Where: Haiti (18.5° N, 72.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 71.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Las Cahobas Formation (Artibonite Group), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• Stated in text as being from "Miocene moyen et superior". Graham (1990) reports the Las Cahobas Formation as being Late Miocene in age based on floral microfossil biostratigraphy, while other authors (e.g. Van den Bold 1970, 1976) report a middle Miocene-Late Miocene age. The enterer (A. Hendy) assigns the Late Miocene age on the basis of most recent and confined age assessments.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Unknown collection repository. Requires translation.
Primary reference: J. Butterlin. 1960. Géologie générale et régionale de la République D'Haiti. Travaux et Mémoires de L'Institute des Hautes Estudes de L'Amérique Latine 6:1-190 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60110: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Balanus concava barnacle
Balanus cf. eburneus Gould 1841 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea guppyi, Ostrea messor2, Ostrea cf. democraciana, "Ostrea folium" = Dendostrea folium, "Ostrea folioides" = Dendostrea frons
Ostrea guppyi Woodring 1925 oyster
Ostrea cf. democraciana Hodson et al. 1927 oyster
"Ostrea folium" = Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 foliate oyster
"Ostrea folioides" = Dendostrea frons Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Chlamys vaughani scallop | |
Anadara prephina Woodring 1925 ark | |
"Corbula viminea" = Bothrocorbula viminea1
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Psammosolen sanctidominici Maury 1917 clam | |
"Isocardia cf. fraterna" = Glossus fraterna
"Isocardia cf. fraterna" = Glossus fraterna Say 1824 clam | |
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam |