Also known as STRI Sample 36989, 36990
Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 70.8° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 (early-middle Miocene). This area and nearby collections have been previously mapped as Castilletes Formaton (Miocene). AGE: late Pliocene-early Pleistocene, on the basis of macrofaunal composition; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Probably from lower in the Ware Fm that other marine horizons; estimated to be 440 m in regional section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, medium-grained, calcareous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collected by Hendy in 2013
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/19/2013. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at Universidad del Norte, Colombia.
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 157273: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Malea sp. Valenciennes 1833 tun shell | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk | |
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell | |
Oliva cf. tuberaensis Anderson 1929 olive snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Bulla striata BruguiƩre 1792 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Tucetona lamyi Dall 1915 clam | |
Crassostrea rhizophorae Guilding 1828 oyster | |
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop |