Hodson Loc. 6 [La Rosa Fm] (Miocene of Venezuela)
Where: Zulia, Venezuela (10.5° N, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 67.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: La Rosa Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• AGE: Late Oligocene in original text; late early Miocene [=Burdigalian], based on the presence of Paraleptopecten quirosensis; following Waller (2011).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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 60627: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 19.05.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
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Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
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Turritella venezuelana Hodson 1926 turret shell Also two subspecies: Turritella venezuelana quirosana and Turritella venezuelana watkinsi
Turritella gilbertharrisi Hodson 1926 turret shell Also two subspecies: Turritella gilbertharrisi aguavivensis and Turritella gilbertharrisi staufferi
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Marginella quirosensis margin shell
Marginella saladillaensis margin shell | |
"Marginella (Persicula) maracaibensis" = Persicula maracaibensis, "Marginella (Persicula) venezuelana" = Persicula venezuelana, "Marginella (Persicula) zuliana" = Persicula zuliana, "Marginella (Persicula) mirandana" = Persicula mirandana
"Marginella (Persicula) maracaibensis" = Persicula maracaibensis Hodson 1927 snail
"Marginella (Persicula) venezuelana" = Persicula venezuelana Hodson et al. 1927 snail
"Marginella (Persicula) zuliana" = Persicula zuliana Hodson 1927 snail
"Marginella (Persicula) mirandana" = Persicula mirandana Hodson 1927 snail | |
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Mitra quirosana mitre shell | |
"Strombina quirosana" = Sincola (Dorsina) quirosana
"Strombina quirosana" = Sincola (Dorsina) quirosana Hodson 1931 snail | |
"Vasum quirosense" = Vasum haitensis
"Vasum quirosense" = Vasum haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Conomitra weeksi" = Conomitra lavelana
"Conomitra weeksi" = Conomitra lavelana Hodson 1931 ribbed mitre | |
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Natica precanrena moon snail
Sinum quirosanum Hodson 1927 moon snail
"Polinices (Neverita) paraguanensis" = Neverita paraguanensis Hodson 1927 moon snail subspecies: Polinices Neverita paraguanensis quirosana
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| Bivalvia | |
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Ostrea democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 oyster | |
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Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop | |
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam | |
"Arca (Scapharca) saladillaensis" = Anadara (Potiarca) saladillaensis, "Arca (Scapharca) zuliana" = Anadara (Rasia) zuliana, "Arca (Scapharca) mirandana" = Anadara (Rasia) mirandana
"Arca (Scapharca) saladillaensis" = Anadara (Potiarca) saladillaensis Hodson et al. 1927 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) zuliana" = Anadara (Rasia) zuliana Hodson et al. 1927 ark Also subspecies Arca Scapharca zuliana maracaibensis
"Arca (Scapharca) mirandana" = Anadara (Rasia) mirandana Hodson et al. 1927 ark | |
"Lucina (Lucinisca) mirandana" = Lucinisca mirandana
"Lucina (Lucinisca) mirandana" = Lucinisca mirandana Hodson 1931 clam | |
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) quirosana" = Caryocorbula quirosana, "Corbula (Corbula) zuliana" = Varicorbula zuliana
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) quirosana" = Caryocorbula quirosana Hodson 1931 clam
"Corbula (Corbula) zuliana" = Varicorbula zuliana Hodson 1931 clam | |
"Mactra (Mactrotoma) quirosana" = Mactrotoma quirosana
"Mactra (Mactrotoma) quirosana" = Mactrotoma quirosana Hodson 1931 surfclam | |
Pitaria (Hyphantostoma) mirandana, "Pitaria (Pitaria) quirosana" = Pitar (Pitar) quirosanus
Pitaria (Hyphantostoma) mirandana venus clam
"Pitaria (Pitaria) quirosana" = Pitar (Pitar) quirosanus Hodson 1927 venus clam | |
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Chama quirosana Hodson 1927 jewel box | |
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Tellina (Moerella) quirosana Hodson 1931 tellin clam | |
"Semele quirosana" = Semele chipolana, Semele zuliana
"Semele quirosana" = Semele chipolana Dall 1900 clam
Semele zuliana Hodson 1931 clam | |
"Venericardia zuliana" = Cyclocardia zuliana, Venericardia quirosana
"Venericardia zuliana" = Cyclocardia zuliana Hodson 1929 clam Also subspecies: Venericardia zuliana weeksi
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| Pecten (Aequipecten) quirosensis | |
"Pecten (Aequipecten) aff. quirosensis" = Paraleptopecten quirosensis
"Pecten (Aequipecten) aff. quirosensis" = Paraleptopecten quirosensis Harris 1927 | |