Also known as GS-002A-FLCN
Where: Venezuela (11.5° N, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 68.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Punta Gavilan Formation (Cubagua Group), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Punta Gavilán Formation, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Pliocene; this has been correlated with the Globorotalia margarita Zone by Diaz de Gamero (1970), which is early Pliocene in age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by J. & W. Gibson-Smith in 1973; reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1973. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
Primary reference: J. Gibson-Smith and W. Gibson-Smith. 2012. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131241: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.07.2012
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Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentaliidae indet. Gray 1834 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Pyramidellidae indet., Salassia sp., Chrysallida sp., Odostomia sp., Chemnitzia sp., "Pyrgiscus sp." = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus), Dunkeria sp.
Pyramidellidae indet. Gray 1840 snail
Salassia sp. de Folin 1870 snail
Chrysallida sp. Carpenter 1856 snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
Chemnitzia sp. d'Orbigny 1840 snail
"Pyrgiscus sp." = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) Philippi 1841 snail
Dunkeria sp. Carpenter 1856 snail | |
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Fossarus sp. Philippi 1841 snail | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap
Epitonium (Asperiscala) sp. de Boury 1909 wentletrap | |
Tectonatica cf. pusilla Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphie), Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) sp.
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphie) Pilsbry 1922 snail
Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) sp. Fischer 1857 snail | |
Cyclostremiscus sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1945 snail | |
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852 auger snail | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Scalenostoma (Scalenostoma) sp. Deshayes 1863 snail
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail
Balcis cf. intermedia snail
Balcis sp. Leach 1847 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculanidae indet. Adams and Adams 1858 pointed nut clam | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
"Eontia cf. centrota" = Noetia (Eontia) centrota
"Eontia cf. centrota" = Noetia (Eontia) centrota Guppy 1867 clam | |
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam | |
Trigoniocardia sp. Dall 1900 cockle | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam | |
Corbulidae indet. Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Pandora sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam | |
Crassinella sp. Guppy 1874 clam |