Where: Venezuela (10.6° N, 64.1° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 63.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mare Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Mare Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: middle-late Pliocene; stated to be included in the Globorotalia tosaensis Zone (Rögl, pers. comm., 1986; Boli & Saunders, 1985). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
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 131217: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Anadara (Caloosarca) notabilis" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis2, Anadara (Potiarca) cumanensis2, Acar domingensis2, "Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata2
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Callucina umbonicostata2, Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis2, "Parvilucina multilineata" = Parvilucina multistriata2, Cavilinga trisulcata2, "Divaricella (Divalinga) weberi" = Divalinga2, Ctena (Ctena) orbiculata2
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Lirophora cf. paphia2, Timoclea tacaguana2, Gouldia cerina2, Transennella caboblanquensis2, "Macrocallista (Megapitaria) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata2, Petricola (Petricola) lapicida2
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Arcinella arcinella2, Chama sp.2, Chama congregata2, "Pseudochama cf. radians" = Chama radians2, Chama macerophylla2
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Gastropoda | |
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"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium2, "Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea2, Astraea (Liotiastralium) venezuelana2
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"Tegula (Agathistoma) puntagordana" = Tegula2
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"Cerithium (Thericium) litteratum" = Cerithium litteratum2, Cerithium (Thericium) eburneum2, Bittiolum varium2
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Rissoina (Phosinella) puntagordana2, Alvania auberiana2, Alvania meridioamericana2, Zebina (Zebina) caribella2
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"Siphocypraea mus" = Muracypraea mus2
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Strombina (Strombina) pumilio Reeve 1858 snail | |
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Olivella (Niteoliva) minuta2, Olivella (Minioliva) subfilifera2, Olivella (Olivella) venezuelensis2, Oliva reticularis2
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Crucibulum (Crucibulum) auricula2, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) marense2, "Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus2
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Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) antillarum | |
"Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) antillarum" = Kalolophus antillarum2
"Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) antillarum" = Kalolophus antillarum2 Reeve 1842 |