Where: Falcon, Venezuela (10.8° N, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 68.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Miocene in original text; assigned to Late Miocene on the basis of general faunal composition. 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 61031: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 29.05.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Anomia venezuelana" = Anomia peruviana
"Anomia venezuelana" = Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle | |
Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop | |
Argopecten venezualanus, "Pecten (Amusium) luna" = Amusium toulae
Argopecten venezualanus Hodson and Hodson 1927 calico scallop Subspecies: Pecten circularis venezuelanus
"Pecten (Amusium) luna" = Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911 scallop | |
"Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena
"Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella berjadinensis, "Turritella bifastigata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata
"Turritella bifastigata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata Nelson 1870 turret shell Subspecies: Turritella bifastigata democraciana
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Polinices subporcana moon snail | |
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial |