Locality T, Venezuela - Weisbord (1964) (Pliocene of Venezuela)

Also known as Locality T

Where: Sucre, Venezuela (10.0° N, 64.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 63.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Mare Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• From upper Mare Formation. These silts overlie the coarser sediments at the base of the Mare Formation. The Playa Grande and Mare formations of the Cabo Blanco Group are believed to be early Pliocene in age, and the Guaiguaza clay late Pliocene.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, fine-grained, brown sandstone

• Beds were laid down in shallow marine waters
• The upper Mare Formation consist of tan, homogeneous, and slightly compacted silts of a fine and even texture.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by Weisbord in 1955 and 1956. Collections also held at Flordia State University

Primary reference: N. E. Weisbord. 1964. Late Cenozoic scaphopods and serpulid polychaets from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 47(214):111-199 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41554: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for mollusca, and serpulids
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo "sp. A"1 Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora cayenensis1 Lamarck 1822 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) auricula1 Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella maiquetana1 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Olivella) venezuelensis1 Olsson 1956 olive snail
"Oliva (Ispidula) schepmani" = Oliva (Ispidula) tisiphona1 Duclos 1844 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Strombina caboblanquensis" = Strombina (Strombina) pumilio1, "Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa1, "? Strombina galba" = Mazatlania cosentini1
"Strombina caboblanquensis" = Strombina (Strombina) pumilio1 Reeve 1858 snail
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa1 Adams 1845 snail
"? Strombina galba" = Mazatlania cosentini1 Philippi 1836 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Leptoconus) jaspideus1 Gmelin 1791 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia gibbosa1 Reeve 1843 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra (Hastula) hastata" = Hastula hastata1, "Terebra (Strioterebrum) gatunensis" = Strioterebrum spiriferum1
"Terebra (Hastula) hastata" = Hastula hastata1 Gmelin 1791 auger snail
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) gatunensis" = Strioterebrum spiriferum1 Dall 1895 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella (Prunum) circumvittata1 Weisbord 1962 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
"Persicula (Rabicea) interruptelinata" = Persicula1, "Persicula (? Rabicea) hodsoni" = Persicula interruptalineata1
"Persicula (Rabicea) interruptelinata" = Persicula1 snail
"Persicula (? Rabicea) hodsoni" = Persicula interruptalineata1 Megerle von Mühlfeld 1818 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Purpura patula1, "Murex (Phyllonotus) pomum" = Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum1
Purpura patula1 murex snail
"Murex (Phyllonotus) pomum" = Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum1 Gmelin 1791 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio (Rhysema) clathrata1 Lamarck 1816 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Tonna ? galea1 Linnaeus 1758 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis aff. madagascariensis1 Lamarck 1822 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
"Caecum (Fartulum) venezuelanum" = Fartulum1
"Caecum (Fartulum) venezuelanum" = Fartulum1 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica nobilis1 Röding 1798 sundial
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara (Lunarca) ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymerella) decussata2, "Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata2
"Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata2 Gmelin 1791 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa2 Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Argopecten) gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus2, Pecten (Pecten) maiquetiensis2
"Chlamys (Argopecten) gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus2 Linnaeus 1758 calico scallop
Subspecies: Chlamys (Argopecten) gibbus antecessor
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
"Crenella divaricata" = Crenella decussata2
"Crenella divaricata" = Crenella decussata2 Montagu 1808 clam
 Cardiida - Kelliidae
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella "sp. A"2 Schumacher 1817 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Transennella caboblanquensis2 Weisbord 1964 venus clam
Macrocallista maculata2 Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Dosinia (Dosinidia) concentrica" = Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica2 Born 1778 venus clam
Subspecies: Dosinia (Dosinidia) concentrica prosapia
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata2 Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
 Cardiida - Donacidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Merisca) cristallina2, "Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea" = Eurytellina punicea2
Tellina (Merisca) cristallina2 Spengler 1798 tellin clam
"Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea" = Eurytellina punicea2 Born 1778 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia nitens2 Montagu 1808 clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi2
"Venericardia (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi2 Weisbord 1964 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Saccella) karlmartini2 Weisbord 1964 pointed nut clam
Adrana cf. tellinoides pointed nut clam