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
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Dentalium) sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium (Graptacme) cf. amaliense tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"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 | |
"Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata, "Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis, "Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra, Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, Lunarca billingsiana
"Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam Subspecies: Arca (A.) imbricata imbricata
"Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana Lamarck 1819 ark
Lunarca billingsiana Maury 1912 ark | |
Noetia (Eontia) centrota Guppy 1867 clam
Noetia (Noetia) sheldoniana Maury 1912 clam
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam | |
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus, "Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898 calico scallop
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten calico scallop | |
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Crassinella martinicensis d'Orbigny 1853 clam | |
Condylocardia guppyi clam | |
Solen (Solena) obliquus Spengler 1794 clam | |
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp., "Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula), Juliacorbula aequivalvis
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp. Gardner 1926 clam
"Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam
Juliacorbula aequivalvis Philippi 1836 clam | |
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) maturensis
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia cockle | |
Eurytellina punicea Born 1778 tellin clam | |
Donax fabagelloides clam
Donax striatus Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Tivela (Tivela) austeniana, "Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata, Chione (Nioche) veatchiana, Anomalocardia brasiliana, "Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora
Tivela (Tivela) austeniana Maury 1912 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Chione (Nioche) veatchiana Maury 1912 venus clam
Anomalocardia brasiliana Gmelin 1792 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora Conrad 1863 venus clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Pseudochama aff. caloosana jewel box | |
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium (Epitonium) albidum Orbigny 1842 wentletrap | |
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Tectonatica pusilla
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae Gray 1832 snail | |
Olivella (Niteoliva) cf. verreauxi olive snail
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Polystira "sp. A" Woodring 1928 turrid
Adelocythara ? micropleura turrid | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Fasciolaria tulipa Linnaeus 1758 tulip snail | |
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum d'Orbigny 1847 snail | |
"Zanassarina sp." = Nassarina (Zanassarina), Aesopus aff. metcalfei, "Glyptaesopus sp." = Aesopus (Glyptaesopus), "Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa, "Strombina (Sincola) crassilabrum" = Sincola (Sincola) crassilabrum
"Zanassarina sp." = Nassarina (Zanassarina) Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 snail
Aesopus aff. metcalfei dovesnail
"Glyptaesopus sp." = Aesopus (Glyptaesopus) Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 dovesnail
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa Adams 1845 snail
"Strombina (Sincola) crassilabrum" = Sincola (Sincola) crassilabrum Guppy 1874 snail | |
Volvarina "sp. B" Hinds 1844 margin shell
Prunum (Prunum) dallianum Maury 1912 margin shell | |
Typhis (Typhinellus) sowerbii Broderip 1833 murex snail | |
"Persicula (Rabicea) interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata
"Persicula (Rabicea) interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata Megerle von Mühlfeld 1818 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 | |
"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 | |
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail
Eulima clavata snail | |
Vermicularia ? trilineata Guppy 1864 turret shell | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia snail | |
Turbonilla "sp. A" Risso 1826 snail
Turbonilla "sp. C" Risso 1826 snail | |
Diodora cavenensis snail | |
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium snail | |
"Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens, "Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni, Calliostoma plicomphalus, Microgaza oblita
"Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens Guppy 1867 top snail
"Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni Maury 1925 top snail
Calliostoma plicomphalus Guppy 1867 top snail
Microgaza oblita top snail |