Where: Falcon, Venezuela (10.8° N, 70.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 11.3° N, 67.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Miocene in original text; assigned to early Late Miocene [=Tortonian] based on the combined presence of Euvola urumaconis and Lindapecten buchivaconis. 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 61030: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 29.05.2006, edited by Bethany Allen and Austin Hendy
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella altilira urumacoensis, Turritella berjadinensis colinensis, Turritella plebeia alowensi, Turritella berjadinensis warfieldi
Turritella altilira urumacoensis turret shell
Turritella berjadinensis colinensis turret shell
Turritella plebeia alowensi turret shell
Turritella berjadinensis warfieldi turret shell | |
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
"Turritella bifastigata democraciana" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata cartagenensis, "Turritella robusta fredeai" = Turritella abrupta
"Turritella bifastigata democraciana" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata cartagenensis Pilsbry and Brown 1917 turret shell
"Turritella robusta fredeai" = Turritella abrupta Spieker 1922 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Anomia venezuelana" = Anomia peruviana
"Anomia venezuelana" = Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 common jingle | |
Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop | |
"Pecten (Amusium) luna" = Amusium toulae, Pecten interlineatus aidei, "Pecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis, "Pecten soror urumaconis" = Euvola urumaconis, Pecten circularis venezuelanus, Lindapecten buchivacoanus2
"Pecten (Amusium) luna" = Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911 scallop
Pecten interlineatus aidei Harris 1927 scallop
"Pecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis Toula 1909 scallop
"Pecten soror urumaconis" = Euvola urumaconis Hodson et al. 1927 scallop
Pecten circularis venezuelanus Hodson et al. 1927 calico scallop | |
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis1
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Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927 jewel box | |
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam |