Where: Falcon, Venezuela (10.8° N, 70.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 11.1° N, 69.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Codore Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Miocene in original text; assigned to Early Pliocene [=Zanclean] based on the presence of Leptopecten coderensis; following Waller (2011). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within sequence.
• 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 60804: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 23.05.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Venericardia zuliana" = Cyclocardia zuliana
"Venericardia zuliana" = Cyclocardia zuliana Hodson 1929 clam Subspecies: Venericardia zuliana maracaibensis
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"Arca (Scapharca) grandis" = Larkinia grandis
"Arca (Scapharca) grandis" = Larkinia grandis Broderip and Sowerby 1829 ark Subspecies: Arca (scapharca) grandis waringi
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"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster Subspecies: Ostrea virginica falconensis
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"Anomia gabbi" = Anomia peruviana gabbi, "Anomia venezuelana" = Anomia peruviana
"Anomia gabbi" = Anomia peruviana gabbi Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 jingle Subspecies: Anomia gabbi falconensis
"Anomia venezuelana" = Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella berjadinensis, Turritella matarucana, "Turritella bifastigata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata, "Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia
Turritella berjadinensis Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell
"Turritella bifastigata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata Nelson 1870 turret shell Subspecies: Turritella bifastigata maracaibensis
"Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia Say 1824 turret shell Subspecies: Turritella plebeia alowensi
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