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
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Bivalvia | |
"Pecten (Amussium) subpleuronectes" = Amusium
"Pecten (Amussium) subpleuronectes" = Amusium scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Aturia sp. Bronn 1838 nautiloid |