Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.3° N, 69.4° W: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 67.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 7.2 Ma)
• AGE: Miocene in original text; Langhian-Tortonian, based on the presence of Lindapecten buchivacoanus; following Waller (2011).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI
• COLLECTOR: Hodson, F. and others, Standard Oil Company of Venezuela. REPOSITORY: PRI (Ithaca, NY).
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 135498: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop | |
"Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus" = Lindapecten buchivacoanus, "Pecten circularis" = Argopecten ventricosus
"Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus" = Lindapecten buchivacoanus Hodson et al. 1927 scallop SUBSPECIES: Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis
"Pecten circularis" = Argopecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842 calico scallop SUBSPECIES: Pecten circularis venezuelanus & Pecten circularis cornellanus
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"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam | |
"Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, "Arca (Scapharca) buenavistana" = Anadara (Cunearca) buenavista, "Arca (Arca) occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra
"Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) buenavistana" = Anadara (Cunearca) buenavista Hodson et al. 1927 ark
"Arca (Arca) occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark | |
"Venericardia zuliana" = Cyclocardia zuliana
"Venericardia zuliana" = Cyclocardia zuliana Hodson 1929 clam SUBSPECIES: Venericardia zuliana maracaibensis
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"Crassatellites trinitarius" = Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) trinitaria
"Crassatellites trinitarius" = Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) trinitaria Maury 1925 clam SUBSPECIES: Crassatellites trinitarius venezuelanus
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Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
"Marginella gatunensis" = Prunum gatunense
"Marginella gatunensis" = Prunum gatunense Brown and Pilsbry 1911 margin shell SUBSPECIES: Marginella gatunensis colinensis
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"Marginella (Persicula) venezuelana" = Persicula venezuelana
"Marginella (Persicula) venezuelana" = Persicula venezuelana Hodson et al. 1927 snail SUBSPECIES: Marginella (Persicula) venezuelana lavelana
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"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena, "Natica guppiana" = Stigmaulax guppiana, "Polinices subclausa" = Polinices hepaticus, Polinices stanislasmeunieri
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
"Natica guppiana" = Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail
"Polinices subclausa" = Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail SUBSPECIES: Polinices subclausa kavekaba
Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail SUBSPECIES: Polinices stanislasmeunieri venezuelana
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