Cantaure Formation (unspecified localities): Burdigalian, Venezuela

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia curvilineata Miller and Thompson 1937
Woodring 1982
synonym of Aturia cubaensis
(3 measurements)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella informal sp. A Risso 1826
Jung 1994
Strombina (Strombina) in Gibson-Smith & Gibson-Smith (1974)
Mitrella cantaurana (Gibson-Smith 1974)
Jung 1989
Strombina (Strombina) cantaurana in Gibson-Smith (1974)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena venezuelana Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 1983
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Bivetopsia) sp. (Jousseaume 1887)
original and current combination Bivetopsia
Cancellaria (Bivetopsia) herberti n. sp. Landau et al. 2007
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) hodsonae Landau and Petit 1997
Cancellaria (Bivetiella) lugogonzalezorum n. sp. Landau et al. 2007
Cancellaria (Euclia) werenfelsi (Jung 1965)
recombined as Euclia werenfelsi
Narona barystoma (Woodring 1970)
Landau et al. 2012
Massyla terryi (Olsson 1942)
Landau et al. 2012
Cancellaria (Massyla) cantaurana Landau and Petit 1996
recombined as Massyla cantaurana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) dentiferum (Gabb 1872)
Woodring 1970
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum haitense (Sowerby 1850)
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
recombined as Vasum haitensis
Vasum tuberculatum Gabb 1873
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria (Panamurex) eugeniae Vokes 1992
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Vokesimurex messorius (Sowerby 1841)
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Haustellum gilli
Vokes 1990
Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) corrigendum Vokes 1989
Vokes 1990
Chicoreus (Siratus) denegatus
Vokes 1990
Chicoreus (Siratus) quirosensis
Vokes 1990
Pterynotus (Subterynotus) textilis (Gabb 1873)
Woodring 1970
recombined as Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis
Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis (Gabb 1873)
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Zonaria pingata n. sp. Landau and Groves 2011
Landau and Groves 2011
Zonaria pseudotumulus n. sp. Landau and Groves 2011
Landau and Groves 2011
Muracypraea hyaena (Schilder 1939)
Landau and Groves 2011
Luria isabellaprimitiva n. sp. Landau and Groves 2011
Landau and Groves 2011
Luria cantaurana n. sp. Landau and Groves 2011
Landau and Groves 2011
Trona trinitatensis (Mansfield 1925)
Landau and Groves 2011
Trona ingrami n. sp. Landau and Groves 2011
Landau and Groves 2011
Propustularia paraguanensis n. sp. Landau and Groves 2011
Landau and Groves 2011
Propustularia longidentata n. sp. Landau and Groves 2011
Landau and Groves 2011
Pseudozonaria primarobertsi n. sp. Landau and Groves 2011
Landau and Groves 2011
Pseudozonaria praeaequinoctialis n. sp. Landau and Groves 2011
Landau and Groves 2011
Pseudozonaria falconensis n. sp. Landau and Groves 2011
Landau and Groves 2011
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Eudolium subfasciatum Sacco 1890
Beu 2010
Malea sp. Valenciennes 1833
Beu 2010
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio jungi
Beu 2010
Distorsio biangulata Beu 2010
Beu 2010
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953
Beu 2010
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa rhodostoma (Sowerby 1835)
Beu 2010
Bursa rugosa (Sowerby 1835)
Beu 2010
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis aldrichi (Dall 1890)
Beu 2010
Echinophoria hadra (Woodring and Olsson 1957)
Beu 2010
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Beu 2010
Cypraecassis cantaurana Beu 2010
Beu 2010
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Beu 2010
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Monoplex krebsii (Mörch 1877)
Beu 2010
Monoplex ritteri (Schmelz 1989)
Beu 2010
Monoplex cercadicus (Maury 1917)
Beu 2010
Monoplex jackwinorum Beu 2010
Beu 2010
Reticutriton sp. (Habe 1966)
Beu 2010
Turritriton domingensis (Gabb 1873)
Beu 2010
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina (Serratrina) serrata (Sowerby 1825)
Woodring 1973
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia (Noetia) reversa (Sowerby 1833)
Woodring 1973
recombined as Noetia reversa
SUBSPECIES: Noetia (Noetia) reversa macdonaldi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca imbricata Bruguière 1789
Woodring 1973
recombined as Lamarcka imbricata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella arcinella (Linnaeus 1767)
Woodring 1982
Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927
Woodring 1982
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Ventricolaria harrisiana (Olsson 1922)
Woodring 1982
Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum (Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
Woodring 1982
Cyclinella cyclica (Guppy 1866)
Woodring 1982
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana (Hodson 1927)
Woodring 1982
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela State/province:Falcón
Coordinates: 11.9° North, 69.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.2° North, 66.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cantaure
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Cantaure Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Lower Miocene. Díaz de Gamero (1974), based on planktic forams, assigned a Lower Miocene age to the Cantaure Formation, placing it in the Globigerinatella insueta and Praeorbulina glomerosa Zones of Bolli (1966) and Zones N7-N8 of Blow (1969). Rey (1996) confirmed this age based on the nannofossil assemblage, and placing it in the Helicosphaera ampliaperta and Sphenolithus heteromorphus Zones, NN4-NN5. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic.
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: Tropical shallow-water assemblage, neritic, no deep-water genera present, normal salinity, perhaps nearby brackish source. Cantaure Formation consists predominantly of siltstones with some muddy sandstones and bioturbated sandstones. The crustacean, foram, mollusk, otolith, and chondrichthyan faunas all support shallow depths (< 50 m), but the relatively fine grain size may indicate offshore-transition rather than shoreface environments.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: B. Landau and R. Petit. REPOSITORY: Bernard Landau collection, Portugal (BL coll.).; FLMNH; EDIMAR (Museo de la Estacio´n de Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita)
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Taxonomic list based on single group of taxa described in paper. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution.
Metadata
Database number:96434
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-06-07 13:43:26 Last modified:2019-07-29 19:19:08
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-06-07 13:43:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32732. B. Landau, R. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2007. The Pliocene Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Cubagua Formation (Cerro Negro Member) from Cubagua Island, with a new species from the Miocene Cantaure Formation, Venezuela. The Veliger 49(1) [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26828 P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
19070 P. Jung. 1994. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera Columbella, Eurypyrene, Parametaria, Conella, Nitidella, and Metulella (Gastropoda: Columbellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 106(344):1-45 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
36423 B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43491 B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43469 B. D. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama, with the description of seven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(2):311-339 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43452 B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves. 2011. Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the early Miocene Cantaure Formation of northern Venezuela. Novaplex 12(1-2):1-38 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
36459 E. H. Vokes. 1990. Cenozoic Muricidae of the western Atlantic region, Part VIII - Murex ss, Haustellum, Chicoreus, and Hexaplex; additions and corrections. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 23(1-3):1-96 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
18707 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]
13236 W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299-452 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13235 W. P. Woodring. 1973. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(E):453-539 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
13359 W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]