Where: Haiti (18.9° N, 72.0° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 70.9° W)

When: Maissade Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene to Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 11.6 Ma)

• On the general correlation table these sediments are shown in part as Oligocene and Miocene to correspond with Maury's determinations in the Yaqui Valley of Santo Domingo. What is here called the Maissade is undoubtedly the equivalent of the Sconsia laevigata and the Aphera islacolonis formations in Maury's section' and the equivalent in part of Hill's Bowden in Jamaica. This places the Maissade in the Miocene and it represents probably lower and middle Miocene. PJW: This represents lignite deposits that occur in three different formations.

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, sandy shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: W. Jones. 1918. A Geological Reconnaissance in Haiti a Contribution to Antillean Geology. Journal of Geology 26(8):728-752 [M. Uhen/M. Bean]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 173459: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Meredith Bean on 25.09.2015

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