Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.3° N, 69.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 67.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• AGE: Miocene in original text; Tortonian, based on the combined presence of Leopecten gatunensis and Lindapecten buchivaconis; following Waller (2011).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI
• COLLECTOR: Hodson, F. and others, Standard Oil Company of Venezuela. REPOSITORY: PRI (Ithaca, NY).
Primary reference: F. Hodson, H. K. Hodson, and G. D. Harris. 1927. Some Venezualan and Caribbean Mollusks. Bulletins of America Paleontology 13(49):1-160 [A. Miller/A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 135503: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, "Arca (Scapharca) veatchi" = Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi
"Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) veatchi" = Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi Olsson 1922 ark SUBSPECIES: Arca (Scapharca) veatchi matarucana
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Glycymeris tumefacta, "Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 clam | |
"Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus" = Lindapecten buchivacoanus, "Pecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis
"Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus" = Lindapecten buchivacoanus Hodson et al. 1927 scallop INCLUDES: Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis
"Pecten gatunensis" = Leopecten gatunensis Toula 1909 scallop | |
"Pitaria (Hyphantosoma) carbasea" = Pitar (Hyphantosoma), Macrocallista maculata, Pitaria (Pitaria) buenavistana, "Chione (Lirophora) buenavistana" = Lirophora (Panchione) buenavistana, Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans
"Pitaria (Hyphantosoma) carbasea" = Pitar (Hyphantosoma) venus clam SUBSPECIES: Pitaria (Hyphantosoma) carbasea lavelana
Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Pitaria (Pitaria) buenavistana Hodson 1927 venus clam SUBSPECIES: Pitaria (Pitaria) buenavistana corona
"Chione (Lirophora) buenavistana" = Lirophora (Panchione) buenavistana Hodson 1927 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam |