Where: La Guajira, Colombia (12.0° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 68.5° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: middle Castilletes Member (Castilletes Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Castilletes Formation, which conformably overlies the Jimol Formation (early Miocene) and is unconformably overlain by the Ware Formation. AGE: Langhian, on the basis of macrofaunal composition and stratigraphic position; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Likely in lower middle part of the Castilletes Fm; from 190 m above Jimol/Castilletes contact.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; unlithified siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected by Hendy in 2014

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

• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/21/2014. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at Universidad del Norte, Colombia. ABUNDANCE: Estimate based on relative abundance within a 25cm2 quadrat; A=abundant (10 or more specimens per quadrat; C=common (3-9 specimens per quadrat; R=rare (1-2 specimens per quadrate).

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 160796: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.08.2014

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