NMB Loc. 17558 - Punta Gavilan [Punta Gavilan Fm]: Early/Lower Pliocene, Venezuela
collected by J. & W. Gibson-Smith 1973
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Solariorbis (Hapalorbis) sp.
()
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Eulima sp.
Risso 1826
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Scalenostoma (Scalenostoma) sp.
Deshayes 1863
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Balcis cf. intermedia
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Balcis sp.
Leach 1847
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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14 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Planaxidae
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Fossarus sp.
Philippi 1841
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium sp.
Bolten 1798
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Epitonium (Asperiscala) sp.
(de Boury 1909)
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella sp.
Swainson 1831
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100 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebridae indet.
Mörch 1852
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Cyclostremiscus sp.
Pilsbry and Olsson 1945
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) sp.
(Fischer 1857)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp.
(Pilsbry 1922)
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132 specimens | ||||||
| spelled with current rank as Teinostoma (Idioraphie) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Tectonatica cf. pusilla
(Say 1822)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Pyramidellidae indet.
Gray 1840
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Chrysallida sp.
Carpenter 1856
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Dunkeria sp.
Carpenter 1856
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Chemnitzia sp.
d'Orbigny 1840
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20 specimens | ||||||
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Odostomia sp.
Fleming 1817
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Salassia sp.
de Folin 1870
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Pyrgiscus sp.
Philippi 1841
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22 specimens | ||||||
| spelled with current rank as Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon sp.
Montfort 1810
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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66 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculanidae indet.
Adams and Adams 1858
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108 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella sp.
Guppy 1874
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora sp.
Bruguière 1797
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbulidae indet.
Lamarck 1818
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100 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Veneridae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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222 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia sp.
Dall 1900
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Eontia cf. centrota
(Guppy 1867)
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8 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Noetia (Eontia) centrota | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arcidae indet.
Lamarck 1809
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14 specimens | ||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentaliidae indet.
Gray 1834
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104 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Venezuela |
| Coordinates: | 11.5° North, 68.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.3° North, 68.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Cubagua | Formation: | Punta Gavilan | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Punta Gavilán Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Pliocene; this has been correlated with the Globorotalia margarita Zone by Diaz de Gamero (1970), which is early Pliocene in age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data provided. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | NMB | ||
| Collectors: | J. & W. Gibson-Smith | Collection dates: | 1973 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1973. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB). | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Unpublished data, but with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | GS-002A-FLCN | ||
| Database number: | 131241 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-22 03:50:40 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-07-22 03:50:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42393. | 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] |