Locality I, Venezuela - Weisbord (1964): Early Pliocene, Venezuela

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Weisbord 1962 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Weisbord 1962 15 specimens
unclassified
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Weisbord 1962 33 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Weisbord 1962 247 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Weisbord 1962 127 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Mammalia
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (? Antalis) sp. (Adams and Adams 1854)
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
Weisbord 1964 48 specimens
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
Weisbord 1964 4 specimens
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Weisbord 1964 3 specimens
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
Weisbord 1964 33 specimens
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Weisbord 1964 5 specimens
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata Conrad 1833
Weisbord 1964 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Weisbord 1964 4 specimens
Weisbord 1964 3 specimens
Ervilia nitens (Montagu 1808)
Weisbord 1964 21 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Weisbord 1964 5 specimens
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Papyridea aff. soleniformis (Bruguière 1787)
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758
Weisbord 1964 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma margaritacea (Lamarck 1801)
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Weisbord 1964 128 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Weisbord 1964 11 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
Weisbord 1964 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Weisbord 1964 31 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Lunarca) ovalis (Bruguiere 1789)
Weisbord 1964 46 specimens
12 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella divaricata (d'Orbigny 1853)
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
38 specimens
Gastropoda
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Weisbord 1962 3 specimens
[entered as Crepidula phalaeana]
Weisbord 1962 4 specimens
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea ringens mareana Weisbord 1962
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Tonna ? galea (Linnaeus 1758)
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
? Cymatium sp. Röding 1798
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Fusinus marensis Weisbord 1962
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mazatlania aciculata (Lamarck 1822)
Weisbord 1962 3 specimens
? Strombina galba Weisbord 1962
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 52 specimens
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Weisbord 1962 8 specimens
Weisbord 1962 6 specimens
Weisbord 1962 26 specimens
Weisbord 1962 52 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 24 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Weisbord 1962 6 specimens
Weisbord 1962 6 specimens
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Weisbord 1962 8 specimens
Weisbord 1962 19 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Weisbord 1962 7 specimens
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Weisbord 1962 7 specimens
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Weisbord 1962 22 specimens
Gastropoda - Mesogastropoda - Melaniidae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Weisbord 1962 16 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Cylichnella mareana Weisbord 1962
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Weisbord 1962 14 specimens
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Tegulidae
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Weisbord 1962 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck 1822)
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
unclassified
Strigilla carnaria (Linnaeus 1758)
Weisbord 1964 8 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela State/province:Sucre
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 64.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.2° North, 62.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Early Pliocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Cabo Blanco Formation:Mare Member:Lower
Local section:Locality I
Regional section:Punta Gorda
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: From lower Mare Formation. The lower 10-15 ft are made up of incoherent grits and sands containing many well-preserved fossils. The lower member starts as a pebble to granule gravel or "grit". The Playa Grande and Mare formations of the Cabo Blanco Group are believed to be early Pliocene in age, and the Guaiguaza clay late Pliocene.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal unlithified conglomerate
Secondary lithology:very coarse sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Comprises incoherent grits and sands containing many well-preserved fossils. The lower member starts as a pebble to granule gravel or "grit".
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: Shallow-marine deposit.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI
Collection method comments: Collected by Weisbord in 1955 and 1956. Collections also held at Flordia State University
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for mollusca, and serpulids
Metadata
Also known as:Locality I
Database number:41543
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-16 11:10:23 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-16 11:10:23
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
11132. N. E. Weisbord. 1964. Late Cenozoic scaphopods and serpulid polychaets from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 47(214):111-199 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro]

Secondary references:

30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
36423 B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13987 N. E. Weisbord. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro]
11137 N. E. Weisbord. 1964. Late Cenozoic pelecypods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 45(204):1-564 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro]