Faunal List from Hodson Locality 74: Miocene, Venezuela

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella berjadinensis Hodson 1926
Subspecies: Turitella berjadinensis colinensis
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846
Subspecies: Petaloconchys sculpturatus domingensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea virginica Gmelin 1791
recombined as Crassostrea virginica
Subspecies: Ostrea virginica falconensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Scapharca) grandis (Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
recombined as Larkinia grandis
Subspecies: Arca (Scapharca) grandis waringi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia zuliana Hodson 1929
recombined as Cyclocardia zuliana
Subspecies: Venericardia zulianana maracaibensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela State/province:Falcon
Coordinates: 10.8° North, 70.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.3° North, 67.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:61019
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:A. Miller
Modifier:A. Miller Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-29 06:39:59 Last modified:2006-05-29 09:45:58
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-29 06:39:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17421. 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]