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