STRI Loc. 290045 - Estacion de Policia ["Ware" Fm] (Pliocene of Colombia)

Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 (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

• 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: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 03/16/2011. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at FLMNH, Gainesville.

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 136994: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Echinoidea
 Irregularia -
Clypeasteroida indet. Agassiz 1836 sand dollar
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Lithopoma sp. Gray 1850 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla striata BruguiƩre 1792 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva cf. tuberaensis Anderson 1929 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 cowry
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867 scallop
Nodipecten colinensis Hodson and Hodson 1927 scallop
Lindapecten sp. Petuch 1988 scallop
"Amusium luna" = Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911 scallop
Euvola codercola Harris 1927 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina serrata Sowerby 1825 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Noetia ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa
"Noetia ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa Say 1822 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
Anadara (Cunearca) sp. Dall 1898 ark
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acrosterigma cf. dalli Heilprin 1887 cockle
Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Psammotreta sp. Dall 1900 tellin clam
"Psammacoma sp." = Macoma (Psammacoma) Dall 1900 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus 1767 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam
Lirophora sp. Conrad 1863 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactrellona sp. Marks 1915 clam
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta sp. Gray 1853 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
Anodontia sp. Link 1807 clam