Hodson Loc. 6 [La Rosa Fm] (Miocene of Venezuela)
Where: Zulia, Venezuela (10.5° N, 71.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 11.1° N, 65.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: La Rosa Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• AGE: Late Oligocene in original text; late early Miocene [=Burdigalian], based on the presence of Paraleptopecten quirosensis; following Waller (2011).
• 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 60627: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 19.05.2006, edited by Austin Hendy and Bethany Allen
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Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
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Polinices (Neverita) paraguanensis quirosana moon snail | |
Turritella gilbertharrisi aguavivensis, Turritella gilbertharrisi staufferi, Turritella venezuelana quirosana, Turritella venezuelana watkinsi, Turritella zuliana palmeri
Turritella gilbertharrisi aguavivensis turret shell
Turritella gilbertharrisi staufferi turret shell
Turritella venezuelana quirosana turret shell
Turritella venezuelana watkinsi turret shell
Turritella zuliana palmeri turret shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam | |
"Arca (Scapharca) zuliana" = Anadara (Rasia) zuliana, Arca (Scapharca) zuliana maracaibensis, "Arca (Scapharca) mirandana" = Anadara (Rasia) mirandana, "Arca (Scapharca) saladillaensis" = Anadara (Potiarca) saladillaensis
"Arca (Scapharca) zuliana" = Anadara (Rasia) zuliana Hodson et al. 1927 ark
Arca (Scapharca) zuliana maracaibensis Hodson et al. 1927 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) mirandana" = Anadara (Rasia) mirandana Hodson et al. 1927 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) saladillaensis" = Anadara (Potiarca) saladillaensis Hodson et al. 1927 ark | |
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Ostrea democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 oyster | |
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Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop | |
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) quirosana" = Caryocorbula quirosana, "Corbula (Corbula) zuliana" = Varicorbula zuliana
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) quirosana" = Caryocorbula quirosana Hodson 1931 clam
"Corbula (Corbula) zuliana" = Varicorbula zuliana Hodson 1931 clam | |
Semele zuliana, "Semele quirosana" = Semele chipolana
Semele zuliana Hodson 1931 clam
"Semele quirosana" = Semele chipolana Dall 1900 clam | |
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Tellina (Moerella) quirosana Hodson 1931 tellin clam | |
"Pitaria (Pitaria) quirosana" = Pitar (Pitar) quirosanus, Pitaria (Hyphantostoma) mirandana
"Pitaria (Pitaria) quirosana" = Pitar (Pitar) quirosanus Hodson 1927 venus clam
Pitaria (Hyphantostoma) mirandana venus clam | |
"Mactra (Mactrotoma) quirosana" = Mactrotoma quirosana
"Mactra (Mactrotoma) quirosana" = Mactrotoma quirosana Hodson 1931 surfclam | |
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Chama quirosana Hodson 1927 jewel box | |
"Lucina (Lucinisca) mirandana" = Lucinisca mirandana
"Lucina (Lucinisca) mirandana" = Lucinisca mirandana Hodson 1931 clam | |
Venericardia quirosana, "Venericardia zuliana" = Cyclocardia zuliana
"Venericardia zuliana" = Cyclocardia zuliana Hodson 1929 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
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Turritella zuliana turret shell
Turritella gilbertharrisi Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella venezuelana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
"Marginella (Persicula) zuliana" = Persicula zuliana, "Marginella (Persicula) mirandana" = Persicula mirandana, "Marginella (Persicula) venezuelana" = Persicula venezuelana, "Marginella (Persicula) maracaibensis" = Persicula maracaibensis
"Marginella (Persicula) zuliana" = Persicula zuliana Hodson 1927 snail
"Marginella (Persicula) mirandana" = Persicula mirandana Hodson 1927 snail
"Marginella (Persicula) venezuelana" = Persicula venezuelana Hodson et al. 1927 snail
"Marginella (Persicula) maracaibensis" = Persicula maracaibensis Hodson 1927 snail | |
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Marginella quirosensis margin shell
Marginella saladillaensis margin shell | |
"Conomitra weeksi" = Conomitra lavelana
"Conomitra weeksi" = Conomitra lavelana Hodson 1931 ribbed mitre | |
"Vasum quirosense" = Vasum haitensis
"Vasum quirosense" = Vasum haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Strombina quirosana" = Sincola (Dorsina) quirosana
"Strombina quirosana" = Sincola (Dorsina) quirosana Hodson 1931 dove shell | |
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Mitra quirosana mitre shell | |
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Sinum quirosanum Hodson 1927 moon snail
Natica precanrena moon snail | |
| Pecten (Aequipecten) quirosensis | |
"Pecten (Aequipecten) aff. quirosensis" = Paraleptopecten quirosensis
"Pecten (Aequipecten) aff. quirosensis" = Paraleptopecten quirosensis Harris 1927 | |