STRI Loc. 290045 - Estacion de Policia ["Ware" Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Colombia
collected by Hendy 2011

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trachycardium isocardia Linnaeus 1758
U category
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida
Clypeasteroida indet. Agassiz 1836
R category
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799
R category
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817
R category
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
R category
Neverita sp. Risso 1826
R category
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella sp. Lamarck 1799
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva cf. tuberaensis Anderson 1929
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
R category
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Lithopoma sp. Gray 1850
R category
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella arcinella (Linnaeus 1767)
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
R category
Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
C category
Lirophora sp. Conrad 1863
R category
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914
R category
Chione (Chione) cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
U category
recombined as Chione cancellata
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777
C category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactrellona sp. Marks 1915
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta sp. Gray 1853
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Psammacoma sp. Dall 1900
R category
spelled with current rank as Macoma (Psammacoma)
Psammotreta sp. Dall 1900
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium serratum (Linnaeus 1758)
U category
Ctenocardia media
R category
Acrosterigma cf. dalli (Heilprin 1887)
R category
Dallocardia muricata
C category
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Anodontia sp. Link 1807
C category
Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
U category
recombined as Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Euvola codercola (Harris 1927)
C category
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889
R category
Lindapecten sp. Petuch 1988
R category
Nodipecten colinensis (Hodson and Hodson 1927)
U category
Amusium luna (Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
R category
synonym of Amusium toulae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867
U category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801
A category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina serrata (Sowerby 1825)
R category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Dendostrea democraciana
R category
Crassostrea rhizophorae (Guilding 1828)
R category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara sp. Gray 1847
R category
Anadara (Rasia) cf. lienosa (Say 1832)
R category
Anadara (Cunearca) sp. (Dall 1898)
R category
Arca occidentalis Philippi 1847
R category
synonym of Byssoarca zebra
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia ponderosa (Say 1822)
U category
recombined as Eontia ponderosa
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:La Guajira
Coordinates: 11.9° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.7° North, 70.8° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliocene
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:3.2 Ma (Sr isotope)3.4 to 2.8 Ma (Sr isotope)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ware
Local section:Estacion de Policia Local bed:22 m
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Cocinetas Regional bed:462 m
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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 462 m above Jimol/Castilletes Fm
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithified calcarenite. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, as determined in the field and based on museum-reposited specimens.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:very poor
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:2.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collectors:Hendy Collection dates:2011
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 03/16/2011. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at FLMNH, Gainesville.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:136994
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-12-08 10:28:17 Last modified:2014-09-05 17:46:03
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-12-08 10:28:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43760. 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]