Hodson Loc. 81 (Miocene of Venezuela)

Where: Falcon, Venezuela (10.8° N, 70.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 11.3° N, 67.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• AGE: Miocene in original text; Tortonian, based on the combined presence of Euvola urumaconis 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 135499: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.10.2012, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama berjadinensis Hodson 1927 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites trinitarius venezuelanus" = Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana
"Crassatellites trinitarius venezuelanus" = Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana Hodson 1927 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis" = Lindapecten plurinominis, "Pecten soror urumaconis" = Euvola urumaconis, "Pecten circularis cornellanus" = Argopecten levicostatus, Pecten circularis venezuelanus, "Pecten (Amusium) luna" = Amusium toulae
"Pecten (Chlamys) buchivacoanus maracaibensis" = Lindapecten plurinominis Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 scallop
"Pecten soror urumaconis" = Euvola urumaconis Hodson et al. 1927 scallop
"Pecten circularis cornellanus" = Argopecten levicostatus Toula 1909 calico scallop
Pecten circularis venezuelanus Hodson et al. 1927 calico scallop
"Pecten (Amusium) luna" = Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea virginica falconensis Hodson et al. 1927 oyster
Ostrea democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 oyster
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris canalis democraciana" = Tucetona democraciana
"Glycymeris canalis democraciana" = Tucetona democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 clam