Hodson Loc. 70 [upper Urumaco Fm]: Late/Upper Miocene, Venezuela
collected by Hodson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Scapharca) grandis
(Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
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| recombined as Larkinia grandis | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: Arca (Scapharca) grandis waringi | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon | County: | Democracia |
| Coordinates: | 11.2° North, 70.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.0° North, 68.8° 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
| Formation: | Urumaco | Member: | Upper | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Urumaco Formation, which overlies the Socorro Formation (Middle-Late Miocene) and is overlain by the Codore Formation (late Miocene-early Pliocene). From the upper member of the Urumaco Formation on the basis of geographic position (Hendy et al., unpublished data). AGE: Late Miocene, based on recent foraminiferal biostratigraphy (Smith et al., 2010) and Sr analyses (Hendy et al., unpublished data); upper Middle Miocene in Hodson & Hodson (1931). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collectors: | Hodson |
Metadata
| Database number: | 60803 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Miller |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-23 11:06:24 | Last modified: | 2014-05-02 10:11:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-23 11:06:24 |
| 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:
| 50936 | F. Hodson and H. K. Hodson. 1931. Some Venezuelan Mollusks. Bulletins of American Paleontology 16(59):1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |