Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.3° N, 69.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 67.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• AGE: Miocene in original text; Tortonian, based on the combined presence of Euvola urumaconis, Lindapecten buchivaconis, and Leptopecten gilbertharrisi; 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 135504: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Bivalvia | |
"Crassatellites trinitarius" = Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) trinitaria
"Crassatellites trinitarius" = Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) trinitaria Maury 1925 clam SUBSPECIES: Crassatellites trinitarius venezuelanus
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"Venericardia zuliana" = Cyclocardia zuliana
"Venericardia zuliana" = Cyclocardia zuliana Hodson 1929 clam SUBSPECIES: Venericardia zuliana maracaibensis
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"Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena
"Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam | |
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam | |
"Arca (Scapharca) berjadinensis" = Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis
"Arca (Scapharca) berjadinensis" = Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis Hodson et al. 1927 ark | |
"Pecten circularis" = Argopecten ventricosus, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) gilbertharrisi" = Argopecten gilbertharrisi, "Pecten soror" = Euvola soror, "Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus" = Lindapecten buchivacoanus
"Pecten circularis" = Argopecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842 calico scallop SUBSPECIES: Pecten circularis venezuelanus
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) gilbertharrisi" = Argopecten gilbertharrisi Hodson and Hodson 1927 calico scallop SUBSPECIES: Pecten (Plagioctenium) gilbertharrisi democracianus
"Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus" = Lindapecten buchivacoanus Hodson et al. 1927 scallop SUBSPECIES: Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis
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