Hodson Loc. 67 (Miocene of Venezuela)

Where: Falcon, Venezuela (10.9° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 69.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Miocene in original text; assigned to Late Miocene on the basis of general faunal composition. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within sequence.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 60801: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 23.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857 turret shell
Subspecies: Turritella gatunensis lavelana
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Scapharca) berjadinensis" = Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis
"Arca (Scapharca) berjadinensis" = Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis Hodson et al. 1927 ark