NMB Loc. 17562 - Cerros de Caiguire [Cumana Fm]: Pleistocene, Venezuela

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Tegulidae
Tegula (Agathistoma) cf. viridula (Gmelin 1791)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
recombined as Agathistoma viridula
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus (Strombus) pugilus (Linnaeus 1758)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
original and current combination Strombus pugilis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 5 specimens
Oliva (Oliva) schepmani Weisbord 1962
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 23 specimens
synonym of Oliva (Ispidula) tisiphona
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius polygonatus
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 2 specimens
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
Pallacera guadelupensis (Petit 1852)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 28 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Strombina) pumilio (Reeve 1858)
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena melongena (Linnaeus 1758)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 8 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia cf. gibbosa (Reeve 1843)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum cf. prunum (Gmelin 1791)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 32 specimens
Prunum aff. circumvittata Weisbord 1962
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 11 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula interruptolineata (Megerle von Mühlfeld 1818)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 84 specimens
recombined as Persicula interruptalineata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Haustellum chrystostoma
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices brunneus
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita (Nerita) cf. fulgurans Gmelin 1791
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 2 specimens
recombined as Nerita (Theliostyla) fulgurans
Neritina cf. virginiea
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Potiarca) cumanensis
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 21 specimens
Anadara (Caloosarca) notabilis (Röding 1798)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 3 specimens
recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis
Lunarca ovalis (Bruguiere 1789)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 2 specimens
Arca (Arca) zebra (Swainson 1833)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
original and current combination Byssoarca zebra
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Lamelliconcha circinata (Born 1778)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin 1792)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
Dosinis (Dosinia) concentrica (Born 1778)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 7 specimens
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 44 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 50 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricata
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Dallocardia
Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus 1758)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 2 specimens
replaced by Laevicardium serratum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus (Mesopleura) divisus (Spengler 1794)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 28 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Merisca cristallina (Spengler 1798)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
Strigilla sp. Turton 1822
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 1 specimen
Eurytellina punicea (Born 1778)
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 2012 8 specimens
unclassified
Eurytellina angulosa (Gmelin 1791)
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]