Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.8° N, 71.4° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 463 m above Jimol/Castilletes contact.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, coarse-grained, sandy, calcareous conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Hendy in 2013

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

• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 01/25/2013. REPOSITORY: Presently reposited at Universidad del Notre, Colombia, and based on observations (not collected).

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 159142: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.07.2014

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