Locality S, Venezuela - Weisbord (1964) (Pliocene of Venezuela)

Also known as Locality S

Where: Sucre, Venezuela (10.0° N, 71.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 10.2° N, 69.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maiqueta Member (Playa Grande Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• The Playa Grande Formation consists of a variegated assemblage of rocks and atarts at the base with a brown conglomerate. It attains a maximum thickness of 65 ft at its type locality. The deposit is lenticular lying with a pronounced unconformity on the Las Pailas Formatiion. The Maiqueta Member is exposed south of the Bruscas Fault. 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: marine; unlithified, brown, gray siltstone and brown, gray shale

• Beds were laid down in shallow marine waters
• The Maiqueta Member consists of an assemblage of shales, siltstones, sandstones and congglomerates. The rocks are generally drab gray and dull tan in color.

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 41552: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for mollusca, and serpulids
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
"Cadulus (Polyschides) quadridentatus" = Polyschides
"Cadulus (Polyschides) quadridentatus" = Polyschides tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Fustiariidae
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium (Antalis) aff. antillarum" = Antalis antillarum
"Dentalium (Antalis) aff. antillarum" = Antalis antillarum d'Orbigny 1847 tusk shell
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.2 Cuvier 1795 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo "sp. A"2 Linnaeus 1758 snail
Turbo "sp. B"2 Linnaeus 1758 snail
Turbo "sp. C"2 Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
"Tegula phalera" = Tegula2, "Tegula (Agathistoma) puntagordanum" = Tegula2
"Tegula phalera" = Tegula2 snail
"Tegula (Agathistoma) puntagordanum" = Tegula2 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
? Emarginula tropica2 Weisbord 1962 keyhole limpet
Diodora anomala2 keyhole limpet
Diodora sp.2 Gray 1821 keyhole limpet
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
"Melanella (Polygireulima) spatha" = Polygireulima2
"Melanella (Polygireulima) spatha" = Polygireulima2 snail
 Cerithioidea - Litiopidae
Alaba ? incerta2 d'Orbigny 1842 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella maiquetana2 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Siphocypraea donmoorei" = Muracypraea donmoorei1
"Siphocypraea donmoorei" = Muracypraea donmoorei1 Petuch 1979 cowry
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Chelyconus) federalis2 Weisbord 1962 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) gatunensis" = Strioterebrum spiriferum2
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) gatunensis" = Strioterebrum spiriferum2 Dall 1895 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
"Clathrodrillia mareana" = Clathrodrillia gatunensis2, "Drillia" "sp. B"2
"Clathrodrillia mareana" = Clathrodrillia gatunensis2 Toula 1909 snail
"Drillia" "sp. B"2 Gray 1838 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Strombina caboblanquensis" = Strombina (Strombina) pumilio2
"Strombina caboblanquensis" = Strombina (Strombina) pumilio2 Reeve 1858 dove shell
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Favartia) puntagordanum" = Murexiella (Murexiella) puntagordanum2
"Murex (Favartia) puntagordanum" = Murexiella (Murexiella) puntagordanum2 Weisbord 1962 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva (Ispidula) schepmani" = Oliva (Ispidula) tisiphona2 Duclos 1844 olive snail
"Olivella" sp.2 Swainson 1831 olive snail
Olivella (Olivella) venezuelensis2 Olsson 1956 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Stigmaulax ? guppiana2 Toula 1909 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Cyclostremiscus puntagordensis2 Weisbord 1962 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Seila adamsii2 Lea 1845 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
"Rissoina (Cibdezebina) caribella" = Zebina (Cibdezebina)2, Alvania playagrandensis2, ? Alvania sp.2, Rissoina (Phosinella) puntagordanum2, "Rissoina (Eurissolina) bicrepida" = Rissoina (Rissolina)2
"Rissoina (Cibdezebina) caribella" = Zebina (Cibdezebina)2 snail
? Alvania sp.2 Risso 1826 snail
"Rissoina (Eurissolina) bicrepida" = Rissoina (Rissolina)2 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica nobilis2 Röding 1798 sundial
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
"Pyrgiscus curucutuensis" = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus)2 snail
 Opisthobranchiata - Bullidae
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi3
"Venericardia (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) wendellwoodringi3 Weisbord 1964 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea" = Eurytellina punicea3, Tellina (Eurytellina) nitens3
"Tellina (Eurytellina) punicea" = Eurytellina punicea3 Born 1778 tellin clam
Tellina (Eurytellina) nitens3 Adams 1845 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Trigoniocardia (Americardia) media" = Americardia media3 Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Chione (Timoclea) tacaguana" = Timoclea3 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata3 Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Macrocallista maculata3 Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Petricola (Naranio) lapicida3 Gmelin 1792 venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata3 Conrad 1833 jewel box
Chama macerophylla3 Gmelin 1791 jewel box
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Codakia (Lentillaria) orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis3, "Lucina (Parvilucina) ephraimi" = Parvilucina3
"Codakia (Lentillaria) orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis3 Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Lucina (Parvilucina) ephraimi" = Parvilucina3 clam
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
"Crenella divaricata" = Crenella decussata3
"Crenella divaricata" = Crenella decussata3 Montagu 1808 cross-sculpture crenella
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa3 Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus americanus3 Hermann 1781 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymerella) decussata3 Linnaeus 1758 bittersweet clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana (Saccella) axelolssoni" = Saccella3, Nuculana (Saccella) karlmartini3
"Nuculana (Saccella) axelolssoni" = Saccella3 pointed nut clam
Nuculana (Saccella) karlmartini3 Weisbord 1964 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula (Nucula) venezuelana" = Nucula (Nucula) vieta3
"Nucula (Nucula) venezuelana" = Nucula (Nucula) vieta3 Guppy 1874 nut clam