Where: Falcon, Venezuela (10.9° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 67.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Agua Clara Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Agua Clara Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Oligocene in original text; Agua Clara is late Early Miocene [=Burdigalian].
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60668: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 19.05.2006
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella hubbardi Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella curamichatensis Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pecten (Amusium) aguaclarensis" = Amusium aguaclarensis
"Pecten (Amusium) aguaclarensis" = Amusium aguaclarensis Hodson 1927 scallop | |
"Antigona palmerae" = Ventricolaria harrisiana
"Antigona palmerae" = Ventricolaria harrisiana Olsson 1922 venus clam |