filosum n. sp., holotype .<br />
C-255-6 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 2) Acanthohop/ites quitasuegno n. sp.,<br />
holotype C-127 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 3) Acanthohoplites pluricostatum n. sp.,<br />
holotype C-127 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 4) Acanthohoplites leptocerati{orme<br />
n. sp., holotype C-127 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 5) Douvilleiceras tarapacaense n. sp.,<br />
paratype C-218 (x 1).<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
PLATE 7<br />
Fig. 6) Douvilleiceras solitae (D'Orbigny),hy·<br />
potype C-160A (x 1).<br />
Fig. 7) Douvilleiceras solitae (D'Orbigny),hy·<br />
potype C-160A (x 1).<br />
Fig. 8) Acanthohop/ites seunesi{orme n. sp.,<br />
holotype C-127 (x 1 1/10).<br />
Fig. 9) Stoyanowiceras cintatum n. sp., bolo·<br />
type T. P. Guaduas (x 1 1/10).<br />
Plate 7. Ammonites from the Du{renoyia sanctorum-Stoyanowiceras tre{{ryanus Assembla·<br />
ge zone. Fig. 9. Ammonites from the Parahoplites (?) hubachi-Acanthohoplites (?)<br />
leptocera ti{orme Assemblage zone. Figs. 1·4, 8. Upper Aptian. Ammonites from<br />
the Douvilleiceras solitae-Neodeshayesites columbianus Assemblage zone. Figs. 5-7.<br />
Lower Albian.<br />
v
166 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
Fig. 1) Eodouuilleiceras pedrocaruaja/i n.sp.,<br />
holotype C-170 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 2) Douuilleiccras larapacaense n. sp.,<br />
holotype c. 218-10 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 3) Neodeshayesites albertoaluarezi n.sp.,<br />
holotype C-129-1 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 4) Phylloceras buchianum (Forbe ,hypotype<br />
C-217 (x 2).<br />
Plate 8.<br />
PLATE 8<br />
Fig. 5)<br />
Fig. 6)<br />
Fig. 7)<br />
Holcophylloceras hernandezi n. sp.,<br />
holotype C-13 (x 1 8/10).<br />
Douvilleiceras tarapacaense n. sp.,<br />
holotype C-218-10 (x 1).<br />
Douuil/eiceras abozagloi n. sp., holotype<br />
C·215 (X 1 6/100).<br />
Ammonites from the Douuilleiceras solitae-Neodeshayesites columbianus Assem<br />
blage zone. Figs. 1-7. Lower Albian.<br />
......<br />
)
168 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
Fig. 1) Trochleiceras juliverti n. sp., holotype<br />
•<br />
C-215·1 (x 2 64/100).<br />
Fig. 2) Ne odeshayesites karste11i (Marcou),hY·<br />
pctype C-501·1 (x 1 8/100).<br />
Fig. 3) Neodeshayesites albertoalvarezi n. sp.,<br />
paratype C-219 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 4) Rinconiceras rinconi s. sp., holotype<br />
C-169-3 (x 1).<br />
PLATE 9<br />
Fig. 5) Lyelliceras pseudolyelli{orme n. sp.,<br />
holotype C-255 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 6) Ralphimlayites apuloense n. sp., bolo·<br />
type C·510A (x 1 29/100).<br />
Fig. 7) Neodeshayesites contracta (Riedel),hy·<br />
potype C-500·6 (x 1 9/100).<br />
Fig. 8) Neodeshayesites columbianus (Riedel),<br />
hypotype C-12-C·S (x 1 4/100).<br />
Plate 9. Ammonites fr m the Douvilleiceras solitae-Neodeshayesites columbianus Assem·<br />
blage z!lne. tgs. -3, 7-8: Lower Albian. Ammonites from the Platiknemiceras<br />
c?lombwna : Rmcomcras nnconi-Lyelliceras pseudolyelliforme Assemblage zone.<br />
F1gs. 4-6. Mtddle Albtan.<br />
)
170<br />
Fig. 1) Carloscaceresiceras caceresi n.sp., halo·<br />
type C-170·20 (x 1 8/100).<br />
Fig. 2) Parahoplites (?) inconstans Riedel ?,<br />
C-501-13 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 3) Hypophylloceras wiedmanni n. sp., ho·<br />
lotype C-2fi!'i (x 1).<br />
F. ETA YO - SERNA<br />
PLATE 10<br />
Fig. 4) Trochleiceras (Jaumaportaiceras) hoffs·<br />
tetteri n. sp., holotype C-215 (x2 2/10).<br />
Fig. 5) Carloscaceresiceras mon teroi n. sp.,<br />
holotype C-13-33 (x 2/10).<br />
Fig. 6) Neodeshayesites karsteni (Marcou)<br />
n. sp., morph I, C-501-14 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 7) Ne odeshayesites columbianus (Riedel),<br />
paratype C-12C-25 (x 1 12/100).<br />
Fig. 8) Neodeshayesites cingula tum n. sp., paratype<br />
C-501-21 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 9) Neodeshayesites karsteni (Marcou) ,<br />
morph I C-501 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 10) Neodeshayesites cingulatum n. sp., ho·<br />
lotype C-501·0 (x 1 8/100).<br />
)<br />
Plate 10. Ammonites from the Parahoplites ('?) hubachi·Acantliohoplites ('?) leptocerati{orme<br />
Assemblage zone. Figs. 2·3. Upper Aptian. Ammonites from the Douvilleiceras<br />
solitae-Neorl.eshayesites columbianus Assemblage zone. Figs. 1, 3-10. Lower AJbian.
174<br />
Fig. 1) Engonoceras (?) duartei n. sp., holotype<br />
VL Est. 33a (x 9/10).<br />
Fig. 2) Knemiceras pegnai n. sp., holotype C-<br />
131 (x 6/10).<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
PLATE 12<br />
Fig. 3) Platiknemiceras sp. ind. B., VL. Est.<br />
33a (x 1).<br />
Fig. 4) Enl(onoceras (?) duartei n. sp ., holotype<br />
VL- Est. 33a (x 81/100).<br />
Plate 12. Ammonites from the Platiknemiceras colombiana-Rinconiceras rinconi-Lyelliceras<br />
pseudolyelliforme Assemblage zone. Figs. 1-4. Middle Albian.
176<br />
Fig. 1)<br />
Fig. 2)<br />
Fig. 3)<br />
Fig. 4)<br />
Fig. 5)<br />
Fig. 6)<br />
Fig. 7)<br />
Fig. 8)<br />
Fig. 9)<br />
Ma mmites nodosoidesappelatus n. sp.<br />
holotype C.310 (x 1).<br />
Franciscoites suarezi n. sp., holotype<br />
C-310 (x 1 37/100).<br />
Imlayiceras (?) ralphimlayi n. sp., ho·<br />
lotype C-310 (x-1).<br />
Hoplitoides hernanmojicae n. sp., ho·<br />
lotype C.310 (x 1).<br />
Paramammites colombianus n. sp., bolotype<br />
LVZ-7 (x 1).<br />
Ma mmites fugax n. sp., holotype c-<br />
263 (x 1).<br />
Lewesiceras (?) ulloai n. sp., holotype<br />
C-310 (x 1).<br />
Hoplitoides hernanmojicae n. sp., paratype<br />
C-310 (x 1).<br />
Hoplitoides lacabagnae n. sp., holoty·<br />
pe (x 1).<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
PLATE 13<br />
Fig. 10) Mammites scutulatus n. sp., holotype<br />
C·310 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 11) Fagesia zanellai n. sp., holotype C-310<br />
(x 1).<br />
Fig. 12) Prionocycloceras portarum n. sp., ho·<br />
lotypE' C-134 ( x 1).<br />
Fig. 13) Paramammites colombianus n. sp.,<br />
bolotype LVZ-7 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 14) Hoplitoides lagiraldae n. sp., holotype<br />
C-264 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 15) Hoplitoides (?) sp. ind., C·310 (x 1).<br />
Fig.16) Prionocyclaceras longispinatum(Basse ) ,<br />
hypotype C-134 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 17) Codazziceras {ina n. sp., holotype<br />
C-134 (X 1 15/100).<br />
Fig. 18) Gloriaceras correai n. sp., holotype<br />
NRC-Ca-1-5 (x 1 26/100).<br />
Fig. 19) Gloriaceras paulinae n. sp., holotype<br />
NRC·CU-5 (x 1).<br />
Plate 13. Ammonites from the Mammites nodosoidesappelatus-Franciscoites suarezi Assem<br />
blage zone. Figs. 1-11, 13-15. Lower 'furonian. Ammonites from the Gloriaceras<br />
correai-Protexanites cucaitaense-Codazziceras scheibei Assemblage zone. Figs. 12,<br />
16-19. Lower Coniacian.
178 F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
PLATE 14<br />
Fig. 1) · Peroniceras diabloi n. sp., holotype Fig; 6)<br />
NRC-=( x 1).<br />
Fig. 2) Buenoceras loboi n. sp., holotype Fig. 7)<br />
NRC-4 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 3) Peroniceras guerrai n. sp., holotype Fig. 8)<br />
NRC-Est. 9 (x 1).<br />
Fig. 4) Prionocycloceras portarum n. sp., ho· Fig. 9)<br />
lotype C-134 ( x 1).<br />
Fig. 5) Fagesia zanellai n. sp., holotype C-310<br />
(x 1).<br />
Fig.10)<br />
Zumpangoceras (?) sorae n. sp., holotype<br />
NRD-Sora (x 1).<br />
Nice{oroceras boyacaense n. sp., bolo·<br />
type NRC-9 (x 1).<br />
Zumpangoceras ospinai n. sp., holotype<br />
NRC-1 ( x 1).<br />
Prionocycloceras (?) cucaitaense n. sp.,<br />
holotype NRC-5, (x 1 12/100).<br />
Gloriaceras correai n. sp., holotype<br />
·<br />
NRC-Ca -l 5 (x 1).<br />
Plate 14. Ammonites from the Mammites nodosoidesappelatus-Franciscoites suarezi Assem<br />
blage _ zone. Fi. 5. Lower ronian. Ammonites fro"fu the Gloriaceras correai-Pro<br />
texamte c uca1taense-Codazzzceras scheibei Assemblage zone. Figs. 1-4 7-10. Lo-<br />
.<br />
wer Comactan.<br />
r<br />
'
180<br />
Fig.1)<br />
Codaziceras scheibei (Riedel), hypo<br />
type C-134 (x 1 6/100).<br />
Fig. 2) Peroniceras robertogarcille n. sp., ho·<br />
loty VL6, CU-5 (x 1 13/100).<br />
F. ETA YO · SERNA<br />
PLATE 15<br />
Fig. 3) Protexanites cucaitaense n. sp., holoty·<br />
pP VL6·CU·3 (x 1 12/100).<br />
Fig. 4) Pro texanites cucaitaense n. sp., holoty·<br />
pe VL6-CU·3 (x 1 16/100).<br />
Plate 15. Ammonites from ·the Gloriaceras correai-Pro texanite&· cucaitaense-Codazziceras<br />
scheibei Assemblage zone. Figs. 1·4. Lower Coniacian.
Acanthoceras, 84.<br />
?ospinae (Karsten), 84.<br />
Acanthohoplites, 44. ._<br />
abichi Anthula, 51. .aschiltaensis<br />
(Anthula), 44.<br />
bigoti (Seunes), 4 7.<br />
bigoure ti (Seunes), 4<br />
bigouretiforme, n.sp., 44, (Plate 5,p.160),<br />
(Text. fig. 5, p.124).<br />
'derognati Roch', 46. .<br />
eleganteante, n. sp ., 47, (Plate 5, p.160),<br />
(Text. fig. 5, p. 124).<br />
·<br />
leptocerati(o rme, n.sp., 47 ,(Plate 7, p.164)<br />
·<br />
(Text. fig. 5, p. 124).<br />
luisperezi, n. sp., 4 7,- (Plate 5, p. 160),<br />
(Text. fig. 5, p. 124).<br />
odiosus, n. sp., 46, (Plate 4, p.158),(Text.<br />
fig. 5, p. 124).<br />
pluricostatum, n. sp., 46, (Plate 7, p.164),<br />
(Text. fig. 5, p.124).<br />
quitasuegno, n. sp., 45, (Plate 7. p. 164),<br />
(Text. fig. 5, p.124).<br />
rochi Breistroffer, 45.<br />
serpentiforme, n. sp., 49, (Plate 3, p.<br />
156), (Text. fig. 5, p. 124). ·<br />
seunesi (Jacob), 45.<br />
seunesi(orme, n. sp., 45, (Plate 7, .164),<br />
(Text. fig. 5, p.l24).<br />
Aconeceras, 22.<br />
gutierrezpalmae, n.sp., 22, (Plate 6, p.162),<br />
(Text. fig.3, p.120).<br />
nisoides (Sarasin), 23.<br />
nisus (d'Orbigny), 23.<br />
Barroisiceras, 97, 99.<br />
alstadenense Solger, 101.<br />
subtuberculatum (Gerhardt), 102.<br />
Benueites, 86.<br />
spinosus Reyment, 86.<br />
Brancoceras, 79.<br />
? carinatum Collignon, 79.<br />
Buenoceras, n. g., 101.<br />
loboi, n. sp., 101, (Plate 14, p.178),<br />
(Text. fig. 9, p. 132).<br />
Burckhardites, 67.<br />
pa/umbes Humphrey, 67.<br />
Carloscaceresiceras, n.g., 25. ·<br />
caceresi, n. sp., 25, 26, (Plate 10, p.170),<br />
(Text. figs. 4, p. 122; 10, p. 134).<br />
? chimuense (Benavides-Caceres), 27, (Plate<br />
11, p. 172), (Text. fig. 4, p. 122).<br />
monteroi, n. sp ., 26, (Plate 10, p. 170),<br />
(Tex t. fig. 4, p. 122; 10, p.134).<br />
Codazziceras, n.g., 83.<br />
(ina, n. sp., 84, (Plate 13, p. 176), (Text.<br />
fig. 8, p. 130).<br />
scheibei (Riedel), 83, (Plate 15, p. 180),<br />
(Text. fig. 8, p. 130).<br />
stutzeri (Riedel), 85.<br />
Colombiceras, 49, 69, 70.<br />
caucasicum Luppov, 49, 70.<br />
crassicostatus (d'Orbigny), 49.<br />
(oreroi, n. sp., 50, (Plate 6, p.162), (Text.<br />
fig. 6, p.126).<br />
sarmientoi, n. sp., 50, (Plate 6, p. 162),<br />
(Text. fig. 6, p. 126).<br />
tobleri (Jacob), 50, 51.<br />
Colombocera toides, ri. sg., 20.<br />
renzom, . n. sp., 20 (Plate 6, p.162), (Text.<br />
INDEX OF GENERA AND SPECIES<br />
fig. 3, p.120).<br />
(orph 1), 21 (Text. fig. 3, p.120).<br />
183<br />
Cortezzceras, n. g., 27.<br />
cortezi, n. sp., 27, (Plate 3, p.156), (Text.<br />
fig. 4, p. 122).<br />
· (morph 1), 28, (Plate 3, p. 156).<br />
la tecostata (Riedel), 28; (Plate 4, p. 158),<br />
Text. fig. 4, p. 122).<br />
. n. sp., 29, {Plate 3, p.156), (Text. fig. 3,<br />
p.120).<br />
;<br />
Cheloniceras, 32.<br />
basseae Breistroffer, 38.<br />
clansayesense (Jacob), 36.<br />
aff. comuelianum (d Orbigny), 32.<br />
. stoliczkanum (Gabb), 33.<br />
Desmoceras, 24.<br />
'akuschaense Anthula' 24.<br />
'hyattum (Gabb)', 25.<br />
'sparsicosta Boese', 25.<br />
Discoceras, 91.<br />
cf. largilliertianus (d'Orbigny), 91.<br />
Donjuaniceras, 94.<br />
Douuilleiceras, 53.<br />
abozagloi, n. sp., 55, (Plate 8, p. 166).<br />
albense Spath, 56.<br />
mammilla tum (Schlotheim), 54, 57.<br />
·<br />
·<br />
'martini d'Orb. , 35 .<br />
monile (J. Sowerby), 54, 56.<br />
multinodosum Rhein, 54.<br />
solitae (d'Orbigny), 54, (Plate 7, p.164),<br />
(Text. fig. 6, p.126). . ·<br />
tarapacaense, n. sp., 54 (Plate 7, p.164;<br />
Plate 8, p. 166), (Text. fig. 6, p. 126).<br />
Dufrenoyia, 58.<br />
boteroi, n.sp., 58, (Plate 1, p.152), (Text.<br />
fig. 5, p. 124).<br />
.<br />
codazziana (Karsten), 58, (Plate 1, p.152).<br />
discoidalis Casey , 60.<br />
durangensis Humphrey, 60.<br />
formosa insculpta Casey , 59.<br />
furcata (J. de C. Sowerby), 58.<br />
hansbuergli, n.sp., 60, 61, (Plate 1, p.152),<br />
(Text. fig. 14, p. 142).<br />
justinae (Hill), 59.<br />
media Buergl, 60.<br />
mulatoensis Humphrey, 59.<br />
notha Casey, 60.<br />
sanctorum Buergl, 59, (Plate 1, p. 152),<br />
(Text. fig. 14, p. 142).<br />
(morph 1), 60, (Plate I, p.152), (Text. fig.<br />
14, p. 142).<br />
scalata Casey, 58.<br />
texana Burckhardt, 61.<br />
Eodouuilleiceras, 56.<br />
horridu m (Riedel), 57.<br />
pedrocarvaja/i, n. sp., 57, (Plate 8, p.166),<br />
(Text. fig. 6, p.126).<br />
tequendamai, n. sp., 57, (Plate 2, .p. 154),<br />
(Text. fig. 6, p. 126; 13, p. 140).<br />
Eogaudryceras, 19.<br />
helmsi, n. sp., 19, (Plate 6, p. 162), (Text.<br />
fig. 3, p. 120).<br />
numidum var. in termedia (Fallot), 20.<br />
vocontian um (Fallot), 20.<br />
Eote tragonites, 20.<br />
cabaricoi, n. sp., 20, (Plate 6, p. 162),<br />
(Text. fig. 3, p. 120).<br />
jacobi ambigua Breistroffer, 20.
184<br />
Engonoceras, 74.<br />
duartci, n. sp., 75, (Plate 12, p. 174).<br />
gibbosum Hyatt, 75.<br />
o/galuciae, n. sp., 74, (Plate 11, p. 172),<br />
(Text. fig. 8, p. 130).<br />
pierdenalis (von Buch), 7 4.<br />
stolleyi Bohm, 75.<br />
sp., 75, (Plate 11, p. 172).<br />
uddeni (Cragin), 75.<br />
Epicheloniceras, 32.<br />
amazonarum (Burckhardt), 33, (Plate 2,<br />
p. 154), (Text. fig. 4, p. 122).<br />
barreroi, n. sp., 36, 58, (Pl ate 2, p. 154),<br />
(Text. fig. 4, p. 122).<br />
carlosacostai, n. sp., 34, (Plate 2, p. 154),<br />
(Text. fig. 4, p. 122; 11, p. 136),<br />
camachoi, n. sp., 33, (Plate 2, p. 154),<br />
(Text. fig. 4, p. 122).<br />
de bile Casey , 33.<br />
dognaelvirae, n. sp., 32, (Plate 2, p. 154),<br />
(Text. fig. 4, p. 122).<br />
huertasi n. sp ., 37, (Plate 2, p. 154),<br />
.(Text. fig. 4 , p. 122).<br />
jimenoi, n. sp., 35, (Plate 2, p. 154),<br />
(Text. fig. 4, p. 122).<br />
leonhardtriedeli, n. sp., 37, 58, (Pl. 6, p.<br />
162), (Text. fig. 4, p. 122).<br />
pardoi, n. sp., 37, (Plate 2, p. 154), (Text.<br />
fig. 4, p. 122).<br />
subnodosoc()slatum (Sinzow), 35.<br />
Eubrancoceras, 79.<br />
aegoceratoides (Steinmann), 79.<br />
Fagesia, 89.<br />
peroni colombiana Fritsche, 90.<br />
superstes (Kossmat), 89.<br />
lhevestensis (Peron), 90.<br />
zanellai, n. sp., 89, (Plate 13, p. 176; 14,<br />
p. 178), (Text. fig. 8, p. 130).<br />
Forresteria, 99. _<br />
. ,, cf. allaudi (Boule, Leomoine, Thevenine),<br />
.. .. . 99 .<br />
.-· (o rresten· Reeside, 100.<br />
Frariciscoites, n. g., 87.<br />
· suarezi, n. sp., 87, (Plate 13, p. 176),<br />
· (Text. fig. 8, p.130).<br />
toroanus (Karsten), 87.<br />
Gargasiceras, 51.<br />
gargasensis (d'Orbigny), 51.<br />
interiectum (Riedel), 51, (Plate 1, p.152),<br />
· (Text. fig. 6, p. 126).<br />
. · (morph 1), 52, (Plate 6, p. 162), (Text.<br />
fig. 6. p.126).<br />
juanwyalti, n. sp., 53, (Plate 5, p. 160),<br />
(Text. fig. 5, p. 124).<br />
· pulcher (Riedel), 53.<br />
Glonaceras, n. g., 96.<br />
. ,.,_. . correai, n. sp., 96, 97, (Plate 13t p. 176;<br />
- ··. Pia 14, p. 178), (Text .. fig. 9,:'P· 132).<br />
··<br />
paulmae, n. sp., 98, (Plate 13, p. 176),<br />
(Text. fig. 9, p. 132).<br />
Heminautilus, 104.<br />
etheringtoni Durham, 104, (Plate 4, p.<br />
158; Plate 5, p. 160).<br />
saxbii (Morris), 104.<br />
Hoplitoides, 89, 90.<br />
inca Benavides-Caceres, 89.<br />
ingens (von Koene), 91.<br />
ingens laeuis (Solger), 91.<br />
hernanmojicae, n.sp., 90, (Plate 13, p.176).<br />
" lacabagnae, n.sp., 91, (Plate 13, p. 176).<br />
lagiraldae, n. sp., 92, (Plate 13, p. 176).<br />
l.ltesellatus von Koenen, 89, 92.<br />
munieri Pervinquhhe, 89.<br />
sp. ind., 92, (Plate 13, p. 176).<br />
Holcophylloccras, 17.<br />
guet tardi (Raspail ), 18.<br />
hernandezi, n.sp., 17, 18, (Plate 8, p.166),<br />
(Text. fig. 3, p. 120).<br />
Hypacanlhoplites, 41.<br />
dognaliciae, n. sp., 41, (Plate 3, p. 156).<br />
plesiotypicus (Frittel ), 41.<br />
Hypophylloceras, 18.<br />
subserecitense Wiedmann, 19.<br />
wiedmanni, n. sp., 18, (Plate 10, p. 170),<br />
(Text. fig. 3, p. 120).<br />
Hysteroceras, 79.<br />
d'orbigny Spath, 79.<br />
Imlayiceras, 88.<br />
ralphimlayi, n. sp., 88, (Plate 13, p. 176),<br />
(Text. fig. 8, p. 130).<br />
washbournei, 88.<br />
Jaumaportaiceras, n. sg., 31.<br />
ho{{stetteri, n. sp., 31, (Plate 10, p. 170),<br />
(Text. fig. 4, p. 122).<br />
Juandurhamiceras, n. g. 42.<br />
giraldoi, n. sp ., 43 (Plate 3, p. 156).<br />
joepechi, n. sp ., 43, (Plate 4, p. 158).<br />
juandurhami, n.sp., 42, (Plate 3, p.156;<br />
Plate 4, p. 158), (Text. fig. 5, p. 124;<br />
Text. fig. 12, p. 138).<br />
Knemiceras, 77.<br />
pegnai, n. sp., 77, (Plate 12, 174), (Text.<br />
fig. 8, p. 138). .<br />
raimondi Lisson, 78. .<br />
raimondi tardum Benavides-Caceres, ·78.<br />
semicostalum Sommermeier, 77, (Plate<br />
11, p. 172), (Text. fig. 8, p. 130).<br />
syriacus (von Buch ), 77.<br />
Lewesiceras, 30 .<br />
ubalense Leanza, 88.<br />
ulloai, n. sp ., 30 (Plate 13, p. 176), (Tex t .<br />
.<br />
fi 4, p. 122<br />
Lyelliceras, 79.<br />
carvajalorum, n.sp., 79, (Plate 11, p.172),<br />
(Text. fig. 8, p. 130).<br />
isaacleai, n. sp., 80, (Plate 11, p. 172).<br />
lyelli (Deshayes), 79.<br />
pseudo!yelli (Parona & Bomarelli), 80.<br />
pseudolyelli{orme, n.sp., 80, (Plate 9, p.<br />
168l,. (Text. fig. 8, p. 130).<br />
Ma croscaphiles, 49 .<br />
Magneticeras, 31.<br />
magne ti Collignon, 31.<br />
Mammites, 85.<br />
{ugax, n.sp., 86, (Plate 13; p. 176), (Text.<br />
fig. 8, p. 130).<br />
nodosoides (Schlotheim), 85. .<br />
nodosoides a{ra Pervinquhre, 86.• .· · ·<br />
nodosoidesappelatus, n.sp., 85, (Plate 13,<br />
p. 140). .<br />
revelierianum Coustillier, 87.<br />
scutulatus, n. sp . .t 87, (Plate 13, p. 176);<br />
(Text. fig. 8, p. 1010).<br />
Melchiorites, 23.<br />
media Riedel, 23, 24, {Plate 3, p. 156),<br />
(Text. fig. 3, p. 120).<br />
melchioris (Tietze), 23.<br />
palmeri, 23, (Plate 6, p. 162), (Text. fig.<br />
3, p. 120). -.,.<br />
Ne odeshayesites, 62, 64.
albertoalvarezi, n. sp., 63, 64, (Plate 8,<br />
p. 166; Plate 9, p. 168), (Text. fig. 6,<br />
p. 126; Text. fig. 16 p. 146).<br />
cingulatum, n. sp., 66, (Plate 10, p.170),<br />
(Text. fig. 7, p. 128).<br />
colu mb ianus (Riedel), 62, (Plate 9, p.168;<br />
Plate 10, p. 170);''"(Text. fig; 6, p. 126;<br />
Text. fig. 15, p. 144).<br />
con tracta (Riedel), 66, (Plate 9, p. 168),<br />
(Text. fig. 7, p. 128).<br />
karsleni (Marcou), 64, (Plate 9, p. 168;<br />
Plate 10, p. 170), (Text.: fig. 6, p. 126;<br />
Text. fig. 17, p. 148).<br />
(morph 1), 66, (Plate 10, p. 170) (Text.<br />
fig. 17, p. 148).<br />
Neoptychites, 87.<br />
Nice{oroceras, 92.<br />
boyacaense, n. sp., 92, (Plate 14, p. 178).<br />
columbianus Basse, 92.<br />
umbulazi{orme Basse, 92.<br />
Parahoplites, 72, (Plate 5, p. 160).<br />
hubachi, n. sp., 72 (Plate 5, p. 160).<br />
(morph 1), 73, (Plate 5, p. 160), (Text.<br />
fig. 5, p. l24).<br />
incons lans Riedel, 74, (Plate 10, p. 170),<br />
(Text. fig. 5, p. 124).<br />
melchioris Anthula, 72.<br />
mullicostatus Sinzow, 73.<br />
nicholsoni Benavides-Caceres, 70.<br />
numidicus Somay, 74.<br />
tristan, n. sp., 73, (Plate 5, p. 160),<br />
(Text. fig. 5, p. 124).<br />
Paramammites, 90.<br />
colo mbianus, n. sp., 90, (Plate 13, p. 176).<br />
gracilis (Pervinquiere), 90.<br />
po/ymorphus (Pervinquilre), 90.<br />
Parengonoceras, 75.<br />
ebrayi (de Lorio!), 78.<br />
elegans Renz, 75.<br />
Paroxy tropidoceras, 79.<br />
Pedioceras, 53.<br />
Peroniceras, 92.<br />
czornigi de Grossouvre, 97.<br />
diabloi, n. sp., 93, (Plate - 14, p. 178),<br />
(Text. fig. 9, p. 132).<br />
dravidica Kossmat, 97.<br />
guerrai, n.sp., 94, (Plate 14, p.178). (Text.<br />
fig. 9, p. 132).<br />
leei Reeside, 97.<br />
moureti de Grossouvre, 93.<br />
robertogarciae, n. sp., 93, (Plate 15,<br />
p. 180), (Text. fig. 9, p. 132).<br />
aff. rousseauxi de Grossouvre, 93.<br />
subtricarinatum, Sturm,98, 99.<br />
westfallicum de Grossouvre, 94.<br />
Pegnaceras, 53.<br />
rursiradiatus (Humphrey), 53.<br />
Phylluceras, 17.<br />
buchianum Forbes ?, 17, (Plate 8, p.166),<br />
(Text. fig. 3, p. 120).<br />
moriezense Sayn, 17.<br />
serecitensis (Pervinquiere), 18.<br />
velledae (Michelin), 17.<br />
Platiknemiceras, 76.<br />
bassei Bataller, 76.<br />
colombiana, n. sp., 76, (Plate 11, p. 172).<br />
gracile (Douville), 76.<br />
sp. ind. A, 76, (Text. fig. 8, p. 130).<br />
sp. ind. B, 76, (Plate 12, p. 174).<br />
Prionocycloceras, 94.<br />
·<br />
185<br />
acutospinatum (Basse), 96.<br />
cucailaense, n. sp., 96, (Plate 14, p. 178),<br />
(Text. fig. 9, p. 132).<br />
guyabanus (Steinmann), 94.<br />
lenti (Gerhardt), 96.<br />
longispinalum (Basse), 94, (Plate 13,<br />
p. 176), (Text. fig. 9, p. 132).<br />
mediotuberculatus (Gerhardt), 95.<br />
portarum, n. sp., 95, (Plate 13, p. 176;<br />
Plate 14, p. 178), (Text. fig. 9, p. 132).<br />
Prodeshayesites, 62.<br />
Prolyelliceras, 81.<br />
geureyi (Jacob, 82.<br />
lobatum Riedel, 81.<br />
peruuianum Spath, 81.<br />
Pro lacanthoceros, 83.<br />
Pro tacan thoplites,51.<br />
Pro tengonocera.. 76.<br />
gabbi (Bohm), 76.<br />
Protexanites,97, 102.<br />
bourgeoisi (d'Orbigny), 102.<br />
cagnaense (Gerhardt), 102.<br />
cucaitaense,n. sp., 102, (Plate 15, p. 180);<br />
(Text. fig. 9, p. 132).<br />
Pse udohaploceras, 25.<br />
leiuaense, n.sp., 25, (Plate 3, p. 156),<br />
(Text. fig. 3, p.120).<br />
Pseudoptycho.ceras, n. g., 21.<br />
gilberti, n. sp., 21, (Plate 6, p.162), (Text.<br />
fig. 3, p.120).<br />
(morph I), 22, {Plate 6, p. 162).<br />
Pseudosaynella, 29.<br />
bicurvata (Michelin), 30.<br />
fim briata Imlay, 30.<br />
ralphimlayi, n.sp., 29 (Plate 3, ·p : 156), ·<br />
(Text. fig. 4, p.122).<br />
walcotti (Hill), 30.<br />
Puzosia, 24.<br />
angladei Sayn, 24.<br />
Ralphimlayites, n.g. 81.<br />
apuloense, n. sp., 81, 82.<br />
prorsocuruatum (Gerhardt), 81, &2.<br />
Reesidites, 102.<br />
minimus (Hayasaka and Fukada), 102.<br />
.'?. iedelites, n. g., 70.<br />
esthersernae, n. sp., 70 (Plate 6, p. 162),<br />
(Text. fig. 7, p. 128).<br />
filosum, n. sp., 72, (Plate 7, p. 164),<br />
(Text. fig. 7, p. 128).<br />
obliquum (Riedel), 70, 71.<br />
quebradanegra, n.sp., 70, (Plate 6, p.162);<br />
(Text. fig. 128).<br />
Rinconiceras, n. g, 78.<br />
Rinconi, n. sp., 78, (Plate 9, p. 168),<br />
(Text. fig. 8, p. 130).<br />
Schloenbachia, 101.<br />
flexuosa Gerhardt, 101.<br />
Stoyanowiceras, 67.<br />
cintatum, n. sp., 69, (Plate 7, p. 164).<br />
colombiana (Scott), 70.<br />
tref{ryanus (Karten), 67, (Plate 4, p.158 ;<br />
Plate 5, p. 160), (Text-fig. 7, p. 128).<br />
(morph I), 69, (Plate 3, p.156).<br />
(morph II), 69, (Plate 3, p. 156).
186<br />
Tegoceras, 82.<br />
benavidescaceresi, n. sp., 82, (Plate 11,<br />
p. 172), (Text. fig. 8, p. 130).<br />
camatteanum (d'Orbigny), 82.<br />
seunesi (Parana & Bonarelli), 83.<br />
Texanites, 83.<br />
aff. serratomaginatus (Redtenbacher), 83.<br />
Thomasites, 87. ·<br />
Toxoceratoides, 20.<br />
royerianum (d'Orbigny), 20.<br />
Trochleiceras, 31.<br />
ambanjabense Collignon, 32.<br />
balearense Fallot & Tennier, 31.<br />
juliverti, n. sp., 31.<br />
Uhligella, 27.<br />
latecostata Riedel, 28.<br />
reesidei Humphrey, 28.<br />
zurcheri Jacob & Tobler, 27.<br />
Valdedorsel/a, 24.<br />
* * *<br />
colombiana, n. sp., 24, (Plate 3, p. 156),<br />
(Text. fig. 3, p. 120).<br />
Vascoceras, 89.<br />
Ve ctisites, 38.<br />
Zambranoites, n. sg., 38.<br />
cadenai, n.sp., 40, (Plate 6, p.162), (Text.<br />
fig. 5, p. 124).<br />
caprotinus Casey, 38, 40.<br />
cruz n. sp., 39, (Plate 6, p. 162), (Text.<br />
fig., 5, p. 124).<br />
duquesi, n. sp., 40, (Plate 6, p.162), (Text.<br />
fig. 5, p. 124).<br />
mateusi, n. sp., 39, (Plate 6, p. 162).<br />
zambranoi, n. sp., M, (Plate 6, p. 162),<br />
(Text. fig. 5, p. 124).<br />
Zumpangoceras, 99.<br />
burckhardti Basse, 99.<br />
ospinai, n. sp ., 99, 100, (Plate 14,p. 178),<br />
(Text. fig. 9, p. 132).<br />
sorae, n. sp., 101, (Plate 14, p. 178).