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 60416: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Graptacme) cf. amaliense tusk shell
Dentalium (Dentalium) sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Noetia (Eontia) centrota Guppy 1867 clam
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam | |
Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam | |
Lunarca billingsiana, "Barbatia (? Fugleria) millifila" = Fugleria, "Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis, "Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra
Lunarca billingsiana Maury 1912 ark
"Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark | |
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus, "Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898 calico scallop
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten calico scallop | |
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Tenuicorbula aff. melajoensis, "Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula), Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp., Juliacorbula aequivalvis
Tenuicorbula aff. melajoensis Jung 1969 clam
"Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp. Gardner 1926 clam
Juliacorbula aequivalvis Philippi 1836 clam | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) maturensis, "Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia cockle | |
Donax striatus Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Anomalocardia brasiliana, Chione (Nioche) veatchiana, "Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata
Anomalocardia brasiliana Gmelin 1792 venus clam
Chione (Nioche) veatchiana Maury 1912 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
"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 | |
Gastropoda | |
Diodora cavenensis snail | |
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium snail | |
Parviturbo maturensis snail
Solariorbis ? marginatus snail | |
"Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens, Calliostoma laticarinatum, Microgaza oblita
"Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens Guppy 1867 top snail
Calliostoma laticarinatum Guppy 1867 top snail
Microgaza oblita top snail | |
Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble | |
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis, "Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia snail | |
Triptychus (Peristichia) sp. Mörch 1875 snail
Turbonilla "sp. C" Risso 1826 snail
Turbonilla "sp. A" Risso 1826 snail | |
Mathilda "sp. A" Semper 1865 snail | |
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Epitonium (Asperiscala) cf. candeanum, Epitonium (Asperiscala) aff. sericifilum, Epitonium (Epitonium) albidum
Epitonium (Asperiscala) cf. candeanum d'Orbigny 1842 wentletrap
Epitonium (Asperiscala) aff. sericifilum wentletrap
Epitonium (Epitonium) albidum Orbigny 1842 wentletrap | |
Vermicularia ? trilineata Guppy 1864 turret shell
Vermicularia spirata Philippi 1836 turret shell
Turritella (Broderiptella) aff. planigyrata Guppy 1867 turret 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 | |
Cheilea cf. equestris Linnaeus 1758 hoof shell | |
Rissoina (Rissoina) sp. d'Orbigny 1840 snail | |
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) sp. Pilsbry 1953 snail | |
Petaloconchus cf. floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953 worm shell | |
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae Gray 1832 snail | |
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa, Aesopus peculiaris
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa Adams 1845 snail
Aesopus peculiaris dovesnail | |
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum d'Orbigny 1847 snail | |
Olivella (Niteoliva) cf. verreauxi olive snail
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Polystira "sp. A" Woodring 1928 turrid
Adelocythara ? micropleura turrid | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
Hastula aff. hastata Gmelin 1791 auger snail | |
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Triphora guppyi snail | |
Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) sp. Hanley 1849 snail
"Seila cf. adamsi" = Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Crassispira (Crassispira) ritanida Mansfield 1925 snail | |
Trochita radians Lamarck 1816 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum Guppy 1867 slipper shell
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell |