Hodson Loc. 67: Late/Upper Miocene, Venezuela

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857
Subspecies: Turritella gatunensis lavelana
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Scapharca) berjadinensis Hodson et al. 1927
recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela State/province:Falcon
Coordinates: 10.9° North, 70.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.6° North, 69.3° 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/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 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:60801
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:A. Miller
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-23 10:45:48 Last modified:2012-11-28 15:29:32
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-23 10:45:48
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]