Where: Falcon, Venezuela (10.8° N, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 10.5° N, 68.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• 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 and Lindapecten buchivaconis; 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 61024: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 29.05.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster Subspecies: Ostrea virginica falconensis
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"Aequipecten plurinominis" = Lindapecten plurinominis2, Argopecten venezuelanus2, Argopecten levicostatus2, "Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) urumaconis" = Euvola urumaconis2
"Aequipecten plurinominis" = Lindapecten plurinominis2 Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 scallop Subspecies: Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis
Argopecten venezuelanus2 calico scallop Two Subspecies: Pecten circularis cornellanus, Pecten circularis venezuelanus
"Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) urumaconis" = Euvola urumaconis2 Hodson et al. 1927 scallop Subspecies: Pecten soror urumaconis
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Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop | |
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis1
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"Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena
"Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell Subspecies: Turitella altilira urumacoensis
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