USGS Loc. M18723 (Cretaceous of Haiti)

Where: Haiti (18.2° N, 72.6° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 61.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: AGE: Early Senonian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy; assigned by enterer to Coniacian on the basis of modern known age-ranges of constituent taxa. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, pebbly sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated, but apparently marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: From boulders of weathered, relatively soft calcareous sandstone, containing pebbles and granules of basalt. LITHIFICATION:

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Woodring & Gardner

Collection methods: surface (float),

• COLLECTOR: W. Woodring & L. Gardner. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: J. B. Reeside. 1947. Upper Cretaceous ammonites from Haiti. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 214(A):1-5 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87735: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonites. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, antiquated nomenclatures, but some species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Parapuzosia sp. Nowak 1913 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri n. sp. Reeside 1947 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Paralenticeras sieversi Gerhardt 1897 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
"Texanites cf. canaensis" = Peroniceras canaense
"Texanites cf. canaensis" = Peroniceras canaense Gerhardt 1897 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
? Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam