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 60417: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Graptacme) cf. amaliense tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) guppyi" = Pseudotorinia snail | |
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea
"Neritina (Vitta) cf. virginia" = Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Crassispira (Crassispira) ritanida Mansfield 1925 snail | |
Epitonium (Asperiscala) cf. candeanum d'Orbigny 1842 wentletrap
Epitonium (Epitonium) albidum Orbigny 1842 wentletrap | |
Turritella (Broderiptella) aff. planigyrata Guppy 1867 turret shell
Vermicularia spirata Philippi 1836 turret shell
Vermicularia trilineata Guppy 1864 turret shell | |
Trochita radians, Calyptraea centralis, "Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum, Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum
Trochita radians Lamarck 1816 slipper shell
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell
"Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum Guppy 1867 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum Guppy 1867 slipper shell | |
Triphora guppyi snail | |
"Seila cf. adamsi" = Seila adamsii, Retilaskeya bicolor2, Cerithiopsis ? sp., Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) sp.
"Seila cf. adamsi" = Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail
Cerithiopsis ? sp. Hanley 1849 snail
Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) sp. Hanley 1849 snail | |
Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell
Petaloconchus cf. floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953 worm shell | |
"Bursa (Marsupina) bufo" = Marsupina bufo
"Bursa (Marsupina) bufo" = Marsupina bufo Bruguiére 1792 frog shell | |
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae Gray 1832 snail | |
Volvarina "sp. B" Hinds 1844 margin shell
Prunum (Prunum) dallianum Maury 1912 margin shell | |
Thais (Stramonita) cf. haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail | |
"Persicula (Rabicea) cf. interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata
"Persicula (Rabicea) cf. interruptolineata" = Persicula interruptalineata Megerle von Mühlfeld 1818 snail | |
Scabricola nodulosa mitre shell | |
Olivella (Niteoliva) cf. verreauxi olive snail
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Pallacera cf. gaudelupensis, "Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum
"Nassarius (Uzita) cf. albus" = Nassarius antillarum d'Orbigny 1847 snail | |
Strombinophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk | |
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa, Anachis (Anachis) asphaltoda, Aesopus peculiaris
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa Adams 1845 snail
Aesopus peculiaris dovesnail | |
Polystira "sp. A" Woodring 1928 turrid
Adelocythara ? micropleura turrid | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Tectonatica pusilla
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail | |
Caecum "sp. E" Fleming 1813 snail | |
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium snail | |
Solariorbis ? marginatus snail | |
Calliostoma laticarinatum, "Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens, Calliostoma plicomphalus, "Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni, Microgaza oblita
Calliostoma laticarinatum Guppy 1867 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
Microgaza oblita top snail | |
Diodora cavenensis snail | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida" = Saccella
"Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida" = Saccella pointed nut clam | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) baccata nut clam | |
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Crassostrea cf. virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) cf. gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus, "Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus, "Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) cf. gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus Linnaeus 1758 calico scallop
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) demiurgus" = Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898 calico scallop
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) rutamensis" = Argopecten calico scallop | |
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam
Noetia (Noetia) sheldoniana Maury 1912 clam
Noetia (Eontia) centrota Guppy 1867 clam | |
"Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra, "Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis, Lunarca billingsiana
"Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
Lunarca billingsiana Maury 1912 ark | |
Juliacorbula aequivalvis, Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp., "Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula)
Juliacorbula aequivalvis Philippi 1836 clam
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp. Gardner 1926 clam
"Notocorbula aff. disparilis" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam | |
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
Tivela (Tivela) austeniana, "Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora, Anomalocardia brasiliana, "Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata, Chione (Nioche) veatchiana, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus
Tivela (Tivela) austeniana Maury 1912 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora Conrad 1863 venus clam
Anomalocardia brasiliana Gmelin 1792 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Chione (Nioche) veatchiana Maury 1912 venus clam
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus venus clam | |
Pseudochama cf. caloosana jewel box
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) maturensis, "Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia
"Trachycardium (Dallocardia) sanctidavidis" = Dallocardia cockle | |
Strigilla (Strigilla) carnaria Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Strigilla (Pisostrigilla) pisiformis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Semele aff. anteriocosta Vokes 1938 clam | |
Crassinella martinicensis d'Orbigny 1853 clam | |
Condylocardia guppyi clam |