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
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
Gastropoda | |
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium snail | |
Microgaza oblita, "Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens, Calliostoma plicomphalus, "Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni
Microgaza oblita top snail
"Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens Guppy 1867 top snail
Calliostoma plicomphalus Guppy 1867 top snail
"Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni Maury 1925 top snail | |
Diodora cavenensis snail | |
Epitonium (Epitonium) albidum Orbigny 1842 wentletrap | |
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail
Eulima clavata snail | |
"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 | |
Vermicularia ? trilineata Guppy 1864 turret shell | |
Olivella (Niteoliva) cf. verreauxi olive snail
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum d'Orbigny 1847 snail | |
Fasciolaria tulipa Linnaeus 1758 tulip snail | |
"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
Aesopus aff. metcalfei dovesnail
"Glyptaesopus sp." = Aesopus (Glyptaesopus) Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 dovesnail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Adelocythara ? micropleura turrid
Polystira "sp. A" Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Prunum (Prunum) dallianum Maury 1912 margin shell
Volvarina "sp. B" Hinds 1844 margin shell | |
"Persicula (Rabicea) interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata
"Persicula (Rabicea) interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata Megerle von Mühlfeld 1818 snail | |
Typhis (Typhinellus) sowerbii Broderip 1833 murex snail | |
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae Gray 1832 snail | |
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Tectonatica pusilla
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Serpulorbis decussata" = Serpulorbis decussatus, Petaloconchus cf. floridanus
"Serpulorbis decussata" = Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell
Petaloconchus cf. floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953 worm shell | |
"Seila cf. adamsi" = Seila adamsii
"Seila cf. adamsi" = Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Turbonilla "sp. A" Risso 1826 snail
Turbonilla "sp. C" Risso 1826 snail | |
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia snail | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Noetia (Eontia) centrota Guppy 1867 clam
Noetia (Noetia) sheldoniana Maury 1912 clam
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam | |
Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, Lunarca billingsiana, "Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata, "Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis, "Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra
Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana Lamarck 1819 ark
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 | |
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten, "Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten calico scallop
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898 calico scallop | |
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp., Juliacorbula aequivalvis, "Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula)
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp. Gardner 1926 clam
Juliacorbula aequivalvis Philippi 1836 clam
"Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam | |
Pseudochama aff. caloosana jewel box
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Tivela (Tivela) austeniana, "Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora, Anomalocardia brasiliana, Chione (Nioche) veatchiana, "Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata
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 | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) maturensis, "Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia cockle | |
Donax fabagelloides clam
Donax striatus Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Eurytellina punicea Born 1778 tellin clam | |
Solen (Solena) obliquus Spengler 1794 clam | |
Condylocardia guppyi clam | |
Crassinella martinicensis d'Orbigny 1853 clam | |
"Nucula (Lamellinucula) vieta" = Nucula (Nucula) vieta, Nucula (Lamellinucula) baccata
"Nucula (Lamellinucula) vieta" = Nucula (Nucula) vieta Guppy 1874 nut clam
Nucula (Lamellinucula) baccata nut clam | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida" = Saccella
"Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida" = Saccella pointed nut clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Dentalium) sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium (Graptacme) cf. amaliense tusk shell |