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 61036: 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 | |
"Chione (Chione) paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum, Chione berjadinensis, "Chione (Lirophora) falconensis" = Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis
"Chione (Chione) paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam
Chione berjadinensis venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) falconensis" = Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis Hodson et al. 1927 venus clam | |
"Venericardia zuliana" = Cyclocardia zuliana
"Venericardia zuliana" = Cyclocardia zuliana Hodson 1929 clam Subspecies: Venericardia zuliana maracaibensis
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Argopecten venezualanus2 Hodson and Hodson 1927 calico scallop Subspecies: Pecten circularis venezuelanus
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"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster Subspecies: Ostrea virginica falconensis
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"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis1
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| Gastropoda | |
"Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia, "Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira, "Turritella bifastigata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata, Turritella robusta, Turritella berjadinensis
"Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia Say 1824 turret shell Subspecies: Turritella plebeia alowensi
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell Subspecies: Turritella altilira urumacoensis
"Turritella bifastigata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata Nelson 1870 turret shell Two Subspecies: Turritella bifastigata democraciana, Turritella bifastigata maracaibensis
Turritella berjadinensis Hodson 1926 turret shell With one subspecies: Turritella berjadinensis colinensis
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