Also known as GS-002A-FLCN
Where: Venezuela (11.5° N, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 68.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Punta Gavilan Formation (Cubagua Group), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Punta Gavilán Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Pliocene; this has been correlated with the Globorotalia margarita Zone by Diaz de Gamero (1970), which is early Pliocene in age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by J. & W. Gibson-Smith in 1973; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1973. 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 Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel.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 131241: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.07.2012
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Nuculanidae indet. Adams and Adams 1858 pointed nut clam | |
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam | |
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900 cockle | |
Corbulidae indet. Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Pandora sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam | |
"Eontia cf. centrota" = Noetia (Eontia) centrota
"Eontia cf. centrota" = Noetia (Eontia) centrota Guppy 1867 clam | |
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentaliidae indet. Gray 1834 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail
Balcis cf. intermedia snail
Balcis sp. Leach 1847 snail
Scalenostoma (Scalenostoma) sp. Deshayes 1863 snail | |
Fossarus sp. Philippi 1841 snail | |
Tectonatica cf. pusilla Say 1822 moon snail | |
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852 auger snail | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Cyclostremiscus sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1945 snail | |
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphie), Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) sp.
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphie) Pilsbry 1922 snail
Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) sp. Fischer 1857 snail | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap
Epitonium (Asperiscala) sp. de Boury 1909 wentletrap | |
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Pyramidellidae indet., Salassia sp., "Pyrgiscus sp." = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus), Dunkeria sp., Chemnitzia sp., Odostomia sp., Chrysallida sp.
Pyramidellidae indet. Gray 1840 snail
Salassia sp. de Folin 1870 snail
"Pyrgiscus sp." = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) Philippi 1841 snail
Dunkeria sp. Carpenter 1856 snail
Chemnitzia sp. d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
Chrysallida sp. Carpenter 1856 snail |