Where: Falcon, Venezuela (10.8° N, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 10.5° N, 68.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Miocene in original text; assigned to early Late Miocene [=Tortonian] based on the combined presence of Euvola urumaconis and Lindapecten buchivaconis. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within sequence.
• 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 61026: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Arnold Miller on 29.05.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella gatunensis, Turritella berjadinensis, "Turritella bifastigata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857 turret shell Two subspecies: Turitella gatunensis taratarana, Turitella gatunensis willstoni
"Turritella bifastigata" = Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata Nelson 1870 turret shell Subspecies: Turritella bifastigata democraciana
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Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya falconensis Hodson and Hodson 1927 clam | |
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam | |
Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927 jewel box | |
"Glycymeris canalis" = Tucetona pectinata canalis1
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"Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
"Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark | |
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica, Ostrea democraciana
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster Subspecies: Ostrea virginica falconensis
Ostrea democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 oyster Two Subspecies: Ostrea democraciana chiriguarana, Ostrea democraciana cujiensis
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Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop | |
Argopecten venezuelanus3, Argopecten levicostatus3, "Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) urumaconis" = Euvola urumaconis3, Lindapecten buchivacoanus2
Argopecten venezuelanus3 calico scallop Two Subspecies: Pecten circularis cornellanus, Pecten circularis venezuelanus
"Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) urumaconis" = Euvola urumaconis3 Hodson et al. 1927 scallop Subspecies: Pecten soror urumaconis
Lindapecten buchivacoanus2 Hodson et al. 1927 scallop Subspecies: Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis
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