CM 11 - Massif de la Hotte (Pleistocene) (Pleistocene of Haiti)

Where: Haiti (18.5° N, 73.2° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 73.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unnamed Pleistocene unit, which presumably overlies Pliocene strata of the Riviere Gauche Foramtion. AGE: Stated in text as being from the Pleistocene.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marineunlithified

• ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data reported in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithologic data not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlifithied on the basis of age. No figured specimens observed.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Collecton code (CM) unknown. Probably does not refer to the author (J. Butterlin). REPOSITORY: Unknown repository.

Primary reference: J. Butterlin. 1960. Géologie générale et régionale de la République D'Haiti. Travaux et Mémoires de L'Institute des Hautes Estudes de L'Amérique Latine 6:1-190 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 66813: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.10.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for marcroinvertebrates, including coelenterata, brachiopoda, echinoidea, bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication. Uses antiquated nomenclature, but with species resolution designations.
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Heliastrea ? annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Heliastrea ? annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina sp.
Manicina sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp.
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus, "Pecten ziczac" = Euvola ziczac, "Chlamys cf. multisquamata" = Laevichlamys multisquamata
"Pecten gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus Linnaeus 1758 calico scallop
"Pecten ziczac" = Euvola ziczac Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys cf. multisquamata" = Laevichlamys multisquamata Dunker 1864 scallop