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Table 5 Comparison of the Castilletes assemblage with other Caribbean Early–Late Miocene faunules at species level

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

Formation/age

Region

#SpA

#SpC

%SpC

Jaccard

Simpson

Jimol (17.9–16.7 Ma)

Colombia

79

71

89.9

0.69

0.90

Cantaure (E. Mioc.)

Venezuela

176

55

31.3

0.25

0.58

La Rosa (E. Mioc.)

Venezuela

38

8

21.1

0.06

0.21

Caujarao Fm (M.-L. Mioc.)

Venezuela

139

21

15.1

0.10

0.22

Culebra Fm (21–19 Ma)

Panama

116

12

10.3

0.06

0.13

Tuira Fm (11.2–9.2 Ma)

Panama

69

10

14.5

0.06

0.14

Springvale Fm (L. Mioc.)

Trinidad

133

12

9.0

0.06

0.13

Gatun Fm (11.6–8.5 Ma)

Panama

385

30

7.8

0.07

0.32

Baitoa Fm (17.5–14.5 Ma)

Dom. Rep.

105

8

7.6

0.04

0.08

Zorritos Fm (M. Mioc.)

Peru

134

7

5.2

0.03

0.07

  1. #SpA number of species known from the assemblage, #SpC number of species in common with the Castilletes Formation, %SpC percentage of Castilletes taxa present in the assemblage, analyses restricted to named species (n = 95 species), Dom. Rep. Dominican Republic