Where: Venezuela (11.5° N, 69.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 67.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mataruca Member (Caujarao Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Mataruca Member of the Caujarao Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Middle Miocene in Woodring (1982); Late Miocene according to Bolli (1970), Hunter (1978), and Jung (1989); Diaz de Gamero (1977) considered the unit to be correlated with the late Miocene Globorotalia acostaensis Zone [=Tortonian]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hodson, F.; reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Hodson, F. REPOSITORY: Paleontological Research Institution (PRI).
Primary reference: P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131304: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.07.2012, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Gastropoda | |
Polinices subclausa lavelana moon snail
Polinices stanislasmeunieri venezuelanus moon snail | |
Petaloconchus sculpturatus domingensis worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop | |
Pecten circularis venezuelanus, "Pecten circularis cornellanus" = Argopecten levicostatus, "Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis" = Lindapecten plurinominis, "Pecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis, "Pecten soror urumaconis" = Euvola urumaconis
Pecten circularis venezuelanus Hodson et al. 1927 calico scallop
"Pecten circularis cornellanus" = Argopecten levicostatus Toula 1909 calico scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis" = Lindapecten plurinominis Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 scallop
"Pecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis Toula 1909 scallop
"Pecten soror urumaconis" = Euvola urumaconis Hodson et al. 1927 scallop | |
Ostrea democraciana cujiensis Hodson et al. 1927 oyster | |
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam | |
"Arca (Arca) occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra, "Arca (Scapharca) buenavistana" = Anadara (Cunearca) buenavista, "Arca (Scapharca) berjadinensis" = Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis, "Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, "Arca (Scapharca) democraciana" = Anadara (Rasia) democraciana
"Arca (Arca) occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) buenavistana" = Anadara (Cunearca) buenavista Hodson et al. 1927 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) berjadinensis" = Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis Hodson et al. 1927 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) democraciana" = Anadara (Rasia) democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 ark | |
Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927 jewel box | |
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, "Chione (Lirophora) falconensis" = Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis, Macrocallista maculata
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) falconensis" = Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis Hodson et al. 1927 venus clam
Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Venericardia olssoni clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Strombina (Sincola) falconensis n. sp. Hodson 1931 snail Includes PRI 24068 (holotype) and 24069 (paratype)
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"Marginella gatunensis" = Prunum gatunense
"Marginella gatunensis" = Prunum gatunense Brown and Pilsbry 1911 margin shell | |
Polinices subporcana, "Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena, "Natica guppiana" = Stigmaulax guppiana
Polinices subporcana moon snail
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
"Natica guppiana" = Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail |