Also known as STRI Loc. 360174; STRI Sample 37202
Where: La Guajira, Colombia (12.0° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 70.7° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ware Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Ware Formation, which unconformably overlies the Castilletes Formation (Middle Miocene). AGE: late Pliocene, on the basis of macrofaunal composition and Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From approximately 461 m in regional section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, coarse-grained, sandy, calcareous conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Hendy in 2013
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/24/2013. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at Universidad del Notre, Colombia, and based on observations (not collected).
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. S. Jones, F. Moreno, V. Zapata, and C. Jaramillo. 2015. Neogene molluscs, shallow marine paleoenvironments, and chronostratigraphy of the Guajira Peninsula, Colombia. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 134(1):45-75 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 156719: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail | |
Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Oliva cf. tuberaensis Anderson 1929 olive snail | |
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell | |
Bulla striata BruguiƩre 1792 snail | |
Lithopoma sp. Gray 1850 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Atrina serrata Sowerby 1825 oyster | |
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis, Anodontia sp.
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
Anodontia sp. Link 1807 clam | |
Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Dallocardia muricata cockle | |
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam |