Hodson Loc. 75: Late Miocene, Venezuela

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Scapharca) berjadinensis Hodson et al. 1927
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycimeris canalis
    = Glycymeris canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Hendy et al. 2008
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten circularis Sowerby 1835
Subspecies: Pecten circularis venezuelanus
    = Argopecten venezuelanus
Woodring 1982
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans (Conrad 1838)
Clementia dariena (Conrad 1855)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela State/province:Falcon
Coordinates: 10.8° North, 70.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.6° North, 68.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:61022
Authorizer:A. Miller, A. Hendy Enterer:A. Miller, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-29 06:49:25 Last modified:2012-11-28 15:19:38
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-29 06:49:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17421. 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]

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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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]
13359 W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]