Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.2° N, 61.6° W: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 60.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Courbaril Member (Morne l'Enfer Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Collection is from the Courbaril Sand and Clay Member of the Upper Morne l'Enfer Formation. The Courbaril fauna is considered to be of early Pliocene age and is probably slightly older than the Matura fauna.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified sandstone and claystone
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 60409: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Dentalium) divulgatum tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium (Epitonium) aff. foliaceicostatum wentletrap
Epitonium (Epitonium) humphreysi wentletrap | |
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell | |
"Bittium (Bittiolum) fretense" = Bittiolum, Cerithium harrisi
"Bittium (Bittiolum) fretense" = Bittiolum cerith snail
Cerithium harrisi cerith snail | |
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Triphora guppyi snail | |
Olivella (Minioliva) fundarugata olive snail | |
Nassarius ? galbanus snail
Nassarius (Phrontis) vibex Say 1822 snail
Nassarius (Uzita) trinitatensis Jung 1969 snail | |
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa, "Strombina (Sincola) crassilabrum" = Sincola (Sincola) crassilabrum, Anachis (Anachis) asphaltoda
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa Adams 1845 snail
"Strombina (Sincola) crassilabrum" = Sincola (Sincola) crassilabrum Guppy 1874 snail | |
Prunum (Prunum) dallianum Maury 1912 margin shell | |
Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus1, Thais (Stramonita) cf. haemostoma, Risomurex galbensis, "Cymia brightoniana" = Cymia (Cymia) brightoniana
Thais (Stramonita) cf. haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
Risomurex galbensis murex snail
"Cymia brightoniana" = Cymia (Cymia) brightoniana Maury 1925 murex snail | |
Ithycythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) cf. semidecussata" = Pseudotorinia
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) cf. semidecussata" = Pseudotorinia snail | |
Diodora cavenensis snail | |
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) ludificans" = Saccella
"Nuculana (Saccella) ludificans" = Saccella pointed nut clam | |
Juliacorbula aequivalvis Philippi 1836 clam
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
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Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus, "Chione (Lirophora) sanctidavidis" = Lirophora, Chione (Nioche) veatchiana, Dosinia (Dosinia) sp.
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) sanctidavidis" = Lirophora venus clam
Chione (Nioche) veatchiana Maury 1912 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinia) sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam | |
"Eurytellina melajoensis" = Tellina (Eurytellina), "? Eurytellina oligoscissurata" = Tellina (Eurytellina), "Moerella (Moerella) elinguis" = Tellina (Moerella)
"Eurytellina melajoensis" = Tellina (Eurytellina) tellin clam
"? Eurytellina oligoscissurata" = Tellina (Eurytellina) tellin clam
"Moerella (Moerella) elinguis" = Tellina (Moerella) tellin clam | |
Donax striatus Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) maturensis, "Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia cockle | |
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) sp." = Argopecten
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) sp." = Argopecten Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
Anadara (Anadara) inaequilateralis Maury 1917 ark
Lunarca billingsiana Maury 1912 ark | |
Noetia (Noetia) sheldoniana Maury 1912 clam |