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Table 3 Comparison of the Jimol assemblage with other Atlantic and eastern Pacific Early–Late Miocene faunules at the species level

From: Neogene molluscs, shallow marine paleoenvironments, and chronostratigraphy of the Guajira Peninsula, Colombia

Formation/age

Country

#SpA

#SpC

%SpC

Jaccard

Simpson

Castilletes Fm (M. Mioc.)

Colombia

95

71

74.7

0.69

0.90

Cantaure Fm (E. Mioc.)

Venezuela

176

44

25.0

0.21

0.56

La Rosa Fm (E. Mioc.)

Venezuela

38

8

21.1

0.07

0.21

Caujarao Fm (M.-L. Mioc.)

Venezuela

139

18

12.9

0.09

0.23

Tuira Fm (11.2–9.2 Ma)

Panama

69

8

11.6

0.06

0.12

Culebra Fm (21–19 Ma)

Panama

116

12

10.3

0.07

0.15

Springvale Fm (L. Mioc.)

Trinidad

133

10

7.5

0.05

0.13

Gatun Fm (11.6–8.5 Ma)

Panama

385

24

6.2

0.05

0.30

Baitoa Fm (17.5–14.5 Ma)

Dom. Rep.

105

6

5.7

0.03

0.08

Zorritos Fm (M. Mioc.)

Peru

134

7

5.2

0.03

0.09

  1. #SpA number of species known from the assemblage, #SpC number of species in common with the Jimol Formation, %SpC percentage of Jimol taxa present in the assemblage; analyses restricted to named species (n = 79 species), Dom. Rep. Dominican Republic