UCVG Loc. 4030 - Araya Peninsula [Araya Fm]: Late Pliocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Venezuela |
| Coordinates: | 10.6° North, 64.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.8° North, 63.1° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Cubagua | Formation: | Araya | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Araya Fm of the Cubagua Gp (Late Miocene-Pliocene), which overlies the La Güica Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene on the basis of planktonic foraminifera. Belongs to the Globoratalia miocenica zone (3.2-2.4 Ma) according to Castro and Mederos, 1997. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, presumed. 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 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-006-ARY | ||
| Database number: | 131263 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-22 14:16:54 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-07-22 14:16:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
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] |