Hodson Loc. 2436 [La Puerta Fm]: Late Miocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus carmenensis
Hodson 1927
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Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Falcon |
| Coordinates: | 11.0° North, 70.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.4° North, 68.1° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| 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 Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | La Puerta | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Reported by Vokes (1992) to be from the La Puerta Group [=La Puerta Formation]. AGE: Oligocene in original text; Late Miocene according to Venezuelan stratigraphic lexicon. Spondylus carmenensis [=Spondylus gumanomocon] is restricted to Late Miocene-Early Pliocene in the Dominican Republic. | |||||
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: | 61219 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Miller |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-31 06:02:32 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-31 06:02:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
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] |