Hodson Loc. 6 [La Rosa Fm]: Burdigalian, Venezuela

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Chione (Lirophora) quirosensis Hodson 1927
Murex recurvirostris Broderip 1832
Hodson and Hodson 1931
Subspecies: M. recurvirostris quirosensis
    = Haustellum messorium Sowerby 1841
Hendy et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella zuliana
Also subspecies: Turritella zuliana palmeri
Turritella venezuelana Hodson 1926
Also two subspecies: Turritella venezuelana quirosana and Turritella venezuelana watkinsi
Turritella gilbertharrisi Hodson 1926
Also two subspecies: Turritella gilbertharrisi aguavivensis and Turritella gilbertharrisi staufferi
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum quirosanum Hodson 1927
Polinices (Neverita) paraguanensis Hodson 1927
recombined as Neverita paraguanensis
subspecies: Polinices Neverita paraguanensis quirosana
Natica precanrena
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Marginella (Persicula) maracaibensis Hodson 1927
recombined as Persicula maracaibensis
Marginella (Persicula) venezuelana Hodson et al. 1927
recombined as Persicula venezuelana
Marginella (Persicula) zuliana Hodson 1927
recombined as Persicula zuliana
Marginella (Persicula) mirandana Hodson 1927
recombined as Persicula mirandana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella quirosensis
Marginella saladillaensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum quirosense Hodson 1931
Hodson and Hodson 1931
synonym of Vasum haitensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra weeksi Hodson 1931
Hodson and Hodson 1931
synonym of Conomitra lavelana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina quirosana Hodson 1931
Hodson and Hodson 1931
recombined as Sincola (Dorsina) quirosana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra quirosana
Hodson and Hodson 1931
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica granulata (Lamarck 1822)
synonym of Architectonica nobilis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia zuliana Hodson 1929
recombined as Cyclocardia zuliana
Also subspecies: Venericardia zuliana weeksi
Venericardia quirosana
Also subspecies: Venericardia quirosana venezuelana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra (Mactrotoma) quirosana Hodson 1931
Hodson and Hodson 1931
recombined as Mactrotoma quirosana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitaria (Pitaria) quirosana Hodson 1927
recombined as Pitar (Pitar) quirosanus
Pitaria (Hyphantostoma) mirandana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama quirosana Hodson 1927
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Moerella) quirosana Hodson 1931
Hodson and Hodson 1931
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele quirosana Hodson 1931
Hodson and Hodson 1931
synonym of Semele chipolana
Semele zuliana Hodson 1931
Hodson and Hodson 1931
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Corbula) zuliana Hodson 1931
Hodson and Hodson 1931
recombined as Varicorbula zuliana
Corbula (Caryocorbula) quirosana Hodson 1931
Hodson and Hodson 1931
recombined as Caryocorbula quirosana
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina (Lucinisca) mirandana Hodson 1931
Hodson and Hodson 1931
recombined as Lucinisca mirandana
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea democraciana Hodson et al. 1927
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula densata Conrad 1843
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Scapharca) mirandana Hodson et al. 1927
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) mirandana
Arca (Scapharca) zuliana Hodson et al. 1927
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) zuliana
Also subspecies Arca Scapharca zuliana maracaibensis
Arca (Scapharca) saladillaensis Hodson et al. 1927
recombined as Anadara (Potiarca) saladillaensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911
recombined as Tucetona pectinata canalis
unclassified
Pecten (Aequipecten) aff. quirosensis Harris 1927
recombined as Paraleptopecten quirosensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela State/province:Zulia
Coordinates: 10.5° North, 71.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.7° North, 67.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:La Rosa
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: Late Oligocene in original text; late early Miocene [=Burdigalian], based on the presence of Paraleptopecten quirosensis; following Waller (2011).
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:60627
Authorizer:A. Miller, A. Hendy Enterer:A. Miller, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-19 07:57:06 Last modified:2012-11-28 14:15:12
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-19 07:57:06
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]
17590 F. Hodson and H.K. Hodson. 1931. Some Venezuelan Mollusks: Part 2. Bulletins of American Paleontology 16(60):95-132 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]