Also known as STRI Sample 36991, 36999

Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 (early-middle Miocene). This area and nearby collections have been previously mapped as Castilletes Formaton (Miocene). AGE: late Pliocene-early Pleistocene, on the basis of macrofaunal composition; direct age established by extrapolation of Sr-isotope dating by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Probably from lower in the Ware Fm that other marine horizons; estimated to be 440 m in regional section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, medium-grained, calcareous sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collected by Hendy in 2013

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

• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/19/2013. REPOSITORY: 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 157271: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.06.2014

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