Hodson Loc. 69: Messinian, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten coderensis
Harris 1927
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| Subspecies: Pecten coderensis willistoni | ||||||||||
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Pecten (Amusium) mortoni
(Ravenel 1844)
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| recombined as Amusium mortoni | ||||||||||
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Pecten soror
(Gabb 1873)
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| Subspecies: Pecten soror codercola | ||||||||||
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= Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) codercola
Harris 1927
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Woodring 1982 | |||||||||
| recombined as Euvola codercola | ||||||||||
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Argopecten venezuelanus
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Woodring 1982 | |||||||||
| 3 Subspecies: Pecten circularis caucanus, Pecten circularis cornellanus, Pecten circularis venezuelanus | ||||||||||
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Argopecten caucanus
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Woodring 1982 | |||||||||
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Argopecten levicostatus
(Toula 1909)
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Woodring 1982 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia venezuelana
Harris 1927
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| synonym of Anomia peruviana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula ? densata
Conrad 1843
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| Subspecies: Plicatula ?densata democraciana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea virginica
Gmelin 1791
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| recombined as Crassostrea virginica | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon |
| Coordinates: | 11.2° North, 70.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.0° North, 69.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Pliocene in original text; assigned to Messinain based on the combined presence of Leptopecten coderensis (Pliocene) and Euvola codercola (Late Miocene); following Waller (2011). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within sequence. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| 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: | 60802 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller, A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Miller, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-23 10:56:44 | Last modified: | 2012-11-28 14:58:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-23 10:56:44 |
| 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:
| 13359 | W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |