Where: Venezuela (10.6° N, 64.3° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 63.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Araya Formation (Cubagua Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Araya Fm of the Cubagua Gp (Late Miocene-Pliocene), which overlies the La Güica Fm. THICKNESS: From a formation that has a maximum thickness of 164 m at its type section. AGE: Late Pliocene on the basis of planktonic foraminifera. Belongs to the Globoratalia miocenica zone(3.2-2.4 Ma) according to Castro and Mederos, 1997. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list for the formation at this section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, fine-grained sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Landau in 2003-2007
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: B. Landau and colleagues, over "last five years". REPOSITORY: Not stated, but possibly Centro de Geologia da Universidad de Lisboa, Camp Grande, Portugal, NHM Vienna, and personal collection of B. Landau.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 111011: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Calliostoma (Calliostoma) calderense Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 top snail | |
Lithopoma brevispinum Lamarck 1822 snail
Turbo (Senectus) castanea Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Turritella (Bactrospira) planigyrata, "Turritella (Bactrospira) guppyi" = Turritella guppyi, Turritella abrupta
Turritella (Bactrospira) planigyrata Guppy 1867 turret shell
"Turritella (Bactrospira) guppyi" = Turritella guppyi Cossmann 1909 turret shell
Turritella abrupta Spieker 1922 turret shell | |
Crepidula maculosa, "Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum
Crepidula maculosa Conrad 1846 slipper shell
"Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum Guppy 1867 slipper shell | |
Mammilla arepa Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 moon snail
Sinum gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1913 moon snail | |
Gordanops baranoanus Anderson 1929 snail
Calophos plicatilis Bose 1906 snail | |
Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) falconensis Weisbord 1929 true whelk
Solenosteira (Solenosteira) magdalenensis Weisbord 1929 true whelk | |
Bivetopsia pachia, Pyruclia scheibei, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp., Cancellaria (Cancellaria) capeloi, Euclia montserratensis, Euclia leuzingeri, Massyla cubaguaensis
Bivetopsia pachia Smith 1940 snail
Pyruclia scheibei Anderson 1929 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) capeloi Landau et al. 2007 snail
Euclia montserratensis Maury 1925 snail
Euclia leuzingeri Rutsch 1934 snail
Massyla cubaguaensis Landau et al. 2007 snail | |
Fusimitra sanctifrancisci Maury 1925 mitre shell | |
Hindsiclava caroniana Maury 1925 snail
Clathrodrillia gatunensis Toula 1909 snail | |
Bellaspira niaddrina Mansfield 1925 snail | |
Terebra aclinica Olsson 1967 auger snail | |
Conus cf. oniscus Woodring 1928 cone shell
Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
Oliva couvana Maury 1925 olive snail | |
Eburna caroniana Maury 1925 snail | |
Fusiturricula springvaleensis Mansfield 1925 ribbed mitre
Conomitra caribbeana Weisbord 1929 ribbed mitre | |
Haustellum mimiwilsoni, "Stramonita biserialis" = Thais biserialis, Typhina expansa, Eupleura muriciformis
Haustellum mimiwilsoni Vokes 1990 murex snail
"Stramonita biserialis" = Thais biserialis de Blainville 1832 murex snail
Typhina expansa Sowerby 1874 murex snail
Eupleura muriciformis Broderip 1833 murex snail | |
Persicula lavelana Hodson 1927 snail | |
Harpa crenata Swainson 1822 snail | |
Strombus arayensis conch
Persististrombus granulatus Swainson 1822 true conch | |
Jenneria loxahatcheensis Smith 1936 Jenner's Cowry | |
Pseudozonaria fehsei Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 cowry | |
Malea beaui tun shell | |
Distorsio clathrata Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Bursa rugosa Sowerby 1835 frog shell | |
Ficus carbasea Guppy 1866 fig shell | |
Xenophora delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell | |
Serpulorbis papulosus Guppy 1866 worm shell |