Re #1199 - Cantaure Formation: Burdigalian, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Chione (Lirophora) quirosensis
Hodson 1927
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Caryocorbula) fortis
Jung 1965
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recombined as Caryocorbula fortis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Psammacoma cf. falconensis
(Hodson and Hodson 1931)
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synonym of Psammacoma gatunensis | ||||||||||
Tellina (Eurytellina) paraguanensis
(Hodson 1931)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione (Chionopsis) paraguanensis
(Hodson 1927)
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synonym of Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum | ||||||||||
Pitar (Pitarella) paraguanensis
(Hodson 1927)
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Cyclinella venezuelana
Hodson 1927
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synonym of Cyclinella cyclica | ||||||||||
Clementia (Clementia) dariena
(Conrad 1855)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactra (Micromactra) maracaibensis
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synonym of Mactrotoma | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis
(Röding 1798)
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Subspecies: A. (A.) nobilis karsteni and nobilis nobilis | ||||||||||
= Architectonica kartseni
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Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 | |||||||||
Architectonica nobilis
Röding 1798
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) venada
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cocoditana
(Hodson 1926)
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Turritella matarucana
Hodson 1926
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Turritella cf. venezuelana
Hodson 1926
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices nelsoni
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Neverita paraguanensis
(Hodson 1927)
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus carbasea
(Guppy 1866)
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Subspecies: F. carbasea carbasea | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eocypraeidae
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Marginocypraea wegeneri
(Schilder 1939)
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original and current combination Sphaerocypraea wegeneri | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Knefastia kugleri
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Knefastia aff. lavinoides
(Olsson 1922)
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synonym of Knefastia limonensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Turbinella falconensis
(Hodson 1931)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cymatophos cocoditoensis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena melongena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Subspecies: M. melongena consors | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus cf. tumbeziensis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi
Olsson 1942
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recombined as Massyla terryi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Agaronia testacea
(Lamarck 1811)
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Subspecies: A. testacea costaricensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva (Oliva) cf. cylindrica
(Sowerby 1850)
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original and current combination Oliva cylindrica | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira barretti
(Guppy 1866)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus talis
Jung 1965
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Conus aff. molis
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Clathrodrillia puertocolombiana
(Weisbord 1929)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra (Strioterebrum) informal sp C.
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original and current combination Strioterebrum | ||||||||||
Terebra (Strioterebrum) ulloa
Olsson 1932
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recombined as Strioterebrum ulloa | ||||||||||
Terebra (Paraterebra) sulcifera
(Sowerby 1849)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Borsonia (Paraborsonia) cantaurana
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original and current combination Paraborsonia | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Voluta vautrini
Jung 1965
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum (Prunum) quirosense
(Hodson 1927)
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa (Colubrellina) caelata
(Broderip 1833)
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Subspecies: B. (C.) caelata amphitrites | ||||||||||
= Bursa rugosa
Sowerby 1835
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Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon |
Coordinates: | 11.9° North, 69.8° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 11.2° North, 66.6° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cantaure | ||||
Regional section: | Paraguana | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Clays, sandstone, and limestones of up to 75, thick, although no single section is completely exposed. Collection apparently derived from near middle part of that thickness. Overlies unconformably Cretaceous rocks and is conformably overlain by limestones on middle to upper Miocene. Jung (1965) regarded the collection as early Middle Miocene, though more recent authors, including Vermeij (2001) indicate an Early Miocene (Burdigalian) age. Formation formerly referred to as "Cerro Pelado". |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | micaceous,shelly/skeletal unlithified silty claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Clay, massive, micaceous, slightly silty, and locally containing abundant fossils. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: Tropical shallow-water assemblage, neritic, no deep-water genera present, normal salinity, perhaps nearby brackish source. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils,ichnofossils |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | BMNH,NMB,PRI,USNM |
Collection method comments: All material is reposited in the Natural History Museum (NMB), Basel, Switzerland, with some voucher specimens in the British Museum, PRI, and USNM. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for Bivalvia and Gastropoda. Balanus, corals, numerous otoliths, and Calianassa fragments are commonly found, though not listed. |
Metadata
Database number: | 60710 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-05-20 23:43:02 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-20 23:43:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
17318. | P. Jung. 1965. Miocene Mollusca from the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 49(223):389-652 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
36423 | B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |