Also known as GS-006-ARY
Where: Venezuela (10.6° N, 64.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.5° N, 63.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Araya Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Araya Fm of the Cubagua Gp (Late Miocene-Pliocene), which overlies the La Güica Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene on the basis of planktonic foraminifera. Belongs to the Globoratalia miocenica zone (3.2-2.4 Ma) according to Castro and Mederos, 1997. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by J. & W. Gibson-Smith in 1976; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: J. & W. Gibson-Smith, Dec. 1976. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
Primary reference: J. Gibson-Smith and W. Gibson-Smith. 2012. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131237: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Carditamera gracilis clam | |
"Pseudochama radians" = Chama radians Lamarck 1819 jewel box
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791 jewel box
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box | |
"Tivela mactroides" = Tivela (Tivela) mactroides, "Macrocallista (Megapitaria) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata, "Ventricolaria rigida" = Globivenus rigida, Chione cancellata, Lirophora paphia, Anomalocardia brasiliana, Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica
"Tivela mactroides" = Tivela (Tivela) mactroides Born 1778 venus clam
"Macrocallista (Megapitaria) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Ventricolaria rigida" = Globivenus rigida Dillwyn 1817 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Lirophora paphia Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Anomalocardia brasiliana Gmelin 1792 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica Born 1778 venus clam | |
Donax denticulatus Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam | |
Semele proficua Pulteney 1799 clam
Ervilia nitens Montagu 1808 clam | |
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle | |
Parvilucina costata, Cavilinga trisulcata, Ctena (Ctena) orbiculata, "Divaricella (Divalinga) quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata, Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
Parvilucina costata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
Cavilinga trisulcata Conrad 1841 clam
Ctena (Ctena) orbiculata Montagu 1808 clam
"Divaricella (Divalinga) quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam | |
"Barbatia (Barbatia) candida" = Barbatia candida, "Anadara (Caloosarca) notabilis" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis
"Barbatia (Barbatia) candida" = Barbatia candida Helbling 1779 clam
"Anadara (Caloosarca) notabilis" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis Röding 1798 ark | |
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam | |
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Crassostrea cf. virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster
Cryptostrea cf. permollis oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Bulla solida snail
Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail | |
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) auricula Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cerithium (Thercium) lutosum, "Cerithium (Thercium) cf. algicola" = Cerithium eburneum
Cerithium (Thercium) lutosum Menke 1828 cerith snail
"Cerithium (Thercium) cf. algicola" = Cerithium eburneum Bruguière 1792 cerith snail | |
Turritella (Broderiptella) variegata Linnaeus 1758 turret shell | |
"Tonna maculosa" = Tonna pennata
"Tonna maculosa" = Tonna pennata Mörch 1853 tun shell | |
Semicassis granulata Born 1778 snail | |
"Cymatium (Linatella) cutaceum" = Linatella caudata, "Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum" = Monoplex parthenopeus, "Cymatium (Gutturnium) muricinum" = Gutturnium muricinum
"Cymatium (Linatella) cutaceum" = Linatella caudata Gmelin 1791 triton shell
"Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum" = Monoplex parthenopeus von Salis Marschlins 1793 triton shell
"Cymatium (Gutturnium) muricinum" = Gutturnium muricinum Röding 1798 triton shell | |
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837 snail | |
Strombus (Strombus) pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell
Prunum manglense margin shell
Prunum prunum Gmelin 1791 margin shell
Prunum cf. circumvittatum Weisbord 1962 margin shell | |
Persicula porcellana, "Persicula interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata
Persicula porcellana snail
"Persicula interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata Megerle von Mühlfeld 1818 snail | |
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma, Aspella sp., Urosalpinx cf. perrugata, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) brevifrons, Haustellum chrysostoma, "Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) margaritensis" = Phyllonotus, Poirieria (Panamurex) recticanalis, "Mancinella deltoidea" = Thais (Mancinella)
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
Aspella sp. Mörch 1877 murex snail
Urosalpinx cf. perrugata Conrad 1846 murex snail
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) brevifrons Lamarck 1822 murex snail
Haustellum chrysostoma murex snail
"Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) margaritensis" = Phyllonotus murex snail
Poirieria (Panamurex) recticanalis Weisbord 1962 murex snail
"Mancinella deltoidea" = Thais (Mancinella) murex snail | |
Vasum (Vasum) muricatum snail | |
Clathrodrillia gibbosa Reeve 1843 snail | |
Olivella (Olivella) venezuelensis, "Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis
Olivella (Olivella) venezuelensis Olsson 1956 olive snail
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
Columbella mercatoria, Strombina (Strombina) pumilio, Leucozonia nassa, Fusinus cf. closter, Pallacera cf. guadelupensis
Columbella mercatoria Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Strombina (Strombina) pumilio Reeve 1858 true whelk
Leucozonia nassa Gmelin 1791 true whelk
Fusinus cf. closter Philippi 1850 true whelk
Pallacera cf. guadelupensis Petit 1852 true whelk | |
Polinices hepaticus, "Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena
Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Hemitoma (Hemitoma) octoradiata Gmelin 1791 snail
Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822 snail
Fissurella (Cremides) cf. angusta Gmelin 1789 snail | |
"Tegula (Agathistoma) puntagordana" = Agathistoma
"Tegula (Agathistoma) puntagordana" = Agathistoma snail | |
"Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea, "Astraea (Astralium) brevispina" = Astralium, Arene sp.
"Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea Gmelin 1791 snail
"Astraea (Astralium) brevispina" = Astralium snail
Arene sp. Adams and Adams 1854 snail | |
Cittarium pica Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial |