Locality C, Venezuela - Weisbord (1964): Late Pliocene, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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| Weisbord 1962 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
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unclassified
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| Weisbord 1962 | 3 specimens | |||||||||
| Weisbord 1962 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecum (Caecum) regulare
(Carpenter 1858)
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Weisbord 1962 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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| Weisbord 1962 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| Weisbord 1962 | 2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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| Weisbord 1962 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius (Phrontis) vibex
(Say 1822)
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Weisbord 1962 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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| Weisbord 1962 | 3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex (Chicoreus) ? brevifrons
(Lamarck 1822)
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Weisbord 1962 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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| Weisbord 1962 | 7 specimens | |||||||||
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| Weisbord 1962 | 12 specimens | |||||||||
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Cerithium cf. eburneum
Bruguière 1792
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Weisbord 1962 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Weisbord 1962 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora cayenensis
(Lamarck 1822)
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Weisbord 1962 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Diodora meta
(Ihering 1927)
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Weisbord 1962 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchiata
- Bullidae
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Bulla striata
Bruguiére 1792
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Weisbord 1962 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Arca) imbricata
(Bruguière 1789)
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Weisbord 1964 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Arcopsis adamsi
(Dall 1886)
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Weisbord 1964 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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| Weisbord 1964 | 17 specimens | |||||||||
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Corbula (Julicorbula) aequivalvis
(Philippi 1836)
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Weisbord 1964 | 28 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar (Pitar) albida
(Gmelin 1791)
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Weisbord 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Macrocallista maculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Weisbord 1964 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Chione (Chione) cancellata
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Weisbord 1964 | 287 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama sinuosa
Broderip 1836
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Weisbord 1964 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina (Lucinisca) muricata
(Spengler 1798)
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Weisbord 1964 | 47 specimens | ||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium (Antalis) sp.
(Adams and Adams 1854)
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Dentalium (Dentalium) cf. texasianum
Philippi 1849
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| Subspecies: Dentalium (Dentalium) texasianum rioense | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Carabobo |
| Coordinates: | 10.0° North, 68.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.2° North, 67.1° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Cabo Blanco | Formation: | Guaiguaza Clay | ||
| Local section: | Locality C | ||||
| Regional section: | La Salina de Guaiguaza | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Playa Grande and Mare formations of the Cabo Blanco Group are believed to be early Pliocene in age, and the Guaiguaza clay late Pliocene. Collected from Guaiguaza lay in draingae ditch about 1 m in depth. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Clay | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collection method comments: Collected by Weisbord in 1955 and 1956. Collections also held at Flordia State University | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive fro mollusca, and serpulids | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Locality C | ||
| Database number: | 41540 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-16 10:48:05 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-16 10:48:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11132. | N. E. Weisbord. 1964. Late Cenozoic scaphopods and serpulid polychaets from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 47(214):111-199 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro] |
Secondary references:
| 13987 | N. E. Weisbord. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro] | |
| 11137 | N. E. Weisbord. 1964. Late Cenozoic pelecypods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 45(204):1-564 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro] |