Foundation of house in Marin (Miocene of Martinique)

Where: Martinique (14.5° N, 60.9° W: paleocoordinates 14.1° N, 59.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, volcaniclastic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: J. Giraud. 1903. Présentation d'une note sur la géologie de la Martinique. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Quatrième Série 3:129-130 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 169242: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.05.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Amussium) subpleuronectes" = Amusium
"Pecten (Amussium) subpleuronectes" = Amusium scallop
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia sp. Bronn 1838 nautiloid