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 | |
Anomia gabbi falconensis common jingle | |
Pecten coderensis willistoni scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella plebeia alowensi turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella berjadinensis, "Turritella bifastigata maracaibensis" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata cartagenensis, Turritella matarucana
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 | |
Pecten circularis venezuelanus Hodson et al. 1927 calico scallop | |
"Anomia venezuelana" = Anomia peruviana
"Anomia venezuelana" = Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 common jingle | |
Ostrea virginica falconensis Hodson et al. 1927 eastern oyster |