Hodson Loc. 71 [Codore Fm] (Pliocene of Venezuela)

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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella berjadinensis Hodson 1926 turret shell
"Turritella bifastigata maracaibensis" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata cartagenensis Pilsbry and Brown 1917 turret shell
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten circularis venezuelanus Hodson et al. 1927 calico scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
"Anomia venezuelana" = Anomia peruviana
"Anomia venezuelana" = Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 common jingle
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea virginica falconensis Hodson et al. 1927 eastern oyster