Locality D, Venezuela - Weisbord (1964) (Pleistocene of Venezuela)

Also known as Locality D

Where: Sucre, Venezuela (10.0° N, 63.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 62.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Abisinia Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• The Abisinia Formation consists of clays, silts, sands, and gravels which post-date the Mare Formation (late Pliocene) and pre-date recent sedimentation. The thickness of teh Abisinia Formation does not exceed 40 ft.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, micaceous, gray claystone and micaceous, gray siltstone

• No general comments.
• The Abisinia Formation consists of clays, silts, sands, and gravel. The clays and silts are reddish, gray to tan, and highly micaceous

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

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 41556: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for mollusca, and serpulids
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
"Tricolia tessellata" = Eulithidium tessellata1
"Tricolia tessellata" = Eulithidium tessellata1 Potiez and Michaud 1838 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Astraea (Lithopoma) tuber" = Lithopoma tuber1
"Astraea (Lithopoma) tuber" = Lithopoma tuber1 Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
"Tegula (Agathistoma) viridula" = Agathistoma viridula1
"Tegula (Agathistoma) viridula" = Agathistoma viridula1 Gmelin 1791 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora meta1, "Fissurella (Cremides) ? rosea" = Fissurella rosea1
Diodora meta1 Ihering 1927 snail
"Fissurella (Cremides) ? rosea" = Fissurella rosea1 Gmelin 1791 snail
 Cerithioidea - Litiopidae
Alaba ? incerta1 d'Orbigny 1842 snail
 Cerithioidea - Planaxidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva (Ispidula) schepmani" = Oliva (Ispidula) tisiphona1 Duclos 1844 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Cantharus (Pollia) tinctus" = Gemophos tinctus1
"Cantharus (Pollia) tinctus" = Gemophos tinctus1 Conrad 1846 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Leucozonia nassa1 Gmelin 1791 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa1 Adams 1845 snail
Columbella mercatoria1 Linnaeus 1758 snail
"Mazatlania aciculata" = Mazatlania cosentini1 Philippi 1836 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Conus) regius1, "Conus (Lithoconus) cf. daucus" = Conus daucus1, Conus (Leptoconus) jaspideus1
"Conus (Lithoconus) cf. daucus" = Conus daucus1 Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
Conus (Leptoconus) jaspideus1 Gmelin 1791 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangelia (Agathotoma) cf. fusca" = Agathotoma1
"Mangelia (Agathotoma) cf. fusca" = Agathotoma1 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra (Hastula) cinera" = Hastula1
"Terebra (Hastula) cinera" = Hastula1 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
"Persicula (Rabicea) venezuelana" = Persicula venezuelana1, "Persicula (Rabicea) interuptelinata" = Persicula1, "Persicula (? Rabicea) hodsoni" = Persicula interruptalineata1
"Persicula (Rabicea) venezuelana" = Persicula venezuelana1 Hodson et al. 1927 snail
"Persicula (Rabicea) interuptelinata" = Persicula1 snail
"Persicula (? Rabicea) hodsoni" = Persicula interruptalineata1 Megerle von Mühlfeld 1818 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Thais (Stramonita) haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma1, "Drupa (Morula) nodulosa" = Morula1
"Thais (Stramonita) haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma1 Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
"Drupa (Morula) nodulosa" = Morula1 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio (Rhysema) clathrata1 Lamarck 1816 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
"Trivia pediculus" = Pusula pediculus1
"Trivia pediculus" = Pusula pediculus1 Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Capulus (Krebsia) incurvatus1 Gmelin 1791 hoof shell
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla striata1 Bruguiére 1792 snail
 Patellida - Lottiidae
"Acmaea cf. pustulata" = Patelloida pustulata1
"Acmaea cf. pustulata" = Patelloida pustulata1 Helbling 1779 limpet
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) candida, "Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata, "Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis, "Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra
Barbatia (Barbatia) candida Helbling 1779 clam
"Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
"Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
"Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
Subspecies: Arca (Arca) zebra absinia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna aff. carnea2 Gmelin 1791 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Codakia (Lentillaria) orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis2
"Codakia (Lentillaria) orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis2 Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
? Pseudochama sp.2 Odhner 1917 jewel box
Chama sinuosa2 Broderip 1836 jewel box
Subspecies: Chama sinuosa bemudensis
"Pseudochama radians" = Chama radians2 Lamarck 1819 jewel box
Chama macerophylla2 Gmelin 1791 jewel box
Chama congregata2 Conrad 1833 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pitar (Hysteroconcha) dione" = Hysteroconcha dione2, "Petricola (Rupellaria) typica" = Choristodon robustus2, Tivela (Tivela) mactroides2
"Pitar (Hysteroconcha) dione" = Hysteroconcha dione2 Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Petricola (Rupellaria) typica" = Choristodon robustus2 Sowerby 1834 venus clam
Tivela (Tivela) mactroides2 Born 1778 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Strigilla pisiformis2 Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita (Carditamera) gracilis" = Carditamera2
"Cardita (Carditamera) gracilis" = Carditamera2 clam
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Strigilla carnaria
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Strigilla carnaria2 Linnaeus 1758