USGS 6893. Crocus Bay: Burdigalian - Serravallian, Anguilla
collected by T. W. Vaughan 1914
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Orbicella costata
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea conferta
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten anguillensis
Guppy 1867
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Amusium lyonii
(Gabb 1873)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Antigona caesarina
(Dall 1903)
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea anguillana n. sp.
Cooke 1919
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Geography
| Country: | Anguilla |
| Coordinates: | 18.2° North, 63.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.0° North, 59.4° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian - Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian - Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.45 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Anguilla |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | argillaceous "limestone" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | T. W. Vaughan | Collection dates: | 1914 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 642 | ||
| Database number: | 179133 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner, M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Wagner, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-06-01 09:22:51 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-06-01 09:22:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25441. | C. W. Cooke. 1919. Tertiary mollusks from the Leeward Islands and Cuba. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington 105-156 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 12754 | T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524 [R. Baron-Szabo/R. Baron-Szabo/M. Uhen] |