Also known as Locality I
Where: Sucre, Venezuela (10.0° N, 64.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 63.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Mare Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• From lower Mare Formation. The lower 10-15 ft are made up of incoherent grits and sands containing many well-preserved fossils. The lower member starts as a pebble to granule gravel or "grit". 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.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal conglomerate and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by Weisbord in 1955 and 1956. Collections also held at Flordia State University
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41543: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gymnolaemata | |
Polychaeta | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Graptacme) semistriolatum, "Dentalium (? Antalis) sp." = Antalis
Dentalium (Graptacme) semistriolatum tusk shell
"Dentalium (? Antalis) sp." = Antalis Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell | |
"Cadulus (Polyschides) quadridentatus" = Polyschides
"Cadulus (Polyschides) quadridentatus" = Polyschides tusk shell | |
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) undata4, Glycymeris (Glycymerella) decussata4, "Glycymeris (Tucetona) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata4
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Anadara (Cunearca) cumanensis Dall 1898 ark | |
"Ostrea (Alectryonia) vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina4 Conrad 1855 oyster Subspecies: Ostrea (Alectryonia) vespertina venezuelana
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Pecten (Pecten) caribeus4, Pecten (Pecten) maiquetiensis4, "Chlamys (Argopecten) gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus4, "Pecten (Euvola) ziczag" = Euvola ziczac4, "Lyropecten (Nodipecten) "sp. A"" = Nodipecten4, "Chlamys (Leptopecten) desultoria" = Leptopecten4
"Pecten (Euvola) ziczag" = Euvola ziczac4 Linnaeus 1758 scallop Subspecies: Pecten (Euvola) ziczag caboblancoensis
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"Venericardia (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi4, "Cardita (Carditamera) gracilis" = Carditamera4
"Venericardia (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi4 Weisbord 1964 clam | |
"Lucina (Cavulinga) trisulcata" = Cavilinga trisulcata4 Conrad 1841 clam Subspecies: Lucina (Cavulinga) trisulcata blanda
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Papyridea aff. soleniformis4, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum4, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia4
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"Chione (Lirophora) cultellata" = Lirophora4, "Chione (Lirophora) riomaturensis" = Lirophora (Lirophora) riomaturensis4, Chione (? Chione) lacinosa4, "Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata4, Periglypta aff. listeri4, Pitar (? Nanopitar) marensis4, "Pitar (Hysteroconcha) dione" = Hysteroconcha dione4, ? Gouldia diffidentia4, Transennella caboblanquensis4, Macrocallista maculata4, Tivela (Planitivela) venezuelana4, Pleiorytis venezuelensis4
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Nuculana (Saccella) karlmartini Weisbord 1964 pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula (Nucula) venezuelana" = Nucula (Nucula) vieta4
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Gastropoda | |
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"Cylichnella mareana" = Acteocina bidentata3
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Odostomia ambigua3, "Odostomia (Evalea) antilleana" = Evalea3, "Odostomia (Evalea) mareana" = Evalea3
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"Strombina caboblanquensis" = Strombina (Strombina) pumilio3, ? Anachis impunis3, Anachis (Litoterma) exuta3, "Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa3, "Pyrene (Eurypyrene) venezuelanum" = Eurypyrene3, "Columbella williamgabbi" = Columbella mercatoria3, "Mazatlania aciculata" = Mazatlania cosentini3, "? Strombina galba" = Mazatlania cosentini3
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Fusinus closter3, "Fusinus marensis" = Fusinus dilectus3, "Fasciolaria (? Pleuroploca) crassinoda" = Pleuroploca3
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Olivella (Niteoliva) minuta3, Olivella (Minioliva) subfilifera3, Olivella (Olivella) venezuelensis3, "Oliva (Ispidula) schepmani" = Oliva (Ispidula) tisiphona3
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Conus (Leptoconus) jaspideus3 Gmelin 1791 cone shell Subspecies: Conus (Leptoconus) jaspideus caboblanquensis
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"Terebra (Strioterebrum) quadrispiralis" = Strioterebrum quadrispiralis3, "Terebra (Strioterebrum) gatunensis" = Strioterebrum spiriferum3, "Terebra (Hastula) hastata" = Hastula hastata3
"Terebra (Hastula) hastata" = Hastula hastata3 Gmelin 1791 auger snail Subspecies: Terebra (Hastula) hastata mareana
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Persicula lavelana2, "Persicula (? Rabicea) hodsoni" = Persicula interruptalineata3, "Persicula (Rabicea) interruptelinata" = Persicula3
"Persicula (Rabicea) interruptelinata" = Persicula3 snail Subspecies: Persicula (Rabicea) interruptelinata mareana
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"Murex (Murex) chrysostomus" = Vokesimurex chrysostoma3, "Murex (Phyllonotus) pomum" = Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum3, "Thais (Stramonita) haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma3, "Thais (Stramonita) chocolata" = Stramonita chocolata3
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"Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus3, Crepidula phalaena3, Crepidula avirostra3, Crepidula juliella3, Crepidula plana3
"Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus3 Gmelin 1791 slipper shell Subspecies: Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata venezuelana
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Strigilla carnaria | |
Strigilla carnaria4 Linnaeus 1758 |