Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.7° N, 61.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 10.8° N, 59.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Matura Member (Talparo Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Collection is from the Matura Sand and Clay Member of the Talparo Formation. The Matura fauna is considered to be of early Pliocene age and is probably slightly younger than the Courbaril fauna. The Matura shell bed has variously been attributed to the Pliocene (Guppy 1864, 1867, 1874; Maury 1925; Kugler 1953; Woodring 1966) or Pleistocene (Kugler 1936).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, brown, argillaceous, sandy mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI, USNM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• All material descibed in this report is reposited in the Naturhistorisches Mueum, Basel, or the USNM. Additional material collection from this unit is found at PRI.
Primary reference: P. Jung. 1969. Miocene and Pliocene mollusks from Trinidad. Bulletins of American Paleontology 55(247):293-697 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60417: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Graptacme) cf. amaliense tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia snail | |
Epitonium (Epitonium) albidum Orbigny 1842 wentletrap
Epitonium (Asperiscala) cf. candeanum d'Orbigny 1842 wentletrap | |
Trochita radians, Calyptraea centralis, "Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum, Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum
Trochita radians Lamarck 1816 slipper shell
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 Chinese hat snail
"Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum Guppy 1867 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum Guppy 1867 slipper shell | |
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Tectonatica pusilla
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Bursa (Marsupina) bufo" = Marsupina bufo
"Bursa (Marsupina) bufo" = Marsupina bufo Bruguiére 1792 frog shell | |
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae Gray 1832 snail | |
Scabricola nodulosa mitre shell | |
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum, Pallacera cf. gaudelupensis
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum d'Orbigny 1847 snail | |
Strombinophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk | |
Anachis (Anachis) asphaltoda, "Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa, Aesopus peculiaris
Anachis (Anachis) asphaltoda dove shell
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa Adams 1845 dove shell
Aesopus peculiaris dovesnail | |
Polystira "sp. A" Woodring 1928 turrid
Adelocythara ? micropleura turrid | |
Crassispira (Crassispira) ritanida Mansfield 1925 snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Thais (Stramonita) cf. haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail | |
"Persicula (Rabicea) cf. interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata
"Persicula (Rabicea) cf. interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata Megerle von Mühlfeld 1818 snail | |
Volvarina "sp. B" Hinds 1844 margin shell
Prunum (Prunum) dallianum Maury 1912 margin shell | |
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
Olivella (Niteoliva) cf. verreauxi olive snail | |
Caecum "sp. E" Fleming 1813 snail | |
Cerithiopsis ? sp., Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) sp., Retilaskeya bicolor2, "Seila cf. adamsi" = Seila adamsii
Cerithiopsis ? sp. Hanley 1849 snail
Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) sp. Hanley 1849 snail
"Seila cf. adamsi" = Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Triphora guppyi snail | |
Petaloconchus cf. floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953 worm shell
Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell | |
Vermicularia spirata Philippi 1836 wormsnail
Vermicularia trilineata Guppy 1864 wormsnail
Turritella (Broderiptella) aff. planigyrata Guppy 1867 turret shell | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
Diodora cavenensis keyhole limpet | |
Solariorbis marginatus snail | |
"Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens, Calliostoma laticarinatum, "Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni, Calliostoma plicomphalus, Microgaza oblita
"Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens Guppy 1867 top snail
Calliostoma laticarinatum Guppy 1867 top snail
"Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni Maury 1925 top snail
Calliostoma plicomphalus Guppy 1867 top snail
Microgaza oblita top snail | |
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium snail | |
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) baccata nut clam | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida" = Saccella
"Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida" = Saccella pointed nut clam | |
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Lunarca billingsiana, "Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis
Lunarca billingsiana Maury 1912 ark
"Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark | |
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam
Noetia (Eontia) centrota Guppy 1867 clam
Noetia (Noetia) sheldoniana Maury 1912 clam | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) undata bittersweet clam | |
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) cf. gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus, "Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten, "Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) cf. gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus Linnaeus 1758 Atlantic calico scallop
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten calico scallop
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898 calico scallop | |
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Crassostrea cf. virginica Gmelin 1791 eastern oyster | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) maturensis, "Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia cockle | |
Strigilla (Pisostrigilla) pisiformis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Strigilla (Strigilla) carnaria Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Donax fabagelloides wedge clams
Donax (? Machaerodonax) sp. wedge clams | |
Semele aff. anteriocosta Vokes 1938 clam | |
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
Tivela (Tivela) austeniana, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus, Chione (Nioche) veatchiana, "Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata, "Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora, Anomalocardia brasiliana
Tivela (Tivela) austeniana Maury 1912 venus clam
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus venus clam
Chione (Nioche) veatchiana Maury 1912 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora Conrad 1863 venus clam
Anomalocardia brasiliana Gmelin 1792 venus clam | |
Pseudochama cf. caloosana jewel box
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp., "Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula), Juliacorbula aequivalvis
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp. Gardner 1926 clam
"Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam
Juliacorbula aequivalvis Philippi 1836 clam | |
Condylocardia guppyi clam | |
Crassinella martinicensis d'Orbigny 1853 clam |