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)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Miocene in original text; assigned to early Late Miocene [=Tortonian] based on the combined presence of Euvola urumaconis and Lindapecten buchivaconis. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within sequence.
• 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 61030: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 29.05.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
"Turritella bifastigata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata, Turritella berjadinensis, "Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira, Turritella robusta, "Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia
"Turritella bifastigata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata Nelson 1870 turret shell Subspecies: Turritella bifastigata democraciana
Turritella berjadinensis Hodson 1926 turret shell Two Subspecies: Turritella berjadinensis colinensis, Turritella berjadinensis warfieldi
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell Subspecies: Turritella altilira urumacoensis
"Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia Say 1824 turret shell Subspecies: Turritella plebeia alowensi
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| Bivalvia | |
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Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop | |
"Anomia venezuelana" = Anomia peruviana
"Anomia venezuelana" = Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle | |
Lindapecten buchivacoanus2, "Pecten (Amusium) luna" = Amusium toulae, "Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) urumaconis" = Euvola urumaconis3, Argopecten venezualanus3, "Pecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis, "Pecten interlineatus" = Interchlamys interlineata
Lindapecten buchivacoanus2 Hodson et al. 1927 scallop Subspecies: Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis
"Pecten (Amusium) luna" = Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911 scallop
"Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) urumaconis" = Euvola urumaconis3 Hodson et al. 1927 scallop Subspecies: Pecten soror urumaconis
Argopecten venezualanus3 Hodson and Hodson 1927 calico scallop Subspecies: Pecten circularis venezuelanus
"Pecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis Toula 1909 scallop
"Pecten interlineatus" = Interchlamys interlineata Gabb 1873 scallop Subspecies: Pecten interlineatus aidei
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"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis1
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis1 Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam Subspecies: Glycimeris canalis lloydsmithi
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"Arca (Scapharca) grandis" = Larkinia grandis
"Arca (Scapharca) grandis" = Larkinia grandis Broderip and Sowerby 1829 ark Subspecies: Arca (Scapharca) grandis waringi
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Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam | |
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Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927 jewel box | |
"Crassatellites trinitarius" = Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) trinitaria
"Crassatellites trinitarius" = Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) trinitaria Maury 1925 clam Subspecies: Crassatelllites trinitarius venzuelanus
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