Hodson Loc. 71 [Codore Fm]: Zanclean, Venezuela

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella plebeia Say 1824
recombined as Mariacolpus plebeia
Subspecies: Turritella plebeia alowensi
Turritella berjadinensis Hodson 1926
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926
Turritella bifastigata Nelson 1870
recombined as Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata
Subspecies: Turritella bifastigata maracaibensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia zuliana Hodson 1929
recombined as Cyclocardia zuliana
Subspecies: Venericardia zuliana maracaibensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten circularis Sowerby 1835
Subspecies: Pecten circularis venezuelanus
    = Argopecten venezuelanus
Woodring 1982
Pecten coderensis Harris 1927
Subspecies: Pecten coderensis willistoni
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia venezuelana Harris 1927
synonym of Anomia peruviana
Anomia gabbi Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
recombined as Anomia peruviana gabbi
Subspecies: Anomia gabbi falconensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea virginica Gmelin 1791
recombined as Crassostrea virginica
Subspecies: Ostrea virginica falconensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Scapharca) grandis (Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
recombined as Larkinia grandis
Subspecies: Arca (scapharca) grandis waringi
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela State/province:Falcon
Coordinates: 10.8° North, 70.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.7° North, 69.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Codore
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Miocene in original text; assigned to Early Pliocene [=Zanclean] based on the presence of Leptopecten coderensis; following Waller (2011). 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:60804
Authorizer:A. Miller, A. Hendy Enterer:A. Miller, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-23 11:10:25 Last modified:2012-11-28 14:53:49
Access level:authorizer only Released:2006-11-23 11:10:25
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]