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
Trachycardium isocardia Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) cf. lienosa (Say 1832)
Arca occidentalis Philippi 1847
synonym of Byssoarca zebra
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
Anodontia sp. Link 1807
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Lirophora sp. Conrad 1863
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914
Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactrellona sp. Marks 1915
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva cf. tuberaensis Anderson 1929
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817
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Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data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]