Hodson Loc. 94 [middle Urumaco Fm]: Late/Upper Miocene, Venezuela
collected by Hodson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella gatunensis
Conrad 1857
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| SUBSPECIES: Turritella gatunensis willstoni | ||||||||||
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Turritella bifastigata
Nelson 1870
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| recombined as Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Turritella bifastigata democraciana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Caryocorbula) democraciana
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Hodson and Hodson 1931 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama berjadinensis
Hodson 1927
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione (Chione) paraguanensis
Hodson 1927
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| synonym of Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum | ||||||||||
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Chione (Chione) cancellata
(Linnaeus 1767)
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| recombined as Chione cancellata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia zuliana
Hodson 1929
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| recombined as Cyclocardia zuliana | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Venericardia zuliana maracaibensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten soror
(Gabb 1873)
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| SUBSPECIES: Pecten soror urumaconis | ||||||||||
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= Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) urumaconis
Hodson et al. 1927
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Woodring 1982 | |||||||||
| recombined as Euvola urumaconis | ||||||||||
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Pecten circularis
Sowerby 1835
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| SUBSPECIES: Pecten circularis cornellanus | ||||||||||
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= Argopecten levicostatus
Toula 1909
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Woodring 1982 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula densata
Conrad 1843
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Scapharca) berjadinensis
Hodson et al. 1927
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| recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycimeris canalis
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| SUBSPECIES: Glycimeris canalis democraciana | ||||||||||
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= Glycymeris canalis
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Hendy et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| recombined as Tucetona pectinata canalis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon | County: | Democracia |
| Coordinates: | 11.2° North, 70.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.9° North, 68.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Urumaco | Member: | Middle | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Urumaco Formation, which overlies the Socorro Formation (Middle-Late Miocene) and is overlain by the Codore Formation (late Miocene-early Pliocene). From Middle member of the Urumaco Formation on the basis of geographic position (Hendy et al., unpublished data). AGE: Late Miocene, based on recent foraminiferal biostratigraphy (Smith et al., 2010) and Sr analyses (Hendy et al., unpublished data); upper Middle Miocene in Hodson & Hodson (1931). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collectors: | Hodson |
Metadata
| Database number: | 61040 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller, A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Miller, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-29 08:33:49 | Last modified: | 2014-05-02 10:40:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-29 08:33:49 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 19909 | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 50936 | F. Hodson and H. K. Hodson. 1931. Some Venezuelan Mollusks. Bulletins of American Paleontology 16(59):1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 17590 | F. Hodson and H.K. Hodson. 1931. Some Venezuelan Mollusks: Part 2. Bulletins of American Paleontology 16(60):95-132 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] | |
| 13359 | W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |