Cerro Barrigon, Araya Peninsula [Araya Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Venezuela
collected by Landau 2003-2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Vokesmurex messorius
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo (Senectus) castanea
(Gmelin 1791)
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Lithopoma brevispinum
(Lamarck 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma (Calliostoma) calderense
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula maculosa
Conrad 1846
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Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum
(Guppy 1867)
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original and current combination Crucibulum subsutum | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella abrupta
(Spieker 1922)
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Turritella (Bactrospira) guppyi
(Cossmann 1909)
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original and current combination Turritella guppyi | ||||||||||
Turritella (Bactrospira) planigyrata
(Guppy 1867)
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis papulosus
(Guppy 1866)
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Petaloconchus sculpturatus
Lea 1846
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SUBSPECIES: Petaloconchus sculpturatus alcimus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ancillariidae
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Eburna caroniana
(Maury 1925)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva couvana
Maury 1925
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Eupleura muriciformis
(Broderip 1833)
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Typhina expansa
(Sowerby 1874)
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Haustellum mimiwilsoni
Vokes 1990
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Stramonita biserialis
(de Blainville 1832)
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recombined as Thais biserialis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Persicula lavelana
(Hodson 1927)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Harpa crenata
Swainson 1822
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Fusimitra sanctifrancisci
(Maury 1925)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Solenosteira (Solenosteira) magdalenensis
(Weisbord 1929)
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Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) falconensis
(Weisbord 1929)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Gordanops baranoanus
(Anderson 1929)
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Calophos plicatilis
(Bose 1906)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Conomitra caribbeana
Weisbord 1929
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Fusiturricula springvaleensis
(Mansfield 1925)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Massyla cubaguaensis
(Landau et al. 2007)
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Euclia montserratensis
(Maury 1925)
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Euclia leuzingeri
(Rutsch 1934)
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Bivetopsia pachia
(Smith 1940)
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) capeloi
Landau et al. 2007
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Pyruclia scheibei
(Anderson 1929)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus jaspideus
Gmelin 1791
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Conus cf. oniscus
(Woodring 1928)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Clathrodrillia gatunensis
(Toula 1909)
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Hindsiclava caroniana
(Maury 1925)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Bellaspira niaddrina
(Mansfield 1925)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra aclinica
(Olsson 1967)
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus carbasea
(Guppy 1866)
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Gastropoda
- Pediculariidae
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Jenneria loxahatcheensis
(Smith 1936)
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Pseudozonaria fehsei
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora delecta
(Guppy 1876)
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Persististrombus granulatus
(Swainson 1822)
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Strombus arayensis
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio clathrata
(Lamarck 1816)
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea beaui
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa rugosa
(Sowerby 1835)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Mammilla arepa
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
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Sinum gabbi
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica nobilis
Röding 1798
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Venezuela |
Coordinates: | 10.6° North, 64.3° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 10.6° North, 63.8° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Cubagua | Formation: | Araya | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Araya Fm of the Cubagua Gp (Late Miocene-Pliocene), which overlies the La Güica Fm. THICKNESS: From a formation that has a maximum thickness of 164 m at its type section. AGE: Late Pliocene on the basis of planktonic foraminifera. Belongs to the Globoratalia miocenica zone(3.2-2.4 Ma) according to Castro and Mederos, 1997. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list for the formation at this section. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine poorly lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Poorly consolidated fossiliferous fine sand. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified (or unlithified) on the basis of facies description. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Tropical shallow-marine environment of normal salinity and with a sandy substrate. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Landau | Collection dates: | 2003-2007 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: B. Landau and colleagues, over "last five years". REPOSITORY: Not stated, but possibly Centro de Geologia da Universidad de Lisboa, Camp Grande, Portugal, NHM Vienna, and personal collection of B. Landau. | |||
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda. Does not include other mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and including systematic revision of other neighboring Caribbean assemblages. |
Metadata
Database number: | 111011 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2011-06-18 10:46:34 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-06-18 10:46:34 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |