STRI Loc. 290607 - NW of Estacion de Policia ["Ware" Fm] (Pliocene of Colombia)

Also known as STRI Sample 36972, 36973, 36974, 36978

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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 contact.

• 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: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: A. Hendy, 2013. REPOSITORY: Based on field observation and specimens 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 157969: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.07.2014

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.
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Euvola codercola Harris 1927 scallop
Lindapecten sp. Petuch 1988 scallop
Nodipecten colinensis Hodson and Hodson 1927 scallop
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867 scallop
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea rhizophorae Guilding 1828 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
Anodontia sp. Link 1807 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus 1767 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista maculata, Dosinia sp., "Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata
Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactrellona sp. Marks 1915 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Dinocardium sp. Dall 1900 cockle
Acrosterigma cf. dalli Heilprin 1887 cockle
Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtidae indet. d'Orbigny 1846 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Psammotreta sp. Dall 1900 tellin clam