Locality E, Venezuela - Weisbord (1964): Late/Upper Pliocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella maiquetana
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Weisbord 1962 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata
(Gmelin 1791)
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Weisbord 1962 | 1 specimen | |||||
| recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus | |||||||
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Crepidula phalaena
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Weisbord 1962 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus pugilis
Linnaeus 1758
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Weisbord 1962 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex (Chicoreus) brevifrons
(Lamarck 1822)
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Weisbord 1962 | 1 specimen | |||||
| recombined as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) brevifrons | |||||||
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Purpura patula
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Weisbord 1962 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Macrocallista maculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Weisbord 1964 | 10 specimens | |||||
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Dosinia (Dosinidia) concentrica
(Born 1778)
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Weisbord 1964 | 2 specimens | |||||
| recombined as Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Tayabas |
| Coordinates: | 10.0° North, 64.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.9° North, 63.5° 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
| Formation: | Mare | ||||
| Local section: | Locality E | ||||
| Regional section: | Quebrada Mare Abajo | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From upper Mare Formation. These silts overlie the coarser sediments at the base of the Mare Formation. The Playa Grande and Mare formations of the Cabo Blanco Group are believed to be early Pliocene in age, and the Guaiguaza clay late Pliocene. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,brown poorly lithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The upper Mare Formation consist of tan, homogeneous, and slightly compacted silts of a fine and even texture. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Shallow-marine deposit. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collected by Weisbord in 1955 and 1956. Collections also held at Flordia State UniversityExhaustive for mollusca, and serpulids | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for mollusca, and serpulids | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Locality E | ||
| Database number: | 41568 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-16 13:41:20 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-16 13:41:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11132. | N. E. Weisbord. 1964. Late Cenozoic scaphopods and serpulid polychaets from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 47(214):111-199 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro] |
Secondary references:
| 13987 | N. E. Weisbord. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro] | |
| 11137 | N. E. Weisbord. 1964. Late Cenozoic pelecypods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 45(204):1-564 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro] |