Station 9793 (Pliocene of Haiti)

Also known as W 317 F

Where: Haiti (18.4° N, 72.8° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 72.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Thick coralliferous limestone overlies the Miocene rocks. Believed to be either Pliocene or Pleistocene, but probably Pliocene because the beds are more greatly deformed.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

• No precise environmental information reported in text.
• Coralliferous limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by T.W. Vaughan and W.P. Woodring, March 6, 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 60894: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Limited list of Mollusca. Other faunal groups (forams, corals, echinoderms) listed in text if present. Nomenclature antiquated (but should be precise as identified by W.P. Woodring and S.T. Stanton). Identifications of corals by T.W. Vaughan, Echinoderms by R.T. Jackson, and forams by W.P. Woodring.
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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista sp., ? Chione sp., Mercenaria campechiensis
Macrocallista sp. Meek 1876 venus clam
? Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) cf. phrygium" = Cryptopecten phrygium
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) cf. phrygium" = Cryptopecten phrygium Dall 1886 scallop
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Maeandra labyrinthiformis" = Diploria labyrinthiformis
"Maeandra labyrinthiformis" = Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bourboni, Solenastrea hyades
Solenastrea hyades Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Orbicella angularis
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea aff. siderea
Siderastrea aff. siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia agaricites
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Subspecies: A. agaricites purpurea
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. porites
Porites cf. porites Pallas 1766 stony coral