Also known as W 345 F
Where: Haiti (19.5° N, 72.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° N, 72.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Rests unconformably on volcanic rocks, probably of early of middle Mesozoic age, and has a thin but conspicuous conglomerate at its base. The Plaisance Limestone is approximately 100 m thick at its type section. Yellow limestone of Jamaica apparently of the same age as the Plaisance fauna, though more diverse. Correlated to the Claiborne Stage of the Gulf Coast and the Lutetian-Auversian stages. A Lutetian age is assigned based on faunal relationships.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, white, yellow limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by J.S. Brown, March 24 1921.
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring, J. S. Brown, and W.S. Burbank. 1924. Geology of the Republic of Haiti. 1-631 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60574: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
? Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Pseudomiltha haitensis" = Superlucina megameris
"Pseudomiltha haitensis" = Superlucina megameris Dall 1901 clam | |
Chama engonia jewel box | |
Anthozoa | |
Stylocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral |