TU 705 (<4 mm) [Bowden Fm] (Pliocene of Jamaica)

Where: Jamaica (17.9° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 76.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bowden Formation (Coastal Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Pickerill et al. (1998). Bowden Formation is the uppermost stratigraphic unit of the Lower Coastal Group. The top of the formation is defined by the nonconformably overlying, early Pleistocene Old Pera Beds of the Upper Coastal Group. AGE: Late Pliocene. The unit was formely regarded as Miocene in age, even Oligocene, but foraminiferal and planktic gastropod biostratigraphy points to a late Pliocene age. THICKNESS: The formation has an extimated maximum thickness of 150m, although the basal part of the formation is unexposed. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. COMMENTS: In its type area of the Bowden district, natural exposures of the formation are poor and discontinuous, so that a complete and detailed stratigraphy of the entire sequence cannot be determined.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, pebbly, conglomeratic marl

• ENVIRONMENT: The conglomeratic lithofacies are interpretated as a product of sediment gravity flows, more specifically turbidites, and constitute and integral component of the Bowden Shell bed. The marlstone lithofacies is interpreted as a product of pelagic and hemiplegaic deposition from low density turbidity currents, or possibly even bottom water nepheloid layers.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Imperfectly consolidated gravel consisting of pebbles and grains of igneous rocks, limestone, and other sorts of rock in a marly matrix. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the FMNH, USNM

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes (1969). REPOSITORY: FLMNH, USNM. FIDELITY: High ecological fidelity. ASSOCIATED COLLECTIONS: Small (<4mm) split of TU-705.

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69094: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• TAXONOMY: Identified by E. Vokes, revised by R. Portell; nomenclature further revised by A. Hendy.
unclassified
  -
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda "indet. A" Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropoda "indet. B" Cuvier 1795 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
Smaragdia sp. Issel 1869 snail
 Opisthobranchia -
Roxania sp. Leach In Gray 1847 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
"Atys (Aliculastrum) sp." = Aliculastrum Pilsbry 1896 snail
Aliculastrum dalli Woodring 1928 snail
Atys (Aliculastrum) morantensis Woodring 1928 snail
Atys (Atys) sp. Montfort 1810 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnella atacata Woodring 1928 snail
Cylichna aula Woodring 1928 snail
Acteocina coixlacryma barrel-bubble
"Acteocina subbullata" = Acteocina bullata Kiener 1834 barrel-bubble
Acteocina lepta Woodring 1928 barrel-bubble
Acteocina anetaspira Woodring 1928 barrel-bubble
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
"Limacina inflata" = Heliconoides inflata
"Limacina inflata" = Heliconoides inflata Orbigny 1836 snail
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Cavolinia ventricosa Guppy 1882 snail
"Cavolinia vendryesiana" = Cavolinia marginata Bronn 1962 snail
Diacria digitata Guppy 1882 snail
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea arca, "Acmaea actina" = Lottia actina, "Acmaea cf. actina" = Lottia actina
"Acmaea actina" = Lottia actina Woodring 1928 limpet
"Acmaea cf. actina" = Lottia actina Woodring 1928 limpet
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitoniidae "indet. A" Berry 1910 wentletrap
Epitoniidae "indet. B" Berry 1910 wentletrap
Opalia (Opalia) sp. Adams and Adams 1858 wentletrap
"Epitonium" gabbi wentletrap
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Eulimidae indet. Philippi 1853 snail
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail
Eulima nobilis Guppy 1896 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Seila sp. Adams 1861 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphora "sp. A" Blainville 1828 snail
Triphora "sp. B" Blainville 1828 snail
Triphora "sp. C" Blainville 1828 snail
Triphora "sp. D" Blainville 1828 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail
Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail
Listed as "Polinices brunnea"
Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoidae "indet. A" Gray 1847 snail
Rissoidae indet. Gray 1847 snail
"Rissoina (Rissoina) browniana" = Rissoina (Cibdezebina) browniana d'Orbigny 1845 snail
Rissoina (Rissoina) "sp. A" d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Rissoina (Rissoina) "sp. B" d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Rissoina (Rissoina) "sp. C" d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Rissoina (Rissoina) "sp. D" d'Orbigny 1840 snail
"Rissoina (Rissoina) guppyi" = Rissoina (Phosinella) sagraiana d'Orbigny 1842 snail
"Rissoina (Rissoina) rituola" = Rissoina (Phosinella) sagraiana d'Orbigny 1842 snail
Crepitacella cepula Guppy 1866 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758 hoof shell
Hipponix tortilis hoof shell
Hipponix lium hoof shell
Hipponix ceras hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
"Teinostoma" sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinellidae indet. Bush 1897 snail
"Circulus pentagonus" = Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) pentagonus Gabb 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Assimineidae
Assiminea sp. Fleming 1828 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
Caecum sp. Fleming 1813 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
""Trivia" globosa" = Niveria (Cleotrivia) globosa Sowerby 1832 snail
Erato (Erato) domingensis Maury 1917 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora delectus carrier shell
Xenophora delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus pilsbryi Smith 1907 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Granulina pycna Woodring 1928 snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginellidae "indet. A" Fleming 1828 margin shell
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
""Nassarius" cercadensis" = Nassarius (Uzita) cercadensis
""Nassarius" cercadensis" = Nassarius (Uzita) cercadensis Maury 1917 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbellidae "indet. A" Swainson 1840 snail
Columbellidae "indet. B" Swainson 1840 snail
"Costoanachis cf. aulata" = Anachis (Costoanachis) snail
Nassarina (Nassarina) sp. Dall 1889 snail
Columbella submercatoria Olsson 1922 snail
Columbellopsis sp. Bucquoy et al. 1882 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
"Olivella indivisa" = Olivella (Olivella) indivisa Guppy 1896 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae indet. Gray 1853 snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Costellariidae indet. MacDonald 1860 ribbed mitre
Vexillum (Costellaria) sp. Swainson 1840 ribbed mitre
Vexillum (Costellaria) cf. dasaplurum Woodring 1928 ribbed mitre
Vexillum (Costellaria) cf. micramadum Woodring 1928 ribbed mitre
Uromitra "sp. A" Bellardi 1887 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
"Turbinella" "sp. D" Lamarck 1799 snail
"Turbinella" "sp. A" Lamarck 1799 snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Syntomodrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Syntomodrillia iphis Woodring 1928 snail
Drillia sp. Gray 1838 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Microdrillia tersa Woodring 1928 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae "indet. A" Swainson 1840 turrid
Turridae "indet. B" Swainson 1840 turrid
COMMENTS: Listed as "Turridae aff stellatoma/cerodrillia"
Globidrillia ula Woodring 1928 turrid
Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Bactrocythara obtusa Guppy 1896 snail
Pyrgocythara eminula Woodring 1928 snail
aff. Brachycythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Tenaturris terpna Woodring 1928 snail
Ithycythara sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Ithycythara scissa Woodring 1928 snail
Ithycythara ischna Woodring 1928 snail
Ithycythara maera Woodring 1928 snail
Ithycythara cf. psiloides Woodring 1928 snail
Kurtziella (Cryoturris) sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Saccharoturris consentanea Guppy 1896 snail
 Neogastropoda - Horaiclavidae
Thelecythara mucronata Guppy 1896 snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Daphnella sp. Hinds 1844 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Nannodiella amicta Guppy 1896 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852 auger snail
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus "sp. B" Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 cone shell
SUBSPECIES: C. imitator lius
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
Conus gracilissimus Guppy 1866 cone shell
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Compsodrillia cf. catherina Woodring 1928 snail
Compsodrillia senaria Woodring 1928 snail
Compsodrillia cf. urceola Woodring 1928 snail
Miraclathurella entemna Woodring 1928 snail
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail
SUBSPECIES: Modulus modulus basileus
 Cerithioidea - Litiopidae
Alaba turrita Guppy 1896 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Vermicularia spirata Philippi 1836 turret shell
Turritella guppyi Cossmann 1909 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae "indet. D" Fleming 1822 cerith snail
Cerithiidae "indet. B" Fleming 1822 cerith snail
Cerithiidae "indet. C" Fleming 1822 cerith snail
Cerithiidae "indet. A" Fleming 1822 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) costaricana cerith snail
SUBSPECIES: R. costaricana stena
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Alabina curta cerith snail
 Seguenzioidea - Seguenziidae
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Arene (Arene) siderea snail
COMMENTS: Listed as "Ottolonia siderea" in Woodring (1928)
"Astraea (Lithopoma) sp." = Lithopoma Gray 1850 snail
 Trochoidea - Liotiidae
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
 Trochoidea - Colloniidae
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail
Microgaza "sp. A" Dall 1881 top snail
Microgaza rotella Dall 1881 top snail
SUBSPECIES: M. rotella vetula
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
Tricolia "sp. A" Risso 1826 snail
COMMENTS: Listed as T. (Eulithidium) sp. A
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Puncturella vetula puncturella
"Fissurisepta vetula" = Puncturella (Fissurisepta) puncturella
"Diodora alternata" = Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822 snail
SUBSPECIES: D. alternata henekeni
Emarginula "sp. A" Lamarck 1801 snail
Emarginula "sp. B" Lamarck 1801 snail
 Cocculinoidea - Cocculinidae
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda sp. Semper 1865 snail
COMMENTS: Listed as "Gegania sp."
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Acteon riomaensis" = Japonactaeon punctostriata, Acteon sp.
"Acteon riomaensis" = Japonactaeon punctostriata Adams 1840 snail
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Ringicula (Ringiculella) cf. tridentata" = Ringicula (Ringiculella) semistriata
"Ringicula (Ringiculella) cf. tridentata" = Ringicula (Ringiculella) semistriata d'Orbigny 1841 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudotorinia euprepes Woodring 1928 snail
Philippia krebsii snail
SUBSPECIES: P. krebsii lampra
Philippia sp. Gray 1847 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae "indet. A" Gray 1840 snail
Pyramidellidae "indet. B" Gray 1840 snail
Pyramidellidae "indet. D" Gray 1840 snail
Pyramidella "sp. A" Lamarck 1799 snail
Turbonilla "sp. A" Risso 1826 snail
Turbonilla "sp. B" Risso 1826 snail
  - Juliidae
Julia gardnerae Woodring 1925 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium "sp. B" Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium cossmannianum Pilsbry and Sharp 1897 tusk shell
Graptacme sp. Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell
Tesseracme dissimile tusk shell
SUBSPECIES: T. dissimile dissimile
 Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
 Dentaliida - Gadilinidae
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus simrothi tusk shell
Gadila sp. Gray 1847 tusk shell
Gadila dentalinus tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella "sp. A" Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam
Saccella indigena pointed nut clam
Saccella peltella Dall 1903 pointed nut clam
Saccella subcerata Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam
Orthoyoldia ovalis pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Jupiteria bowdenensis Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella guppyi Dall 1896 clam
Crassinella xena Woodring 1925 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Pleuromeris acaris Dall 1903 clam
Glans scabricostata Guppy 1866 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
""Corbula" sericea" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea
""Corbula" sericea" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea Dall 1898 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholadidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena rotunda Dall 1915 clam
 Cardiida - Erycinidae
 Cardiida - Vesicomyidae
Pliocardia bowdeniana Dall 1903 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama involuta Guppy 1873 jewel box
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Chione woodwardsi venus clam
Chione hendersoni venus clam
Chione returgida venus clam
Chione sawkinsi Woodring 1925 venus clam
Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam
"Gouldia insulare" = Gouldia insularis Dall and Simpson 1901 venus clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
 Cardiida - Donacidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae "indet. A" Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
"Tellina" sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Tellina" healyi tellin clam
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
Strigilla (Strigilla) pisiformis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium "sp. A", Laevicardium serratum, "Fragum medium" = Americardia media, "Fragum elattocostatum" = Americardia guppyi, "Trigoniocardia haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis, "Nemocardium jamaicensis" = Microcardium jamaicense
Laevicardium "sp. A" Swainson 1840 cockle
Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Fragum medium" = Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
"Fragum elattocostatum" = Americardia guppyi Thiele 1910 cockle
"Trigoniocardia haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis Sowerby 1850 cockle
SUBSPECIES: T. haitense
"Nemocardium jamaicensis" = Microcardium jamaicense Dall 1903 cockle
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidariidae indet. Dall 1886 clam
"Cuspidaria distira" = Cardiomya (Bowdenia) distira Dall 1903 clam
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Haliris jamaicensis Dall 1903 clam
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
"Palliolum guppyi" = Cyclopecten guppyi
"Palliolum guppyi" = Cyclopecten guppyi Dall 1898 mud scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten sp., "Aequipecten plurinominis" = Lindapecten plurinominis, "Chlamys" sp.
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
"Aequipecten plurinominis" = Lindapecten plurinominis Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 scallop
SUBSPECIES: A. plurinominis morantensis
"Chlamys" sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Limea solida" = Limaea solida
"Limea solida" = Limaea solida Dall 1898 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp., "Plicatula guppyi" = Plicatula gibbosa
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
"Plicatula guppyi" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria inornata Gabb 1873 pearl oyster
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsidae "sp. A" Dall 1895 clam
Limopsis ovalis Gabb 1873 clam
SUBSPECIES: L. ovalis silova
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp., "Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis, "Glycymeris acuticostata" = Tucetona acuticostata
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898 clam
"Glycymeris acuticostata" = Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842 clam
Anadara prephina Woodring 1925 ark
Bathyarca hendersoni Dall 1898 clam
Arca (Arca) sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
"Arca (Arca) bowdeniana" = Lamarcka bowdeniana Dall 1898 clam
Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885 clam
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel
aff. Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel