Hodson Loc. 16 [Agua Clara Fm]: Burdigalian, Venezuela

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella hubbardi Hodson 1926
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Amusium) aguaclarensis Hodson 1927
recombined as Amusium aguaclarensis
Pecten antiguensis Brown 1913
recombined as Flabellipecten antiguensis
Subspecies: Pecten antiguensis churuguarensis
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:bed
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:60669
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:A. Miller
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-19 11:26:22 Last modified:2012-11-28 14:27:37
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-19 11:26:22
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]