Locality H, Venezuela - Weisbord (1964): Early/Lower Pliocene, Venezuela

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus (Polyschides) quadridentatus
original and current combination Polyschides
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Chrysallida cribrata
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Turbonilla (? Chemnitzia) sp. (d'Orbigny 1840)
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
original and current combination Chemnitzia
Pyrgiscus granadensis
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula multiradiata Weisbord 1962
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Diodora dorsenula
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Diodora meta (Ihering 1927)
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck 1822)
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
? Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma caribbeanum
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Calliostoma curucutianum
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo informal sp. A Linnaeus 1758
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Parviturbo venezuelensis
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella maiquetana
Weisbord 1962 13 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Subspecies: Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata venezuelana
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Asperiscala) laguairense
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices subclausus
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis (Laskeya) emersonii (Adams 1839)
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
    = Retilaskeya bicolor Adams 1845
Hendy et al. 2008
Cerithiopsis emersoni(i) is unavailable
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphora (Cosmotriphora) caribbeana
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina (Schwartziella) venezuelana
Weisbord 1962 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Caecum (Defolina) tomaculum Weisbord 1962
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
recombined as Caecum tomaculum
Caecum (Caecum) puntagordanum
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus closter (Philippi 1850)
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Subspecies: Fusinus closter caboblanquensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Leptoconus) jaspideus Gmelin 1791
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Subspecies: Conus (Leptoconus) jaspideus caboblanquensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Ispidula) schepmani Weisbord 1962
Weisbord 1962 5 specimens
synonym of Oliva (Ispidula) tisiphona
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella (? Egouana) laguairana Weisbord 1962
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis incomptus
Weisbord 1962 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Vanikoridae
Vanikoro antillensis
Weisbord 1962 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Pecten) caribeus
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Pecten (Euvola) ziczag (Linnaeus 1758)
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
recombined as Euvola ziczac
Subspecies: Pecten (Euvola) ziczag caboblancoensis
Chlamys (Argopecten) gibbus (Linnaeus 1758)
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
recombined as Argopecten gibbus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula caribbeana
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (? Alectryonia) caboblanquensis
Weisbord 1964 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (? Lunarca) mareana
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymerella) decussata (Linnaeus 1758)
Weisbord 1964 7 specimens
Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata (Gmelin 1791)
Weisbord 1964 3 specimens
recombined as Tucetona pectinata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum (Linnaeus 1758)
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
? Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata Conrad 1833
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione (Lirophora) riomaturensis Maury 1925
Weisbord 1964 5 specimens
recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) riomaturensis
Chione (Chione) cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
recombined as Chione cancellata
Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
Weisbord 1964 15 specimens
Gouldia venezuelana
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Notocorbula) puntagordensis
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina (Bellucina) katherinepalmerae
Weisbord 1964 1 specimen
synonym of Cardiolucina
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) antillarium
Weisbord 1964 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi Weisbord 1964
Weisbord 1964 5 specimens
recombined as Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela State/province:Sucre
Coordinates: 10.0° North, 71.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.8° North, 70.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Cabo Blanco Formation:Mare Member:Lower
Local section:Locality H
Regional section:Punta Gorda
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: From upper Mare Formation. These silts overlie the coarser sediments at the base of the Mare Formation. The Playa Grande and Mare formations of the Cabo Blanco Group are believed to be early Pliocene in age, and the Guaiguaza clay late Pliocene.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The upper Mare Formation consist of tan, homogeneous, and slightly compacted silts of a fine and even texture.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: Shallow-marine deposit.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI
Collection method comments: Collected by Weisbord in 1955 and 1956. Collections also held at Flordia State University
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for mollusca, and serpulids
Metadata
Also known as:Locality H
Database number:41544
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-16 11:11:38 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-16 11:11:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11132. N. E. Weisbord. 1964. Late Cenozoic scaphopods and serpulid polychaets from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 47(214):111-199 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro]

Secondary references:

19909 A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13987 N. E. Weisbord. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro]
11137 N. E. Weisbord. 1964. Late Cenozoic pelecypods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 45(204):1-564 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro]