Where: Falcon, Venezuela (10.8° N, 70.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 11.2° N, 67.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Miocene in original text; assigned to Late Miocene on the basis of general faunal composition. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within sequence.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. Hodson, H. K. Hodson, and G. D. Harris. 1927. Some Venezualan and Caribbean Mollusks. Bulletins of America Paleontology 13(49):1-160 [A. Miller/A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61036: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 29.05.2006, edited by Bethany Allen and Austin Hendy
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella altilira urumacoensis turret shell
Turritella berjadinensis colinensis turret shell
Turritella plebeia alowensi turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Chione berjadinensis, "Chione (Chione) paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum, "Chione (Lirophora) falconensis" = Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis
Chione berjadinensis venus clam
"Chione (Chione) paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) falconensis" = Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis Hodson et al. 1927 venus clam | |
Pecten circularis venezuelanus Hodson et al. 1927 calico scallop | |
Ostrea virginica falconensis Hodson et al. 1927 eastern oyster | |
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella robusta fredeai" = Turritella abrupta, "Turritella bifastigata maracaibensis" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata cartagenensis, "Turritella bifastigata democraciana" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata cartagenensis
"Turritella robusta fredeai" = Turritella abrupta Spieker 1922 turret shell
"Turritella bifastigata maracaibensis" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata cartagenensis Pilsbry and Brown 1917 turret shell
"Turritella bifastigata democraciana" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata cartagenensis Pilsbry and Brown 1917 turret shell |