STRI Loc. 290080 - Castilletes ["Ware" Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Colombia
collected by Hendy 2011
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Trachycardium isocardia
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Rasia) cf. lienosa
(Say 1832)
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Arca occidentalis
Philippi 1847
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synonym of Byssoarca zebra | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula gibbosa
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis | |||||||
Anodontia sp.
Link 1807
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Lirophora sp.
Conrad 1863
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Dosinia sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Periglypta sp.
Jukes-Browne 1914
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Macrocallista maculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactrellona sp.
Marks 1915
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva cf. tuberaensis
Anderson 1929
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Muricidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum sp.
Schumacher 1817
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Colombia | State/province: | La Guajira |
Coordinates: | 11.8° North, 71.4° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 11.7° North, 70.9° 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 near top of "Ware" Formation; 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: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) | ||
Minimum sieve size: | 2.000 | ||
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Hendy | Collection dates: | 2011 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 2011. REPOSITORY: Based on field observations and collections presently reposited at Universidad del Norte, Colombia. | |||
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. |
Metadata
Also known as: | STRI Loc. 290466; STRI Sample 11063, 13564 | ||
Database number: | 157967 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2014-07-12 21:27:16 | Last modified: | 2014-09-05 17:45:43 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2016-07-12 21:27:16 |
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] |