STRI Loc. 290081 - Bahia Cocinetas ["Ware" Fm] (Pliocene of Colombia)

Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.8° N, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 70.9° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 near top of "Ware" Formation; from 463 m above Jimol/Castilletes contact.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithified calcarenite. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, as determined in the field and based on museum-reposited specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Hendy in 2011

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 2011. REPOSITORY: Based on field observations only.

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 157968: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.07.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic mollusca; the collector was under detention by security forces at the time of field observation. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp.
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch