NMB Loc. 17531 - Punta Gavilan [Punta Gavilan Fm] (Pliocene of Venezuela)

Also known as GS-2-FLCN

Where: Venezuela (11.5° N, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 68.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-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.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

• No paleoenvironmental data provided.
• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• 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 131317: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Lirastrombina) rutschi Gibson-Smith 1974 snail
Includes specimens from lots UCVG 7039 and 7039a
Sincola (Dorsina) pigea2 Olsson 1964 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea densecostata1 Rustch 1934 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio clathrata1 Lamarck 1816 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Marsupina bufo1 Bruguiére 1792 frog shell
Bursa rugosa1 Sowerby 1835 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis senni n. sp.1 Rustch 1934 snail
Echinophoria hadra1 Woodring and Olsson 1957 snail
Cassis flammea1 Linnaeus 1758 snail
Sconsia grayi1 Adams 1855 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Linatella caudata1 Gmelin 1791 triton shell
Monoplex krebsii1 Mörch 1877 triton shell
Monoplex parthenopeus1 von Salis Marschlins 1793 triton shell