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