Cumana Formation (Pleistocene of Venezuela)

Where: Venezuela (10.5° N, 64.2° W: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 64.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cumana Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Cumana Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Pleistocene; stated to be included in the Globorotalia truncatulinoides Zone (Bermudez & boil, 1969; Boli, 1970; Boli, 1972). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection is representative of formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

• No paleoenvironmental data provided.
• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Multiple repositories. REPOSITORY: Multiple repositories.

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131918: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail