NMB Loc. 12874 - Laguna Boca Chica [Boca Chica Fm] (Holocene of Venezuela)

Where: Venezuela (11.0° N, 64.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 64.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Boca Chica Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unnamed stratigraphic unit, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed; subsequent publications refer to this as the Boca Chica Formation. AGE: Holocene; justification not stated in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• No paleoenvironmental data provided.
• LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, presumed. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).

Primary reference: P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131205: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Strombina) pumilio