NMB Loc. 17562 - Cerros de Caiguire [Cumana Fm]: Pleistocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Tegulidae
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Tegula (Agathistoma) cf. viridula
(Gmelin 1791)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
recombined as Agathistoma viridula | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus (Strombus) pugilus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
original and current combination Strombus pugilis | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella sp.
Swainson 1831
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 5 specimens | |||||
Oliva (Oliva) schepmani
Weisbord 1962
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 23 specimens | |||||
synonym of Oliva (Ispidula) tisiphona | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius polygonatus
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 2 specimens | |||||
Nassarius sp.
Duméril 1806
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
Pallacera guadelupensis
(Petit 1852)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 28 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina (Strombina) pumilio
(Reeve 1858)
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9 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena melongena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 8 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus jaspideus
Gmelin 1791
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Clathrodrillia cf. gibbosa
(Reeve 1843)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 7 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum cf. prunum
(Gmelin 1791)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 32 specimens | |||||
Prunum aff. circumvittata
Weisbord 1962
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 11 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Persicula interruptolineata
(Megerle von Mühlfeld 1818)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 84 specimens | |||||
recombined as Persicula interruptalineata | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Haustellum chrystostoma
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 9 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices brunneus
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Nerita (Nerita) cf. fulgurans
Gmelin 1791
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 2 specimens | |||||
recombined as Nerita (Theliostyla) fulgurans | |||||||
Neritina cf. virginiea
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Potiarca) cumanensis
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 21 specimens | |||||
Anadara (Caloosarca) notabilis
(Röding 1798)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 3 specimens | |||||
recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis | |||||||
Lunarca ovalis
(Bruguiere 1789)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 2 specimens | |||||
Arca (Arca) zebra
(Swainson 1833)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
original and current combination Byssoarca zebra | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Pholas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 3 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Lamelliconcha circinata
(Born 1778)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
Anomalocardia brasiliana
(Gmelin 1792)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
Dosinis (Dosinia) concentrica
(Born 1778)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 7 specimens | |||||
Chione cancellata
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 44 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta sp.
Bronn 1831
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 50 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricata
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
spelled with current rank as Dallocardia | |||||||
Laevicardium laevigatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 2 specimens | |||||
replaced by Laevicardium serratum | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Tagelus (Mesopleura) divisus
(Spengler 1794)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 28 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Merisca cristallina
(Spengler 1798)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
Strigilla sp.
Turton 1822
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
Eurytellina punicea
(Born 1778)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 8 specimens | |||||
unclassified
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Eurytellina angulosa
(Gmelin 1791)
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Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||
recombined as Tellina (Eurytellina) angulosa | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Venezuela |
Coordinates: | 10.5° North, 64.2° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 10.4° North, 64.0° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cumana | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Cumana Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Pleistocene; stated to be included in the Globorotalia truncatulinoides Zone (Bermudez & boil, 1969; Boli, 1970; Boli, 1972). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data provided. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | NMB |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB). | |
Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. |
Metadata
Also known as: | GS-5-CUM | ||
Database number: | 131268 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-07-22 14:40:34 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-07-22 14:40:34 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26828. | P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
42393 | J. Gibson-Smith and W. Gibson-Smith. 2012. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |