Araya Formation, Cubagua Island (Pliocene of Venezuela)
Where: Venezuela (10.8° N, 64.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 11.0° N, 63.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Araya Formation (Cubagua Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Araya Fm of the Cubagua Gp (Late Miocene-Pliocene), which overlies the La Güica Fm. THICKNESS: From a formation that has a maximum thickness of 164 m at its type section. AGE: Late Pliocene on the basis of planktonic foraminifera. Belongs to the Globoratalia miocenica zone(3.2-2.4 Ma) according to Castro and Mederos, 1997. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list for the formation in this region.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, fine-grained sandstone
• ENVIRONMENT: Tropical shallow-marine environment of normal salinity and with a sandy substrate.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Poorly consolidated fossiliferous fine sand. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified (or unlithified) on the basis of facies description.
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Landau in 2003-2007
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: B. Landau and colleagues, over "last five years". REPOSITORY: Not stated, but possibly Centro de Geologia da Universidad de Lisboa, Camp Grande, Portugal.
Primary reference: B. Landau, G. Vermeij, and C. M. Silva. 2008. Southern Caribbean Neogene palaebiogeography revisisted. New data from the Pliocene of Cubagua, Venezuela. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 257:445-461 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79710: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.03.2008
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Taxonomic list
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda. Does not include other mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and including systematic revision of other neighboring Caribbean assemblages.
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| Gastropoda | |
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Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
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Modulus tamanensis Maury 1925 snail | |
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Pyrazisinus sp. Heilprin 1886 snail | |
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Tympanotonos sp. Schumacher 1817 horn snail | |
Vermicularia cf. woodringi, "Turritella (Bactrospira) guppyi" = Turritella guppyi, Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata, Turritella (Broderiptella) caronensis, Turritella (Broderiptella) planigyrata, Turritella abrupta
Vermicularia cf. woodringi Olsson and Harbison 1953 turret shell
"Turritella (Bactrospira) guppyi" = Turritella guppyi Cossmann 1909 turret shell
Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata Nelson 1870 turret shell SUBSPECIES: Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata
Turritella (Broderiptella) caronensis Mansfield 1925 turret shell
Turritella (Broderiptella) planigyrata Guppy 1867 turret shell
Turritella abrupta Spieker 1922 turret shell | |
Crassispira (Crassispira) "sp. 1", "Crassispira (Crassispira) cf. tyloessa" = Crassispira tyloessa
Crassispira (Crassispira) "sp. 1" Swainson 1840 snail
"Crassispira (Crassispira) cf. tyloessa" = Crassispira tyloessa Woodring 1970 snail | |
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Serpulorbis papulosus Guppy 1866 worm shell
Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell | |
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Ficus carbasea Guppy 1866 fig shell | |
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Jenneria loxahatcheensis Smith 1936 Jenner's Cowry | |
"Zonaria (Zonaria) raymondrobertsi" = Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi, Muracypraea caroniensis, "Zonaria (Zonaria) cf. spurcoides" = Zonaria spurcoides
"Zonaria (Zonaria) raymondrobertsi" = Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi Pilsbry 1922 cowry
Muracypraea caroniensis Maury 1925 cowry
"Zonaria (Zonaria) cf. spurcoides" = Zonaria spurcoides Gabb 1873 cowry | |
Pusula orientalis, "Niveria pediculus" = Pusula pediculus
"Niveria pediculus" = Pusula pediculus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
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Bursa rugosa Sowerby 1835 frog shell
Marsupina bufo Bruguiére 1792 frog shell | |
"Cymatium (Monoplex) krebsii" = Monoplex krebsii, "Cymatium (Monoplex) cercadicum" = Monoplex cercadicus, "Cymatium (Linatella) cingulatum" = Linatella caudata, "Cymatium (Turritriton) domingense" = Turritriton domingensis
"Cymatium (Monoplex) krebsii" = Monoplex krebsii Mörch 1877 triton shell
"Cymatium (Monoplex) cercadicum" = Monoplex cercadicus Maury 1917 triton shell
"Cymatium (Linatella) cingulatum" = Linatella caudata Gmelin 1791 triton shell
"Cymatium (Turritriton) domingense" = Turritriton domingensis Gabb 1873 triton shell | |
Malea beui n. sp.
Malea beui n. sp. Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 tun shell | |
"Sconsia sublaevigata" = Sconsia grayi
"Sconsia sublaevigata" = Sconsia grayi Adams 1855 snail | |
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Distorsio macgintyi snail
Distorsio clathrata Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Nassarius trinitatensis, Trajana (Nerva) aff. woodringi, Gordanops baranoanus, Calophos aff. plicatilis
Nassarius trinitatensis Jung 1969 snail
Trajana (Nerva) aff. woodringi Vokes 1969 snail
Gordanops baranoanus Anderson 1929 snail
Calophos aff. plicatilis Bose 1906 snail | |
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Strombina (Strombina) cartagenensis Pilsbry and Brown 1917 snail | |
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Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
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Fasciolaria goragasiana tulip snail
Fusinus vonderschmidti Rutsch 1934 snail
Fusinus cf. springvalensis Maury 1925 snail | |
Strombinophos perdoctus, "Hesperisternia" sp., Hesperisternia tortugera, Hesperisternia karinae, Hesperisternia corrugata, Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) falconensis, Solenosteira magdalenensis
Strombinophos perdoctus true whelk
"Hesperisternia" sp. Gardner 1944 true whelk
Hesperisternia tortugera Olsson 1922 true whelk
Hesperisternia karinae Nowell-Usticke 1959 true whelk
Hesperisternia corrugata Gabb 1873 true whelk
Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) falconensis Weisbord 1929 true whelk
Solenosteira magdalenensis Weisbord 1929 true whelk | |
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) scheibei" = Pyruclia scheibei, "Cancellaria (Massyla) cubaguensis" = Massyla, "Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi" = Massyla terryi, "Cancellaria (Euclia) montserratensis" = Euclia montserratensis, "Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii, "Cancellaria (Euclia) leuzingeri" = Euclia leuzingeri, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp., Cancellaria (Cancellaria) capeloi, "Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) rucksorum" = Ventrilia rucksorum
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) scheibei" = Pyruclia scheibei Anderson 1929 snail
"Cancellaria (Massyla) cubaguensis" = Massyla snail
"Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi" = Massyla terryi Olsson 1942 snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) montserratensis" = Euclia montserratensis Maury 1925 snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii" = Euclia codazzii Anderson 1929 snail
"Cancellaria (Euclia) leuzingeri" = Euclia leuzingeri Rutsch 1934 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) capeloi Landau et al. 2007 snail
"Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) rucksorum" = Ventrilia rucksorum Petuch 1994 snail | |
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Voluta cubaguanensis volute | |
"Stramonita "biserialis"" = Thais biserialis, Coralliophila aff. meyerdorffii, Eupleura muriciformis, Haustellum mimiwilsoni, Poirieria (Panamurex) eugeniae, Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus, Vokesimurex messorius
"Stramonita "biserialis"" = Thais biserialis de Blainville 1832 murex snail
Coralliophila aff. meyerdorffii murex snail
Eupleura muriciformis Broderip 1833 murex snail
Haustellum mimiwilsoni Vokes 1990 murex snail
Poirieria (Panamurex) eugeniae Vokes 1992 murex snail
Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 murex snail
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail
Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail | |
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Prunum sp. Swainson 1840 margin shell
Prunum calypsonis Maury 1925 margin shell | |
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Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
Persicula lavelana Hodson 1927 snail | |
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Oliva tubaraensis olive snail
Oliva "sp. 1" Bruguière 1789 olive snail
Oliva immortua Pilsbry and Brown 1917 olive snail
Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
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Eburna speciosa Rutsch 1934 snail
Eburna caroniana Maury 1925 snail | |
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Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
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Conus walli cone shell
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus oniscus Woodring 1928 cone shell
Conus cf. ultimus Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 cone shell
Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
Cerodrillia niaddrina, Clathrodrillia gatunensis, Clathrodrillia cf. tityra, "Crassispira (Crassispira) caroniana" = Hindsiclava caroniana
Cerodrillia niaddrina snail
Clathrodrillia gatunensis Toula 1909 snail
Clathrodrillia cf. tityra Woodring 1928 snail
"Crassispira (Crassispira) caroniana" = Hindsiclava caroniana Maury 1925 snail | |
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Strioterebrum weisbordi Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 1984 auger snail
Terebra lehneri Rutsch 1934 auger snail
Terebra aclinica Olsson 1967 auger snail | |
Subcancilla longa, "Mitra sanctifrancisci" = Fusimitra sanctifrancisci
"Mitra sanctifrancisci" = Fusimitra sanctifrancisci Maury 1925 mitre shell | |
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Knefastia sp. Dall 1919 ribbed mitre
Fusiturricula springvaleensis Mansfield 1925 ribbed mitre
Conomitra lavelana Hodson 1931 ribbed mitre | |
"Vasum haitense" = Vasum haitensis, Turbinella trinitatis
"Vasum haitense" = Vasum haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail
Turbinella trinitatis Maury 1925 snail | |
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Persististrombus granulatus Swainson 1822 true conch
Strombus (Strombus) aff. floridanus Mansfield 1930 conch | |
Sinum gabbi, Polinices (Polinices) sp., "Polinices (Polinices) stanislasmeunieri" = Polinices stanislasmeunieri, Stigmaulax beaumonti, Naticarius canrena
Sinum gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1913 moon snail
Polinices (Polinices) sp. Montfort 1810 moon snail
"Polinices (Polinices) stanislasmeunieri" = Polinices stanislasmeunieri Maury 1917 moon snail
Stigmaulax beaumonti Rutsch 1934 moon snail | |
Calyptraea centralis, Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp., "Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp., Crepidula cf. maculosa
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
"Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum Guppy 1867 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. Say 1824 slipper shell
Crepidula cf. maculosa Conrad 1846 slipper shell | |
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Scalina brunneopicta Dall 1908 wentletrap | |
Calliostoma (Calliostoma) laticarinatum, Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) sp., Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni
Calliostoma (Calliostoma) laticarinatum Guppy 1867 top snail
Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) sp. Clench and Turner 1960 top snail
Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni Maury 1925 top snail | |
"Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea, Astralium brevispina
"Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea Gmelin 1791 snail
Astralium brevispina snail | |