Hodson Loc. 1033 (Miocene to of Venezuela)

Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.3° N, 69.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 11.9° N, 65.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 7.2 Ma)

• AGE: Miocene in original text; Langhian-Tortonian, based on the presence of Lindapecten buchivacoanus; following Waller (2011).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PRI

• COLLECTOR: Hodson, F. and others, Standard Oil Company of Venezuela. REPOSITORY: PRI (Ithaca, NY).

Primary reference: F. Hodson, H. K. Hodson, and G. D. Harris. 1927. Some Venezualan and Caribbean Mollusks. Bulletins of America Paleontology 13(49):1-160 [A. Miller/A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135498: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.10.2012, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena, "Natica guppiana" = Stigmaulax guppiana
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
"Natica guppiana" = Stigmaulax guppiana Toula 1909 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites trinitarius venezuelanus" = Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana
"Crassatellites trinitarius venezuelanus" = Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana Hodson 1927 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea democraciana cujiensis Hodson et al. 1927 oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis" = Lindapecten plurinominis, "Pecten circularis cornellanus" = Argopecten levicostatus, Pecten circularis venezuelanus
"Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis" = Lindapecten plurinominis Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 scallop
"Pecten circularis cornellanus" = Argopecten levicostatus Toula 1909 calico scallop
Pecten circularis venezuelanus Hodson et al. 1927 calico scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Arca) occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra, "Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, "Arca (Scapharca) buenavistana" = Anadara (Cunearca) buenavista
"Arca (Arca) occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) buenavistana" = Anadara (Cunearca) buenavista Hodson et al. 1927 ark