USGS 23888. 6.2 km WNW of San José de Cordite, Paraguaná Peninsula: Burdigalian, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Chione (Liorphora) cf. quirosensis
Hodson 1927
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cocoditana
(Hodson 1926)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cymatophos paraguaensis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Fusiturricula cf. yaquensis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Xancus falconensis
Hodson 1931
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| recombined as Turbinella falconensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira barretti
(Guppy 1866)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Cerebra (Paraterebra) inaequalis
(Sowerby 1849)
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus carbasea
(Guppy 1866)
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Gastropoda
- Eocypraeidae
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Marginocypraea wegeneri
(Schilder 1939)
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| original and current combination Sphaerocypraea wegeneri | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis
(Röding 1798)
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| original and current combination Architectonica nobilis | ||||||||||
| Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis karsteni | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula paraguana
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar (Pitarella) paraguaensis
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| synonym of Agriopoma | ||||||||||
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Clementia (Clementia) dariena
(Conrad 1855)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcón |
| Coordinates: | 12.0° North, 70.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.2° North, 66.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | Foram zone: | N7-N8 |
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cantaure | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Díaz de Gamero (1974), based on planktic forams, assigned a Lower Miocene age to the Cantaure Formation, placing it in the Globigerinatella insueta and Praeorbulina glomerosa Zones of Bolli (1966) and Zones N7-N8 of Blow (1969). Rey (1996) confirmed this age based on the nannofossil assemblage, and placing it in the Helicosphaera ampliaperta and Sphenolithus heteromorphus Zones, NN4-NN5. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified claystone |
| Lithology description: soft clay shales | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179723 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-06-28 03:24:30 | Last modified: | 2016-06-28 03:24:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-06-28 03:24:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59576. | D. J. Thomas and W. D. MacDonald. 1970. The Cantaure Formation of the Paraguaná Peninsula. Boletin Informativo de la Asociación Venezolana de Geología. Minería y Petróleo 13:177-179 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |