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Ware Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Miocene-Early Pleistocene, typically Pliocene
~3.5–2.8 Ma
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TypeGeological formation
Unit ofCocinetas Basin
UnderliesAlluvium
OverliesCastilletes Formation
Thicknessup to 25 m (82 ft)
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, mudstone
OtherConglomerate
Location
Coordinates11°51′4.32″N 71°19′26.4″W / 11.8512000°N 71.324000°W / 11.8512000; -71.324000
Approximate paleocoordinates11°42′N 70°48′W / 11.7°N 70.8°W / 11.7; -70.8
RegionLa Guajira
 Caribbean region
CountryWare Formation Colombia
Type section
Named forWayuunaiki: "friend"
Named byMoreno et al.
LocationUribia
Year defined2015
Coordinates11°51′4.32″N 71°19′26.4″W / 11.8512000°N 71.324000°W / 11.8512000; -71.324000
RegionLa Guajira
CountryWare Formation Colombia
Ware Formation is located in La Guajira Department
Ware Formation

Type locality of the formation in La Guajira

The Ware Formation (Spanish: Formación Ware) is a fossiliferous geological formation of the Cocinetas Basin in the northernmost department of La Guajira. The formation consists of fine lithic to quartzitic sandstones, mudstones, pebbly conglomerates with sedimentary and metamorphic rock fragments, fossiliferous packstones and sandy to conglomeratic beds with high fossil content. The Ware Formation dates to the Neogene and Quaternary periods; Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene epochs, typically Pliocene (3.5 to 2.8 Ma), Uquian, Chapadmalalan and Montehermosan in the SALMA classification, and has a maximum thickness of 25 metres (82 ft).

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