Also known as STRI Sample 16882

Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 68.1° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: lower Castilletes Member (Castilletes Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Castilletes Formation, which conformably overlies the Jimol Formation (early Miocene) and is unconformably overlain by the Ware Formation. AGE: Burdigalian-Langhian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition and stratigraphic position; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower part of the Castilletes Fm; at base of Jimol/Castilletes contact.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; poorly lithified, gypsiferous, shelly/skeletal siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected by Hendy in 2011

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 03/15/2011. 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 158101: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.07.2014

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