Also known as GS-009-CB
Where: Venezuela (10.6° N, 64.1° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 63.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mare Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Mare Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: middle-late Pliocene; stated to be included in the Globorotalia tosaensis Zone (Rögl, pers. comm., 1986; Boli & Saunders, 1985). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
Primary reference: J. Gibson-Smith and W. Gibson-Smith. 2012. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131363: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Parviturbo venezuelensis snail | |
Tricolia sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Arene (Arene) sp., Turbo (Taeniaturbo) marensis, "Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea, Homalopoma sp.
Arene (Arene) sp. Adams and Adams 1854 snail
"Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea Gmelin 1791 snail
Homalopoma sp. Carpenter 1864 snail | |
Calliostoma cf. caribbeanum top snail
Calliostoma puntagordanum top snail
Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) cf. bullisi Clench and Turner 1960 top snail | |
"Tegula (Agathistoma) phalera" = Agathistoma
"Tegula (Agathistoma) phalera" = Agathistoma snail | |
Hemitoma (Hemitoma) octoradiata Gmelin 1791 snail
Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822 snail
Diodora listeri d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Scalina sp. Conrad 1865 wentletrap
Epitonium (Asperiscala) cf. candeanum d'Orbigny 1842 wentletrap | |
Vanikoro pilbryi snail | |
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
Alaba incerta d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Obtortio dubia snail | |
Turritella (Broderiptella) variegata Linnaeus 1758 turret shell | |
Strombus (Strombus) cf. pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
Olivella (Olivella) venezuelensis Olsson 1956 olive snail
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Fusinus closter Philippi 1850 snail | |
Marginellidae indet. Fleming 1828 margin shell
Prunum circumvittatum Weisbord 1962 margin shell
Dentimargo sp. Cossmann 1899 margin shell | |
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
Persicula porcellana snail | |
Muricopsis (Risomurex) gilbertharrisi murex snail
Murexiella puntagordana murex snail
Favartia (Pygmaepterys) sp. Jousseaume 1880 murex snail | |
Cassis tuberosa Linnaeus 1758 snail
Cassis aff. flammea Linnaeus 1758 snail
Semicassis granulata Born 1778 snail | |
Marsupina bufo Bruguiére 1792 frog shell | |
Trivia sp., "Trivia (Pusula) cf. suffusa" = Niveria suffusa
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837 snail
"Trivia (Pusula) cf. suffusa" = Niveria suffusa Gray 1827 snail | |
Polinices brunneus moon snail
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Alvania (Alvania) auberiana, Alvania (Alvania) meridioamericana, Rissoina (Phosinella) sp., Rissoina (Phosinella) puntagordana, "Schwartziella venezuelana" = Rissoina (Schwartziella)
Rissoina (Phosinella) sp. Mörch 1876 snail
"Schwartziella venezuelana" = Rissoina (Schwartziella) snail | |
Cerithiopsis cf. bicolor snail
Cerithiopsis cf. exilis snail
"Cerithiopsis cf. greeni" = Cerithiopsis greenii Adams 1839 snail | |
"Triphora cf. decorata" = Triphora (Cosmotriphora) decorata
"Triphora cf. decorata" = Triphora (Cosmotriphora) decorata Adams 1850 snail | |
Macromphalina sp. Cossmann 1888 snail
Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) sp. Fischer 1857 snail | |
Elephantanellum puntagordanum, Caecum marense, "Elephantanellum imbricatum" = Caecum imbricatum, "Brochina aff. vestita" = Caecum (Brochina), Fartulum tomaculum
Caecum marense snail
"Elephantanellum imbricatum" = Caecum imbricatum Carpenter 1858 snail
"Brochina aff. vestita" = Caecum (Brochina) snail
Fartulum tomaculum snail | |
Parviturboides sp. Pilsbry and McGinty 1950 snail
Cyclostremiscus (Cyclostremiscus) puntagordensis Weisbord 1962 snail | |
"Pyrgiscus sp." = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus), Cingulina babylonia, Besla elegans, Miralda (Miralda) havanensis, Egila sp., Chrysallida sp., Chrysallida dux, Chrysallida cf. gemmulosa, Strioturbonilla pupoides
"Pyrgiscus sp." = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) Philippi 1841 snail
Cingulina babylonia snail
Besla elegans snail
Egila sp. Dall and Bartsch 1904 snail
Chrysallida sp. Carpenter 1856 snail
Chrysallida dux snail
Chrysallida cf. gemmulosa Adams 1850 snail
Strioturbonilla pupoides snail | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble | |
Volvulella (Volvulella) cf. persimilis, "Cylichnina cf. sulcata" = Retusa (Cylichnina)
Volvulella (Volvulella) cf. persimilis Mörch 1875 snail
"Cylichnina cf. sulcata" = Retusa (Cylichnina) snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara (Potiarca) cumanensis, "Anadara (Caloosarca) notabilis" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis, Acar domingensis
"Anadara (Caloosarca) notabilis" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis Röding 1798 ark
Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark | |
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796 file clam | |
Pectinidae indet., "Lyropecten (Nodipecten) nodosus" = Nodipecten nodosus
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
"Lyropecten (Nodipecten) nodosus" = Nodipecten nodosus Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
"Crenella divaricata" = Crenella decussata
"Crenella divaricata" = Crenella decussata Montagu 1808 clam | |
Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
Cavilinga trisulcata Conrad 1841 clam
"Bellucina katherinepalmerae" = Cardiolucina clam | |
Caryocorbula cf. lavelleana, "Varicorbula puntagordensis" = Corbula (Varicorbula)
"Varicorbula puntagordensis" = Corbula (Varicorbula) clam | |
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box | |
Gouldia cerina, "Macrocallista (Megapitaria) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata, Lirophora cf. paphia, "Ventricolaria rigida" = Globivenus rigida
Gouldia cerina Adams 1845 venus clam
"Macrocallista (Megapitaria) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Lirophora cf. paphia Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Ventricolaria rigida" = Globivenus rigida Dillwyn 1817 venus clam | |
Americardia media, "Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) cf. caboblanquensis" = Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) antillarum, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) cf. isocardia, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum, Laevicardium sp., "Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
"Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) cf. caboblanquensis" = Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) antillarum d'Orbigny 1853 cockle
Trachycardium (Trachycardium) cf. isocardia Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi Weisbord 1964 clam | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
"Nucula (Nucula) venezuelana" = Nucula (Nucula) vieta
"Nucula (Nucula) venezuelana" = Nucula (Nucula) vieta Guppy 1874 nut clam | |
Saccella marella pointed nut clam
Saccella karlmartini Weisbord 1964 pointed nut clam | |
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) antillarum | |
"Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) antillarum" = Kalolophus antillarum
"Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) antillarum" = Kalolophus antillarum Reeve 1842 |