PJ 302 - Matura Member, Matura: Early/Lower Pliocene, Trinidad and Tobago

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Parviturbo maturensis
Solariorbis marginatus
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina
original and current combination Astralium
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Microgaza oblita
Calliostoma decipiens (Guppy 1867)
recombined as Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens
Calliostoma laticarinatum (Guppy 1867)
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora cavenensis
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Epitonium) albidum Orbigny 1842
Epitonium (Asperiscala) cf. candeanum (d'Orbigny 1842)
Epitonium (Asperiscala) aff. sericifilum
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Niso sp. Risso 1826
Balcis informal sp. A Leach 1847
Eulima clavata
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Trochita radians Lamarck 1816
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum (Guppy 1867)
Calyptraea centralis (Conrad 1841)
Gastropoda - Planaxidae
Fossarus (Iselica) anomalis
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Vermicularia spirata (Philippi 1836)
Vermicularia trilineata (Guppy 1864)
Turritella (Broderiptella) aff. planigyrata (Guppy 1867)
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Crassispira (Crassispira) ritanida (Mansfield 1925)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Niteoliva) cf. verreauxi
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus Say 1826
replaced by Nassarius antillarum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa (Adams 1845)
recombined as Parvanachis obesa
Aesopus peculiaris
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Hastula aff. hastata (Gmelin 1791)
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Adelocythara micropleura
Polystira informal sp. A Woodring 1928
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis (Typhinellus) cf. quadratus
    = Typhis (Typhinellus) sowerbii Broderip 1833
Gertman 1969
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Erato maugeriae Gray 1832
recombined as Archierato maugeriae
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Naticarius canrena
Tectonatica pusilla (Say 1822)
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina (Rissoina) sp. d'Orbigny 1840
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus cf. floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila cf. adamsi (Lea 1845)
recombined as Seila adamsii
Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) sp. Hanley 1849
Cerithiopsis emersoni Adams 1839
    = Retilaskeya bicolor Adams 1845
Hendy et al. 2008
Cerithiopsis emersoni is unavailable
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphora guppyi
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Cheilea cf. equestris (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) sp. (Pilsbry 1953)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Triptychus (Peristichia) sp. Mörch 1875
Turbonilla informal sp. C Risso 1826
Turbonilla informal sp. A Risso 1826
Eulimella (Ebalina) mitis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi
original and current combination Pseudotorinia
Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis (Röding 1798)
original and current combination Architectonica nobilis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda informal sp. A Semper 1865
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina canaliculata (Say 1826)
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Neritina virginea
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia (Eontia) centrota (Guppy 1867)
Arcopsis adamsi (Dall 1886)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Lunarca billingsiana (Maury 1912)
Barbatia (? Fugleria) millifila
spelled with current rank as Fugleria
Subspecies: B. (F.) millifera latrinidadis
Barbatia (Acar) domingensis (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Acar domingensis
Arca (Arca) zebra (Swainson 1833)
original and current combination Byssoarca zebra
Subspecies: Arca (A.) zebra zebra
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) undata
Tucetona pectinata (Gmelin 1791)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis
synonym of Argopecten
Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus Dall 1898
recombined as Argopecten demiurgus
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) sp. Swainson 1840
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina (Lucinisca) roigi
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp. Gardner 1926
Juliacorbula aequivalvis (Philippi 1836)
Tenuicorbula aff. melajoensis (Jung 1969)
Notocorbula aff. disparilis
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Notocorbula)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama aff. caloosana
[entered as Pseudochama calooosana]
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin 1792)
Chione (Nioche) veatchiana Maury 1912
Chione (Chione) cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Chione cancellata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) maturensis
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis
spelled with current rank as Dallocardia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax striatus Linnaeus 1767
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera (Carditamera) guppyi
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella marticensis
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Lamellinucula) vieta Guppy 1874
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) vieta
Nucula (Lamellinucula) baccata
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida
original and current combination Saccella
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Dentalium) sp. Linnaeus 1758
Dentalium (Graptacme) cf. amaliense
see common names

Geography
Country:Trinidad and Tobago
Coordinates: 10.7° North, 61.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.6° North, 60.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Talparo Member:Matura
Regional section:Matura
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,brown poorly lithified argillaceous,sandy "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: From blocks of highly limonitic, brown coquina with intercalations of clay and silt.
Environment:shoreface
Geology comments: The Matura fauna is a typical tropical, nearshore assemblage.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,some microfossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI,USNM
Collection method comments: 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.
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for Mollusca. Several species of corals, bryozoa, lots of spines of echinodemrs, an Ophiuran (Berry 1935), fish teeth, otoliths, Balanus, and ostracods are present. Saunders in an unpublished report listed foraminifera from this locality.
Metadata
Database number:60416
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:60412
Created:2006-05-14 13:37:18 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-14 13:37:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17317. P. Jung. 1969. Miocene and Pliocene mollusks from Trinidad. Bulletins of American Paleontology 55(247):293-697 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

31231 R. L. Gertman. 1969. Cenozoic Typhinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Western Atlantic region. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7(4):143-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
19909 A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]