MD 2 - Fil-Delmas, Las Cahobas Formation: Late/Upper Miocene, Haiti

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ostrea haitensis Sowerby 1850
recombined as Hyotissa haitensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys pittieri (Dall 1912)
recombined as Lyropecten pittieri
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara donacia (Dall 1898)
recombined as Anadara (Hawaiarca) donacia
Barbatia inusitata Woodring 1925
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Trigoniocardia) haitense (Sowerby 1850)
recombined as Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Echinochama antiquata (Guppy 1866)
recombined as Arcinella antiquata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Antigona multicostata (Sowerby 1835)
recombined as Periglypta multicostata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Aloides viminea
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla vendryesiana
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum chipolanum (Dall 1892)
recombined as Crucibulum (Crucibulum) chipolanum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices brunnea (Link 1807)
synonym of Polinices hepaticus
Subspecies: Polinices brunnea subclausa
see common names

Geography
Country:Haiti
Coordinates: 18.5° North, 72.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.5° North, 71.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Artibonite Formation:Las Cahobas
Local section:Fil-Delmas
Regional section:Cul-de-Sac
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Stated in text as being from "Miocene moyen et superior". Graham (1990) reports the Las Cahobas Formation as being Late Miocene in age based on floral microfossil biostratigraphy, while other authors (e.g. Van den Bold 1970, 1976) report a middle Miocene-Late Miocene age. The enterer (A. Hendy) assigns the Late Miocene age on the basis of most recent and confined age assessments.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: Unknown taphonomic data. Requires translation.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Unknown taphonomic data. Requires translation.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Unknown collection repository. Requires translation.
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for marcroinvertebrates, including coelenterata, brachiopoda, echinoidea, bivalvia and gastropoda.
Metadata
Database number:60108
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-01 10:29:37 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-01 10:29:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17269. 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]