Also known as STRI Loc. 290466; STRI Sample 11063, 13564
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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 462 m above Jimol/Castilletes Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous sandstone
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 and collections presently reposited at Universidad del Norte, Colombia.
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 157967: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.07.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Arca occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra, Anadara (Rasia) cf. lienosa
"Arca occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
Anadara (Rasia) cf. lienosa Say 1832 ark | |
Anodontia sp., "Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
Anodontia sp. Link 1807 clam
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Mactrellona sp. Marks 1915 clam | |
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Lirophora sp. Conrad 1863 venus clam
Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 top snail | |
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell | |
Oliva cf. tuberaensis Anderson 1929 olive snail | |
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch |