Hodson Loc. 80: Tortonian, Venezuela

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857
Two subspecies: Turitella gatunensis taratarana, Turitella gatunensis willstoni
Turritella berjadinensis Hodson 1926
Subspecies: Turitella berjadinensis colinensis
Turritella bifastigata Nelson 1870
recombined as Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata
Subspecies: Turritella bifastigata democraciana
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya falconensis Hodson and Hodson 1927
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans (Conrad 1838)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycimeris canalis
    = Glycymeris canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Hendy et al. 2008
recombined as Tucetona pectinata canalis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Scapharca) lienosa (Say 1832)
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea virginica Gmelin 1791
recombined as Crassostrea virginica
Subspecies: Ostrea virginica falconensis
Ostrea democraciana Hodson et al. 1927
Two Subspecies: Ostrea democraciana chiriguarana, Ostrea democraciana cujiensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula densata Conrad 1843
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten venezuelanus
Woodring 1982
Two Subspecies: Pecten circularis cornellanus, Pecten circularis venezuelanus
Argopecten levicostatus (Toula 1909)
Woodring 1982
Pecten soror (Gabb 1873)
Subspecies: Pecten soror urumaconis
    = Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) urumaconis Hodson et al. 1927
Woodring 1982
recombined as Euvola urumaconis
Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus Hodson et al. 1927
Subspecies: Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis
    = Aequipecten plurinominis Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
Woodring 1982
    = Lindapecten buchivacoanus Hodson et al. 1927
Waller 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela State/province:Falcon
Coordinates: 10.8° North, 70.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.5° North, 68.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Miocene in original text; assigned to early Late Miocene [=Tortonian] based on the combined presence of Euvola urumaconis and Lindapecten buchivaconis. 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
Museum repositories:PRI
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Hodson, F. and others, Standard Oil Company of Venezuela. REPOSITORY: PRI (Ithaca, NY).
Metadata
Database number:61026
Authorizer:A. Miller, A. Hendy Enterer:A. Miller, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-29 07:06:49 Last modified:2012-11-28 13:54:32
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-05-29 07:06:49
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:

19909 A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
37262 T. R. Waller. 2011. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology (381)1-198 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]