JS 67 - Matura Member, Matura (Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.7° N, 61.1° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 60.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Matura Member (Talparo Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• Collection is from the Matura Sand and Clay Member of the Talparo Formation. The Matura fauna is considered to be of early Pliocene age and is probably slightly younger than the Courbaril fauna. The Matura shell bed has variously been attributed to the Pliocene (Guppy 1864, 1867, 1874; Maury 1925; Kugler 1953; Woodring 1966) or Pleistocene (Kugler 1936).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, brown, argillaceous, sandy mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• The Matura fauna is a typical tropical, nearshore assemblage.
• From blocks of highly limonitic, brown coquina with intercalations of clay and silt.

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 60414: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for Mollusca. Several species of corals, bryozoa, lots of spines of echinodemrs, an Ophiuran (Berry 1935), fish teeth, otoliths, Balanus, and ostracods are present. Saunders in an unpublished report listed foraminifera from this locality.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens Guppy 1867 top snail
Calliostoma plicomphalus Guppy 1867 top snail
"Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni Maury 1925 top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Epitonium) albidum Orbigny 1842 wentletrap
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus, "Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum, Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum, Calyptraea centralis
"Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
"Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum Guppy 1867 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum Guppy 1867 slipper shell
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Planaxidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Vermicularia ? trilineata Guppy 1864 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum d'Orbigny 1847 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria tulipa Linnaeus 1758 tulip snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Zanassarina sp." = Nassarina (Zanassarina), "Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa, "Strombina (Sincola) crassilabrum" = Sincola (Sincola) crassilabrum, Aesopus aff. metcalfei, "Glyptaesopus sp." = Aesopus (Glyptaesopus)
"Zanassarina sp." = Nassarina (Zanassarina) Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 snail
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa Adams 1845 snail
"Strombina (Sincola) crassilabrum" = Sincola (Sincola) crassilabrum Guppy 1874 snail
"Glyptaesopus sp." = Aesopus (Glyptaesopus) Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 dovesnail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira "sp. A" Woodring 1928 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum (Prunum) dallianum Maury 1912 margin shell
Volvarina "sp. B" Hinds 1844 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
"Persicula (Rabicea) interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata
"Persicula (Rabicea) interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata Megerle von Mühlfeld 1818 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis (Typhinellus) sowerbii Broderip 1833 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae Gray 1832 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Tectonatica pusilla
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Serpulorbis decussata" = Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell
Petaloconchus cf. floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
"Seila cf. adamsi" = Seila adamsii
"Seila cf. adamsi" = Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla "sp. A" Risso 1826 snail
Turbonilla "sp. C" Risso 1826 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia snail
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia (Eontia) centrota Guppy 1867 clam
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, Lunarca billingsiana, "Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata, "Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis, "Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra
Lunarca billingsiana Maury 1912 ark
"Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
Subspecies: Arca (A.) imbricata imbricata
"Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
"Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
Subspecies: Arca (A.) zebra zebra
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten, "Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten calico scallop
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898 calico scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Juliacorbula aequivalvis Philippi 1836 clam
"Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Tivela (Tivela) austeniana Maury 1912 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora Conrad 1863 venus clam
Anomalocardia brasiliana Gmelin 1792 venus clam
Chione (Nioche) veatchiana Maury 1912 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) maturensis, "Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia cockle
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax striatus Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Eurytellina punicea Born 1778 tellin clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen (Solena) obliquus Spengler 1794 clam
 Carditida - Condylocardiidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella martinicensis d'Orbigny 1853 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula (Lamellinucula) vieta" = Nucula (Nucula) vieta, Nucula (Lamellinucula) baccata
"Nucula (Lamellinucula) vieta" = Nucula (Nucula) vieta Guppy 1874 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida" = Saccella
"Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida" = Saccella pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae