Where: Falcon, Venezuela (11.9° N, 69.8° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 66.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cantaure Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Clays, sandstone, and limestones of up to 75, thick, although no single section is completely exposed. Collection apparently derived from near middle part of that thickness. Overlies unconformably Cretaceous rocks and is conformably overlain by limestones on middle to upper Miocene. Jung (1965) regarded the collection as early Middle Miocene, though more recent authors, including Vermeij (2001) indicate an Early Miocene (Burdigalian) age. Formation formerly referred to as "Cerro Pelado". 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.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, micaceous, shelly/skeletal, silty claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH, NMB, PRI, USNM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• All material is reposited in the Natural History Museum (NMB), Basel, Switzerland, with some voucher specimens in the British Museum, PRI, and USNM.
Primary reference: P. Jung. 1965. Miocene Mollusca from the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 49(223):389-652 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60144: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Aturia curvilineata n. sp." = Aturia cubaensis6
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Scaphopoda | |
"Cadulus (Cadulus) aff. phenax" = Cadulus (Gadila) phenax
"Cadulus (Cadulus) aff. phenax" = Cadulus (Gadila) phenax Pilsbry and Sharp 1898 tusk shell | |
Dentalium (Dentalium) bocasense Olsson 1922 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia (Cucullaearca) aff. mississippiensis, "Arca (Arca) umbonata" = Lamarcka imbricata, Anadara (Cunearca) inutilis, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritoensis, "Anadara (Scapharca) aff. cornellana" = Anadara (Rasia) cornellana, "Anadara (Scapharca) tirantensis" = Anadara (Rasia) tirantensis, Anadara (Scapharca) veatchi, Anadara (Scapharca) cf. spiekeri
Barbatia (Cucullaearca) aff. mississippiensis Conrad 1848 clam
"Arca (Arca) umbonata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
Anadara (Cunearca) inutilis Jung 1965 ark
Anadara (Cunearca) zorritoensis Spieker 1922 ark
"Anadara (Scapharca) aff. cornellana" = Anadara (Rasia) cornellana Hodson et al. 1927 ark
"Anadara (Scapharca) tirantensis" = Anadara (Rasia) tirantensis Hodson et al. 1927 ark
Anadara (Scapharca) cf. spiekeri Olsson 1932 clam | |
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. democraciana" = Tucetona democraciana, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. jamaicensis
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. democraciana" = Tucetona democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 clam
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. jamaicensis Dall 1898 clam | |
"Eontia aff. centrota" = Noetia (Eontia) centrota, Noetia dauleana
"Eontia aff. centrota" = Noetia (Eontia) centrota Guppy 1867 clam | |
"Ostrea aff. aguaclarensis" = Hyotissa aguaclarensis
"Ostrea aff. aguaclarensis" = Hyotissa aguaclarensis Hodson et al. 1927 oyster Subspecies: O. aff. aguaclarensis
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Ostrea cf. portoricoensis Hubbard 1920 oyster | |
Atrina sp. Gray 1842 oyster | |
Spondylus aff. lucasi Maury 1920 scallop | |
"Plicatula cf. guppyi" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula cf. guppyi" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Corbula (Tenuicorbula) aff. tenuis" = Tenuicorbula tenuis, "Corbula (Caryocorbula) fortis" = Caryocorbula fortis, "Corbula (Caryocorbula) quirosana" = Caryocorbula quirosana
"Corbula (Tenuicorbula) aff. tenuis" = Tenuicorbula tenuis Sowerby 1833 clam Subspecies: C. (T.) tenuis lupina
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) fortis" = Caryocorbula fortis Jung 1965 clam
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) quirosana" = Caryocorbula quirosana Hodson 1931 clam | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aff. ceramida, Trigoniocardia ? hannai, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) bowdenense
Trigoniocardia ? hannai Olsson 1932 cockle
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) bowdenense Dall 1900 cockle | |
Tellina (Eurytellina) paraguanensis, "? Psammacoma sp." = Macoma (Psammacoma), "? Psammacoma cf. falconensis" = Psammacoma gatunensis
Tellina (Eurytellina) paraguanensis Hodson 1931 tellin clam
"? Psammacoma sp." = Macoma (Psammacoma) Dall 1900 tellin clam
"? Psammacoma cf. falconensis" = Psammacoma gatunensis Toula 1909 tellin clam | |
Semele sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
"Cyclinella venezuelana" = Cyclinella cyclica, Clementia (Clementia) dariena, Pleiorytis caroniana, "Antigona (Ventricolaria) palmerae" = Ventricolaria harrisiana, "Chione (Chionopsis) paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus, Pitar (Pitarella) paraguanensis, Macrocallista maculata
"Cyclinella venezuelana" = Cyclinella cyclica Guppy 1866 venus clam
Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam
Pleiorytis caroniana Maury 1925 venus clam
"Antigona (Ventricolaria) palmerae" = Ventricolaria harrisiana Olsson 1922 venus clam
"Chione (Chionopsis) paraguanensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 venus clam
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus venus clam
Pitar (Pitarella) paraguanensis Hodson 1927 venus
Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Chama aff. berjadinensis Hodson 1927 jewel box
Pseudochama quirosana jewel box | |
"Mactra (Mactrotoma) ? quirosana" = Mactrotoma quirosana, "Mactra (Micromactra) maracaibensis" = Mactrotoma
"Mactra (Mactrotoma) ? quirosana" = Mactrotoma quirosana Hodson 1931 surfclam
"Mactra (Micromactra) maracaibensis" = Mactrotoma surfclam | |
"Eucrassatella trinitaria" = Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) trinitaria
"Eucrassatella trinitaria" = Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) trinitaria Maury 1925 clam Subspecies: E. trinitaria venezuelana
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"Cardita paraguanensis" = Glyptoactis paraguanensis
"Cardita paraguanensis" = Glyptoactis paraguanensis Hodson 1931 clam | |
Nuculana (? Politoleda) forcati, "Nuculana (Saccella) gnonom" = Saccella, "Nuculana (Saccella) aff. gnonom" = Saccella, Nuculana (Saccella) parva, Nuculana (? Saccella) gracillima
Nuculana (? Politoleda) forcati pointed nut clam
"Nuculana (Saccella) gnonom" = Saccella pointed nut clam
"Nuculana (Saccella) aff. gnonom" = Saccella pointed nut clam
Nuculana (Saccella) parva Jung 1965 pointed nut clam
Nuculana (? Saccella) gracillima Jung 1965 pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Crassispira conica Jung 1965 snail | |
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) ecuadorense, "? Crepidula (? Crepipatella) insculpta" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) insculpta, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) waltonense, Crepidula cantaurana, "Calyptraea (Trochita) cf. radians" = Trochita radians
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) ecuadorense slipper shell
"? Crepidula (? Crepipatella) insculpta" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) insculpta Jung 1965 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) waltonense Gardner 1947 slipper shell
Crepidula cantaurana slipper shell
"Calyptraea (Trochita) cf. radians" = Trochita radians Lamarck 1816 slipper shell | |
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"Cypraea aff. isabella" = Luria isabella
"Cypraea aff. isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry | |
"Marginocypraea wegeneri" = Sphaerocypraea wegeneri
"Marginocypraea wegeneri" = Sphaerocypraea wegeneri Schilder 1939 snail | |
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Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 snail | |
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"Glyphostoma dentiferum" = Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) dentiferum
"Glyphostoma dentiferum" = Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) dentiferum Gabb 1872 snail | |
Conus wiedenmayeri, Conus aristos, Conus aff. imitator, Conus talis, Conus aff. molis, Conus trajectionis
Conus wiedenmayeri cone shell
Conus aristos cone shell
Conus aff. imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus talis Jung 1965 cone shell
Conus aff. molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
Conus trajectionis Maury 1910 cone shell | |
Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid | |
"Borsonia (Paraborsonia) cantaurana" = Paraborsonia
"Borsonia (Paraborsonia) cantaurana" = Paraborsonia snail | |
Clathrodrillia puertocolombiana, Clathrodrillia aff. islalindae, "Crassispira henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni, "Crassispira aff. consors" = Hindsiclava consors
Clathrodrillia puertocolombiana Weisbord 1929 snail
Clathrodrillia aff. islalindae Maury 1917 snail
"Crassispira henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail
"Crassispira aff. consors" = Hindsiclava consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) "sp. A"" = Strioterebrum, "Terebra (Strioterebrum) ulloa" = Strioterebrum ulloa, Terebra (Paraterebra) sulcifera, Terebra (Paraterebra) inaequalis, Hastula lissa
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) "sp. A"" = Strioterebrum Sacco 1891 auger snail
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) ulloa" = Strioterebrum ulloa Olsson 1932 auger snail
Terebra (Paraterebra) sulcifera Sowerby 1849 auger snail
Terebra (Paraterebra) inaequalis Sowerby 1849 auger snail
Hastula lissa auger snail | |
Fusiturricula cf. jaquensis Sowerby 1850 ribbed mitre
Knefastia kugleri ribbed mitre
"Knefastia aff. lavinoides" = Knefastia limonensis Olsson 1922 ribbed mitre | |
Turbinella falconensis Hodson 1931 snail | |
Mitra (Tiara) quirosana mitre shell | |
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Mitrella quirosana snail | |
Fusinus mithras snail
Latirus cf. tumbeziensis snail
Latirus (Polygona) aff. anapetes Woodring 1964 snail | |
? Antillophos "sp. A", "Antillophos candei" = Antillophos candeanus, Antillophos aff. landesi, Cymatophos cocoditoensis, Cymatophos paraguanensis
? Antillophos "sp. A" Woodring 1928 true whelk
"Antillophos candei" = Antillophos candeanus d'Orbigny 1842 true whelk Subspecies: A. candei gatunensis
Antillophos aff. landesi Marks 1951 true whelk
Cymatophos cocoditoensis true whelk
Cymatophos paraguanensis Hodson and Hodson 1931 true whelk | |
Pallacera urumacoensis snail
Pallacera maracaibensis snail | |
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"Oliva (Oliva) cylindrica" = Oliva cylindrica
"Oliva (Oliva) cylindrica" = Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850 olive snail | |
Cancellaria paraguanensis, Cancellaria (? Cancellaria) lavelana, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp.2, "Cancellaria (Euclia) werenfelsi" = Euclia werenfelsi, "Cancellaria (Bivetiella) beata" = Bivetiella, Bivetiella dariena5, "Cancellaria (Characolleria) terryi" = Massyla terryi, Trigonostoma woodringi
"Cancellaria (Euclia) werenfelsi" = Euclia werenfelsi Jung 1965 snail
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) beata" = Bivetiella snail
"Cancellaria (Characolleria) terryi" = Massyla terryi Olsson 1942 snail
Trigonostoma woodringi Jung 1965 snail | |
Falsilyria sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1954 volute | |
Prunum (Prunum) quirosense Hodson 1927 margin shell | |
"Typhis (Laevityphis) sawkinsi" = Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) sawkinsi, "Murex (Murex) polynematicus" = Vokesimurex polynematicus, "Paziella (? Panamurex) cf. gatunensis" = Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis, Murex (? Siratus) triangularis, Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus4, Cymia buchivacoana, Cymia cocoditana, Eupleura kugleri, "Murex (Subpterynotus) textilis" = Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis
"Typhis (Laevityphis) sawkinsi" = Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) sawkinsi Mansfield 1925 murex snail
"Murex (Murex) polynematicus" = Vokesimurex polynematicus Brown and Pilsbry 1911 murex snail
"Paziella (? Panamurex) cf. gatunensis" = Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911 murex snail
Murex (? Siratus) triangularis murex snail
Cymia cocoditana Hodson 1931 murex snail
Eupleura kugleri Jung 1965 murex snail
"Murex (Subpterynotus) textilis" = Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis Gabb 1873 murex snail | |
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Hipponix ceras hoof shell | |
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Neverita paraguanensis, Polinices nelsoni, Sinum dodoneum, Sinum gabbi
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail Subspecies: N. (N.) canrena antinacca
Neverita paraguanensis Hodson 1927 moon snail
Polinices nelsoni moon snail
Sinum dodoneum moon snail
Sinum gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1913 moon snail | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) venada cerith snail | |
Turritella machapoorensis Maury 1925 turret shell Subspecies: T. machapoorensis paraguanensis and T. machapoorensis wiedenmayeri
Turritella matarucana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella cf. venezuelana Hodson 1926 turret shell
Turritella cocoditana Hodson 1926 turret shell | |
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail | |
Scalina pseudoleroyi Maury 1925 wentletrap
Cirsotrema undulatum wentletrap | |
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"Nerita (Nerita) fulgurans" = Nerita (Theliostyla) fulgurans Gmelin 1791 snail | |
? Acmaea astroides limpet |