Where: Falcon, Venezuela (10.9° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 68.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• Based on the faunal list (consisting of three species named "berjadinensis") this locality can be assigned to Miocene
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
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 60671: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 19.05.2006
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Arca (Scapharca) berjadinensis" = Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis
"Arca (Scapharca) berjadinensis" = Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis Hodson et al. 1927 ark | |
Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927 jewel box | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella berjadinensis Hodson 1926 turret shell |