Also known as GS-009-ARY
Where: Venezuela (10.6° N, 64.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 64.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Boca Chica Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unnamed stratigraphic unit, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed; subsequent publications refer to this as the Boca Chica Formation. AGE: Holocene; justification not stated in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by J. & W. Gibson-Smith in 1976; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: J. & W. Gibson-Smith, Dec. 1976. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
Primary reference: J. Gibson-Smith and W. Gibson-Smith. 2012. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131223: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
"Tegula (Agathistoma) puntagordana" = Tegula, "Tegula (Agathistoma) viridula" = Agathistoma viridula
"Tegula (Agathistoma) puntagordana" = Tegula snail
"Tegula (Agathistoma) viridula" = Agathistoma viridula Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Tricolia sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
"Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea, Arene sp.
"Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea Gmelin 1791 snail
Arene sp. Adams and Adams 1854 snail | |
Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822 snail | |
Phenacolepas hamillei snail | |
"Nerita (Nerita) fulgurans" = Nerita (Theliostyla) fulgurans
"Nerita (Nerita) fulgurans" = Nerita (Theliostyla) fulgurans Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Caecum sp. Fleming 1813 snail | |
Polinices lacteus Guilding 1834 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Sinum perspectivum Say 1831 moon snail | |
Alvania (Alvania) sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
Melongena melongena Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Pallacera cf. guadelupensis Petit 1852 snail | |
Fasciolaria hollisteri tulip snail
Leucozonia nassa Gmelin 1791 snail
Fusinus closter Philippi 1850 snail | |
Pisania auritula true whelk | |
"Colubraria lanceolata" = Tritonoharpa lanceolata
"Colubraria lanceolata" = Tritonoharpa lanceolata Menke 1828 snail | |
Haustellum chrysostoma murex snail | |
Granulina cf. ovuliformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Prunum (Prunum) circumvittatum Weisbord 1962 margin shell | |
Vasum (Vasum) muricatum snail | |
Clathrodrillia gibbosa Reeve 1843 snail | |
Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
Monoplex krebsii Mörch 1877 triton shell
Monoplex parthenopeus von Salis Marschlins 1793 triton shell | |
Strombus (Strombus) pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Obtortio cf. dubia snail | |
Alaba incerta d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Cerithium (Thericium) cf. eburneum Bruguière 1792 cerith snail | |
Vermicularia sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella (Broderiptella) cf. variegata Linnaeus 1758 turret shell | |
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Bulla solida snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Crassinella aduncata clam
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
Parvilucina costata d'Orbigny 1846 clam | |
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum, Americardia media, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Tagelus (Mesopleura) divisus Spengler 1794 clam | |
Semele proficua Pulteney 1799 clam | |
Eurytellina (Eurytellina) punicea Born 1778 tellin clam
Psammacoma (Psammacoma) tageliformis Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
Diplodonta punctata Say 1822 clam | |
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791 jewel box | |
Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica, Chione cancellata, Petricola (Petricola) typica, "Macrocallista (Megapitaria) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata
Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica Born 1778 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Petricola (Petricola) typica venus clam
"Macrocallista (Megapitaria) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Kuphus incrassatus Gabb 1873 clam | |
Cubitostrea rugifera Dall 1898 oyster | |
Pectinidae sp. Wilkes 1810 scallop | |
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Anadara (Caloosarca) notabilis" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis, "Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra
"Anadara (Caloosarca) notabilis" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis Röding 1798 ark
"Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark |