San Sebastian Limestone: Late/Upper Oligocene, Puerto Rico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullinopsis spenceri
(Cooke 1919)
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella collazica
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Periglypta tarquinia
(Dall 1900)
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Woodring 1982 | |||||||||
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Clementia (Clementia) dariena
(Conrad 1855)
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Woodring 1982 | |||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Clementia (Clementia) dariena rabelli | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea rugifera
(Dall 1898)
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Woodring 1982 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca imbricata
Bruguière 1789
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Woodring 1973 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lamarcka imbricata | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.3° North, 66.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.5° North, 65.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | San Sebastian | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the San Sebastian Limestone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Late Oligocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List representative of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assume on the basis of lithostratigraphic name. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow carbonate setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: General list for the San Sebastian Limestone, but limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93694 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-28 09:26:10 | Last modified: | 2022-05-04 08:39:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-28 09:26:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11372. | W. P. Woodring. 1959. Geology and paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Vermetidae to Thaididae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(B):147-239 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 13235 | W. P. Woodring. 1973. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(E):453-539 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 13359 | W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |