STRI Loc. 290045 - Estacion de Policia ["Ware" Fm] (Pliocene of Colombia)

Where: La Guajira, Colombia (11.9° N, 71.3° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 462 m above Jimol/Castilletes Fm

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithified calcarenite. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, as determined in the field and based on museum-reposited specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Hendy in 2011

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 03/16/2011. 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 136994: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Echinoidea
 Irregularia -
Clypeasteroida indet. Agassiz 1836 sand dollar
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Lithopoma sp. Gray 1850 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla striata BruguiƩre 1792 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva cf. tuberaensis Anderson 1929 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 cowry
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Noetia ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa
"Noetia ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa Say 1822 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
Anadara (Cunearca) sp. Dall 1898 ark
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Amusium luna" = Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
Lindapecten sp. Petuch 1988 scallop
Euvola codercola Harris 1927 scallop
Nodipecten colinensis Hodson and Hodson 1927 scallop
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina serrata Sowerby 1825 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
Anodontia sp. Link 1807 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactrellona sp. Marks 1915 clam
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta sp. Gray 1853 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus 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
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus 1767 jewel box
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acrosterigma cf. dalli Heilprin 1887 cockle
Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Psammacoma sp." = Macoma (Psammacoma) Dall 1900 tellin clam
Psammotreta sp. Dall 1900 tellin clam