Las Cahobas Formation (Miocene of Haiti)

Where: Haiti (19.0° N, 72.4° W: paleocoordinates 18.9° N, 71.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Las Cahobas Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Las Cahobas Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Middle Miocene, in Woodring (1973). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite for formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown

Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1973. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(E):453-539 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96508: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.06.2010

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: General list for Las Cahobas Fm, but limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Haustellum messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius2
"Haustellum messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius2 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula (Bothrocorbula) vimnea" = Bothrocorbula1
"Corbula (Bothrocorbula) vimnea" = Bothrocorbula1 clam