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 | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) baccata nut clam | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida" = Saccella
"Nuculana (Saccella) perlepida" = Saccella pointed nut clam | |
"Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis, "Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra, Lunarca billingsiana
"Barbatia (Acar) domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
Lunarca billingsiana Maury 1912 ark | |
Noetia (Eontia) centrota Guppy 1867 clam
Noetia (Noetia) sheldoniana Maury 1912 clam
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam | |
Crassostrea cf. virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
"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 | |
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Crassinella martinicensis d'Orbigny 1853 clam | |
Condylocardia guppyi 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 | |
Semele aff. anteriocosta Vokes 1938 clam | |
Strigilla (Pisostrigilla) pisiformis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Strigilla (Strigilla) carnaria Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus, Tivela (Tivela) austeniana, "Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata, Chione (Nioche) veatchiana, Anomalocardia brasiliana, "Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus venus clam
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 cf. caloosana jewel box | |
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium (Asperiscala) cf. candeanum d'Orbigny 1842 wentletrap
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 | |
"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 | |
Scabricola nodulosa mitre shell | |
Olivella (Niteoliva) cf. verreauxi olive snail
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Polystira "sp. A" Woodring 1928 turrid
Adelocythara ? micropleura turrid | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
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 | |
Aesopus peculiaris, Anachis (Anachis) asphaltoda, "Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa
Aesopus peculiaris dovesnail
"Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa" = Parvanachis obesa Adams 1845 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 | |
Caecum "sp. E" Fleming 1813 snail | |
Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell
Petaloconchus cf. floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953 worm shell | |
"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 | |
Triphora guppyi snail | |
Trochita radians, "Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum, Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum, Calyptraea centralis
Trochita radians Lamarck 1816 slipper shell
"Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum" = Crucibulum subsutum Guppy 1867 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum Guppy 1867 slipper shell
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell | |
Crassispira (Crassispira) ritanida Mansfield 1925 snail | |
Vermicularia spirata Philippi 1836 turret shell
Vermicularia trilineata Guppy 1864 turret shell
Turritella (Broderiptella) aff. planigyrata Guppy 1867 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 | |
Diodora cavenensis snail | |
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium
"Astraea (Astralium) cf. brevispina" = Astralium snail | |
Solariorbis ? marginatus snail | |
"Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens, Calliostoma laticarinatum, "Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni, Calliostoma plicomphalus, Microgaza oblita
"Calliostoma decipiens" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens Guppy 1867 top snail
Calliostoma laticarinatum Guppy 1867 top snail
"Calliostoma olssoni" = Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni Maury 1925 top snail
Calliostoma plicomphalus Guppy 1867 top snail
Microgaza oblita top snail |