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Fig. 8

From: Revised stratigraphy of Neogene strata in the Cocinetas Basin, La Guajira, Colombia

Fig. 8

Main fossiliferous localities and representative fossils from the Ware and Castilletes formations. (a–e) Ware Formation; a Locality 470062; photograph shows the characteristic subhorizontal position of the Ware Formation beds; this site correspond to the stratotype section of the Ware Formation mainly composed by conglomerates at the base, sandstones, and muddy sandstones in the middle, and a thick fossiliferous packstone level at the top; (b) braincase of Crocodylidae (STRI-ID34591); (c) Glyptodontidae osteoderms (STRI-ID12928), scale bar 5 cm; (d) Hydrochoeridae femur (STRI-ID34315), scale bar 10 cm; and (e) Megalonychidae skull (STRI-ID12924), scale bar 10 cm. (f–j) Castilletes Formation; (f) Locality 390094, typical valley and ridge topography of Castilletes Formation formed by the thick muddy levels with hard calcareous and sandy levels on top; (g) Gavialidae rostrum (STRI-ID34540); (h) Leontinidae lower molar (STRI-ID34312), scale bar 5 cm; (i) fossiliferous mudstone covered with gastropods; (j) Locality 470058 with a mandible of Astrapotheriidae (STRI-ID34383). Photographs taken by Christian Ziegler (a–j)

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