Faunal List from Hodson Locality 2447 (Miocene of Venezuela)

Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.0° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 10.5° N, 68.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

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 61220: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 31.05.2006, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
"Xancus aviaguensis" = Turbinella
"Xancus aviaguensis" = Turbinella snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Scapharca) wiedenmayeri" = Anadara (Rasia) wiedenmayeri
"Arca (Scapharca) wiedenmayeri" = Anadara (Rasia) wiedenmayeri Hodson et al. 1927 ark
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Antigona palmerae" = Ventricolaria harrisiana
"Antigona palmerae" = Ventricolaria harrisiana Olsson 1922 venus clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites aviaguensis" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) aviaguensis
"Crassatellites aviaguensis" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) aviaguensis Hodson 1927 clam