MS 1 - Massif de la Selle (Pleistocene) (Pleistocene of Haiti)

Where: Haiti (18.6° N, 72.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 72.4° 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 (MS) 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 66817: 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 - Merulinidae
"Heliastrea ? annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Heliastrea ? annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea folium" = Dendostrea folium
"Ostrea folium" = Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 foliate oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus
"Pecten gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus Linnaeus 1758 calico scallop
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp., "Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Livonia pica