Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.2° N, 61.6° W: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 60.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Courbaril Member (Morne l'Enfer Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Collection is from the Courbaril Sand and Clay Member of the Upper Morne l'Enfer Formation. The Courbaril fauna is considered to be of early Pliocene age and is probably slightly older than the Matura fauna.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified sandstone and claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI, USNM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• 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.
Primary reference: P. Jung. 1969. Miocene and Pliocene mollusks from Trinidad. Bulletins of American Paleontology 55(247):293-697 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60644: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Cyclinella aff. tenuis, "Chione (Lirophora) sanctidavidis" = Lirophora, Chione (Nioche) veatchiana, Dosinia (Dosinia) sp.
Cyclinella aff. tenuis Récluz 1852 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) sanctidavidis" = Lirophora venus clam
Chione (Nioche) veatchiana Maury 1912 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinia) sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam | |
Semele proficua, Semele purpurascens, Semele aff. anteriocosta, Abra cf. aequalis, Cumingia galbensis
Semele proficua Pulteney 1799 clam
Semele purpurascens Gmelin 1791 clam
Semele aff. anteriocosta Vokes 1938 clam
Abra cf. aequalis Say 1822 abra
Cumingia galbensis clam | |
Donax brightonensis clam | |
Strigilla (Strigilla) carnaria, "Moerella (Moerella) elinguis" = Tellina (Moerella), Eurytellina punicea
Strigilla (Strigilla) carnaria Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Moerella (Moerella) elinguis" = Tellina (Moerella) tellin clam
Eurytellina punicea Born 1778 tellin clam | |
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia, "Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) maturensis
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia cockle
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
"Carditamera (Bryssomera) aff. affinis" = Carditamera affinis
"Carditamera (Bryssomera) aff. affinis" = Carditamera affinis Sowerby 1823 clam | |
"Arca (aff. Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata, Anadara (Cunearca) filicata
"Arca (aff. Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Dentalium) divulgatum tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cymia brightoniana" = Cymia (Cymia) brightoniana, "Thais (Stramonita) cf. haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma, Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
"Cymia brightoniana" = Cymia (Cymia) brightoniana Maury 1925 murex snail
"Thais (Stramonita) cf. haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail | |
Cerithium harrisi cerith snail |