N.V.P. Blue No. 3892 - Cantaure Formation: Burdigalian, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Aturiidae
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Miller and Thompson 1937 | 4 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus (Cadulus) aff. phenax
Pilsbry and Sharp 1898
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium (Dentalium) bocasense
Olsson 1922
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. jamaicensis
(Dall 1898)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Arca) umbonata
(Lamarck 1819)
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Anadara (Scapharca) cf. spiekeri
(Olsson 1932)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Eontia aff. centrota
(Guppy 1867)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina sp.
Gray 1842
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea aff. vaughani insularis
Pilsbry and Brown 1917
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Ostrea cf. portoricoensis
(Hubbard 1920)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula cf. guppyi
Woodring 1925
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus aff. lucasi
Maury 1920
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita paraguanensis
(Hodson 1931)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Eucrassatella trinitaria venezuelana
(Hodson 1927)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactra (Mactrotoma) ? quirosana
Hodson 1931
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar (Pitarella) paraguanensis
(Hodson 1927)
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Pleiorytis caroniana
(Maury 1925)
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Cyclinella venezuelana
Hodson 1927
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Macrocallista maculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Antigona (Ventricolaria) palmerae
(Hodson 1927)
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Chione (Chionopsis) paraguanensis
(Hodson 1927)
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unclassified
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Chione (Lirophora) quirosensis
Hodson 1927
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Arcinella yaquensis
(Maury 1917)
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= Arcinella arcinella
Linnaeus 1767
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Perrilliat and Flores-Guerrero 2011 | ||||||
Chama aff. berjadinensis
Hodson 1927
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Eurytellina) paraguanensis
(Hodson 1931)
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? Psammacoma sp.
Dall 1900
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? Psammacoma cf. falconensis
(Hodson and Hodson 1931)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) bowdenense
(Dall 1900)
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Trigoniocardia hannai
(Olsson 1932)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Caryocorbula) fortis
Jung 1965
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Corbula (Caryocorbula) quirosana
Hodson 1931
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Corbula (Tenuicorbula) aff. tenuis lupina
(Sowerby 1833)
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Nerita (Nerita) fulgurans
Gmelin 1791
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Neritina aff. woodwardi
Guppy 1866
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Landau et al. 2016 | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Lottiidae
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis karsteni
(Rutsch 1934)
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea (Trochita) cf. radians
(Lamarck 1816)
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? Crepidula (? Crepipatella) insculpta
Jung 1965
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cocoditana
(Hodson 1926)
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Turritella matarucana
Hodson 1926
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides suprasulcatus
(Gabb 1873)
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia laevigata
(Guppy 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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= Bursa rugosa
Sowerby 1835
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Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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unclassified
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= Haustellum messorium
Sowerby 1841
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Hendy et al. 2008 | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio (Rhysema) decussata gatunensis
(Toula 1909)
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Beu 2010 | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Gastropoda
- Eocypraeidae
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena melongena consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Euclia) werenfelsi
(Jung 1965)
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Cancellaria (aff. Cancellaria) rowelli
(Dall 1896)
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= Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) epistomifera
(Guppy 1876)
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= Bivetiella dariena
Toula 1908
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Landau et al. 2012 | ||||||
Cancellaria (Characolleria) terryi
Olsson 1942
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Trigonostoma woodringi
Jung 1965
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clathurellidae
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Glyphostoma dentiferum
Gabb 1872
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus aff. imitator
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Conus talis
Jung 1965
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Conus trajectionis
Maury 1910
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra (Strioterebrum) ulloa
Olsson 1932
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Terebra (Paraterebra) sulcifera
(Sowerby 1849)
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Terebra (Paraterebra) inaequalis
(Sowerby 1849)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pseudomelatomidae
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Crassispira conica
Jung 1965
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Crassispira aff. consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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Crassispira henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Fusiturricula cf. jaquensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira barretti
(Guppy 1866)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Turbinella falconensis
(Hodson 1931)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cymatophos paraguanensis
(Hodson and Hodson 1931)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Agaronia testacea costaricensis
Olsson 1922
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Oliva (Oliva) cylindrica
(Sowerby 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Eupleura kugleri
Jung 1965
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Murex (Chicoreus) cf. brevifrons
(Lamarck 1822)
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= Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Guppy 1876
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Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 | ||||||
Murex (Subpterynotus) textilis
(Gabb 1873)
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Cymia cocoditana
Hodson 1931
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum (Prunum) quirosense
(Hodson 1927)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Falsilyria sp.
Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Persicula (Rabicea) venezuelana lavelana
(Hodson 1927)
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica (Naticarius) canrena antinacca
(Cossmann 1924)
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Neverita paraguanensis
(Hodson 1927)
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Scalina pseudoleroyi
(Maury 1925)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon |
Coordinates: | 11.9° North, 69.8° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 12.5° North, 64.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
Age range of interval: | 20.45 - 15.98 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cantaure | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Clays, sandstone, and limestones of up to 75, thick, although no single section is completely exposed. Collection apparently derived from near middle part of that thickness. Overlies unconformably Cretaceous rocks and is conformably overlain by limestones on middle to upper Miocene. Jung (1965) regarded the collection as early Middle Miocene, though more recent authors, including Vermeij (2001) indicate an Early Miocene (Burdigalian) age. Formation formerly referred to as "Cerro Pelado". Díaz de Gamero (1974), based on planktic forams, assigned a Lower Miocene age to the Cantaure Formation, placing it in the Globigerinatella insueta and Praeorbulina glomerosa Zones of Bolli (1966) and Zones N7-N8 of Blow (1969). Rey (1996) confirmed this age based on the nannofossil assemblage, and placing it in the Helicosphaera ampliaperta and Sphenolithus heteromorphus Zones, NN4-NN5. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | micaceous,shelly/skeletal unlithified silty claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Clay, massive, micaceous, slightly silty, and locally containing abundant fossils. | |
Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
Geology comments: Tropical shallow-water assemblage, neritic, no deep-water genera present, normal salinity, perhaps nearby brackish source. Cantaure Formation consists predominantly of siltstones with some muddy sandstones and bioturbated sandstones. The crustacean, foram, mollusk, otolith, and chondrichthyan faunas all support shallow depths (< 50 m), but the relatively fine grain size may indicate offshore-transition rather than shoreface environments. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils,ichnofossils |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | BMNH,NMB,PRI,USNM |
Collection method comments: All material is reposited in the Natural History Museum (NMB), Basel, Switzerland, with some voucher specimens in the British Museum, PRI, and USNM. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for Bivalvia and Gastropoda. Balanus, corals, numerous otoliths, and Calianassa fragments are commonly found, though not listed. |
Metadata
Database number: | 60144 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy, B. Allen | Enterer: | A. Hendy, B. Allen |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-05-03 19:49:37 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-03 19:49:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
17318. | P. Jung. 1965. Miocene Mollusca from the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 49(223):389-652 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |
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] | |
19909 | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
43555 | P. Jung and R. E. Petit. 1990. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(334):87-144 [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] | |
43491 | B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
60454 | B. M. Landau, C. M. da Silva, and A. Heitz. 2016. Systematics of the Gastropods of the Lower-Middle Miocene Cantaure Formation, Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology (389-390)1-582 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
27690 | A. K. Miller and M. L. Thompson. 1937. Beiträge zur Kenntnis tropisch-americkanischer Tertiärmollusken. VI. Some Tertiary nautiloids from Venezuela and Trinidad. Ecologae Geologicae Helvetiae 30(1):59-73 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Clapham] | |
43283 | M. C. Perrilliat and P. Flores-Guerrero. 2011. Moluscos de la Formación Agueguexquite (Plioceno inferior) de Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 28(3):379-397 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |