Where: Venezuela (11.5° N, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 68.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Punta Gavilan Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Punta Gavilán Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Pliocene; this has been correlated with the Globorotalia margarita Zone by Diaz de Gamero (1970), which is early Pliocene in age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
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 131315: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
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Strombina (Lirastrombina) rutschi Gibson-Smith 1974 snail | |
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Malea densecostata Rustch 1934 tun shell | |
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Monoplex krebsii Mörch 1877 triton shell
Linatella caudata Gmelin 1791 triton shell | |
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Sconsia grayi Adams 1855 snail | |
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Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953 snail
Distorsio clathrata Lamarck 1816 snail | |
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Bursa rugosa Sowerby 1835 frog shell
Marsupina bufo Bruguiére 1792 frog shell | |