Also known as S. 1240a; Locality 2724
Where: Venezuela (10.2° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 64.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Santa Rita Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Santa Rita Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Eocene; justification unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Kugler, Meesmann, & Senn in 1929; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: H.G. Kugler, Meesmann and A. Senn, 1929. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
Primary reference: A. K. Miller and M. L. Thompson. 1937. Beiträge zur Kenntnis tropisch-americkanischer Tertiärmollusken. VI. Some Tertiary nautiloids from Venezuela and Trinidad. Ecologae Geologicae Helvetiae 30(1):59-73 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134847: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Venericardia (Rotundicardia) sp. Heaslip 1968 clam | |
Schedocardia gatunensis Dall 1900 cockle | |
Lirophora baldryi venus clam
Lirophora cf. quirosensis Hodson 1927 venus clam | |
Raetomya falconensis clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Ectinochilus gaudichaudi d'Orbigny 1842 true conch | |
Knefastia sp. Dall 1919 ribbed mitre | |
Athleta ochsei volute
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute | |
"Morum (Oniscidia) peruvianum" = Oniscidia
"Morum (Oniscidia) peruvianum" = Oniscidia snail | |
"Cruziturricula cf. piura" = Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) turrid
Gemmula sp. Weinkauff 1875 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
Siphonalia cf. bicarinata Dickerson 1915 true whelk
Cymatophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk | |
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852 moon snail
Neverita (Glossaulax) sp. Pilsbry 1929 moon snail Identified as Neverita (Glossaulax) paraguanensis, but this is unlikely
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Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella samanensis Olsson 1928 turret shell | |
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Aturia peruviana Olsson 1928 nautiloid |