Hodson Loc. 15 [Agua Clara Fm]: Burdigalian, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella hubbardi
Hodson 1926
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Turritella curamichatensis
Hodson 1926
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Amusium) aguaclarensis
Hodson 1927
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recombined as Amusium aguaclarensis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Antigona palmerae
Hodson 1927
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synonym of Ventricolaria harrisiana | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon |
Coordinates: | 10.9° North, 70.8° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 10.2° North, 67.4° 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: | Agua Clara | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Agua Clara Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Oligocene in original text; Agua Clara is late Early Miocene [=Burdigalian]. |
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: | 60668 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Miller |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-05-19 11:18:26 | Last modified: | 2012-11-28 14:28:34 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-19 11:18:26 |
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] |