Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.2° N, 61.6° W: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 60.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Courbaril Member (Morne l'Enfer Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Collection is from the Courbaril Sand and Clay Member of the Upper Morne l'Enfer Formation. The Courbaril fauna is considered to be of early Pliocene age and is probably slightly older than the Matura fauna.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified sandstone and claystone
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 60647: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Diodora cavenensis snail | |
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell | |
Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata Nelson 1870 turret shell Subspecies: T. (B.) bifastigata cartagenensis
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Cerithium harrisi cerith snail | |
Epitonium (Epitonium) aff. foliaceicostatum wentletrap
Epitonium (Asperiscala) rohri wentletrap | |
Triphora guppyi snail | |
Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell | |
"Bullata maturensis" = Closia (Bullata)
"Bullata maturensis" = Closia (Bullata) volute | |
Thais (Stramonita) cf. haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail | |
Prunum (Prunum) dallianum Maury 1912 margin shell | |
Nassarius ? galbanus snail
Nassarius (Uzita) trinitatensis Jung 1969 snail | |
Anachis (Anachis) asphaltoda, "Strombina (Sincola) crassilabrum" = Sincola (Sincola) crassilabrum
"Strombina (Sincola) crassilabrum" = Sincola (Sincola) crassilabrum Guppy 1874 snail | |
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Cylichnella sp. Gabb 1873 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) baccata nut clam | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) ludificans" = Saccella
"Nuculana (Saccella) ludificans" = Saccella pointed nut clam | |
Pholas sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Martesia striata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
"Chione (Lirophora) sanctidavidis" = Lirophora, Dosinia (Dosinia) sp., Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus
"Chione (Lirophora) sanctidavidis" = Lirophora venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinia) sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus venus clam | |
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
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Temnoconcha aff. brasiliana, "? Eurytellina oligoscissulata" = Tellina (Eurytellina), Eurytellina punicea, "Moerella (Moerella) elinguis" = Tellina (Moerella)
Temnoconcha aff. brasiliana tellin clam
"? Eurytellina oligoscissulata" = Tellina (Eurytellina) tellin clam
Eurytellina punicea Born 1778 tellin clam
"Moerella (Moerella) elinguis" = Tellina (Moerella) tellin clam | |
Donax striatus Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Tagelus (Mesopleura) cf. divisus Spengler 1794 clam | |
Brachidontes (Brachidontes) sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Noetia (Eontia) centrota Guppy 1867 clam
Noetia (Noetia) sheldoniana Maury 1912 clam | |
Anadara (Anadara) inaequilateralis Maury 1917 ark
Lunarca billingsiana Maury 1912 ark | |
Crassostrea cf. virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) sp." = Argopecten
"Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) sp." = Argopecten Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Dentalium) divulgatum tusk shell |