Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.7° N, 61.1° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 60.3° W)
• 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 60414: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium snail | |
Microgaza oblita, "Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens, "Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni, Calliostoma plicomphalus
Microgaza oblita top snail
"Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens Guppy 1867 top snail
"Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni Maury 1925 top snail
Calliostoma plicomphalus Guppy 1867 top snail | |
Diodora cavenensis snail | |
Eulima clavata snail
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Calyptraea centralis, "Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus, "Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum, Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell
"Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
"Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum Guppy 1867 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum Guppy 1867 slipper shell | |
Vermicularia ? trilineata Guppy 1864 turret shell | |
Epitonium (Epitonium) albidum Orbigny 1842 wentletrap | |
"Seila cf. adamsi" = Seila adamsii
"Seila cf. adamsi" = Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
"Serpulorbis decussata" = Serpulorbis decussatus, Petaloconchus cf. floridanus
"Serpulorbis decussata" = Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell
Petaloconchus cf. floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953 worm shell | |
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
Olivella (Niteoliva) cf. verreauxi olive snail | |
Typhis (Typhinellus) sowerbii Broderip 1833 murex snail | |
Prunum (Prunum) dallianum Maury 1912 margin shell
Volvarina "sp. B" Hinds 1844 margin shell | |
"Persicula (Rabicea) interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata
"Persicula (Rabicea) interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata Megerle von Mühlfeld 1818 snail | |
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum d'Orbigny 1847 snail | |
Fasciolaria tulipa Linnaeus 1758 tulip snail | |
"Zanassarina sp." = Nassarina (Zanassarina), "Strombina (Sincola) crassilabrum" = Sincola (Sincola) crassilabrum, Aesopus aff. metcalfei, "Glyptaesopus sp." = Aesopus (Glyptaesopus), "Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa
"Zanassarina sp." = Nassarina (Zanassarina) Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 snail
"Strombina (Sincola) crassilabrum" = Sincola (Sincola) crassilabrum Guppy 1874 snail
Aesopus aff. metcalfei dovesnail
"Glyptaesopus sp." = Aesopus (Glyptaesopus) Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 dovesnail
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa Adams 1845 snail | |
Adelocythara ? micropleura turrid
Polystira "sp. A" Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae Gray 1832 snail | |
Tectonatica pusilla, "Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena
Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia snail | |
Turbonilla "sp. A" Risso 1826 snail
Turbonilla "sp. C" Risso 1826 snail | |
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) baccata, "Nucula (Lamellinucula) vieta" = Nucula (Nucula) vieta
Nucula (Lamellinucula) baccata nut clam
"Nucula (Lamellinucula) vieta" = Nucula (Nucula) vieta Guppy 1874 nut clam | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida" = Saccella
"Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida" = Saccella pointed nut clam | |
Crassinella martinicensis d'Orbigny 1853 clam | |
Condylocardia guppyi clam | |
Solen (Solena) obliquus Spengler 1794 clam | |
"Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula), Juliacorbula aequivalvis, Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp.
"Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam
Juliacorbula aequivalvis Philippi 1836 clam
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Anomalocardia brasiliana, "Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora, Chione (Nioche) veatchiana, "Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata, Tivela (Tivela) austeniana
Anomalocardia brasiliana Gmelin 1792 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora Conrad 1863 venus clam
Chione (Nioche) veatchiana Maury 1912 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Tivela (Tivela) austeniana Maury 1912 venus clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Pseudochama aff. caloosana jewel box | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) maturensis, "Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia cockle | |
Eurytellina punicea Born 1778 tellin clam | |
Donax fabagelloides clam
Donax striatus Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Noetia (Eontia) centrota Guppy 1867 clam
Noetia (Noetia) sheldoniana Maury 1912 clam
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam | |
Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, Lunarca billingsiana, "Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra, "Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis, "Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata
Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana Lamarck 1819 ark
Lunarca billingsiana Maury 1912 ark
"Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
"Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam Subspecies: Arca (A.) imbricata imbricata
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Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus, "Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898 calico scallop
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten calico scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Dentalium) sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium (Graptacme) cf. amaliense tusk shell |