TU 705 (<4 mm) [Bowden Fm]: Late Pliocene, Jamaica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 903 specimens
Saccella subcerata (Woodring 1925)
Hendy et al. 2008 265 specimens
Saccella peltella (Dall 1903)
Hendy et al. 2008 456 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 9 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 25 specimens
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Hendy et al. 2008 37 specimens
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Hendy et al. 2008 11 specimens
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 114 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula" sericea (Dall 1898)
Hendy et al. 2008 500 specimens
unclassified
Hendy et al. 2008 185 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholadidae indet. Lamarck 1809
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 9 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 14 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 7 specimens
Gouldia insulare (Dall and Simpson 1901)
Hendy et al. 2008 500 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 9 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 19 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Vesicomyidae
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama involuta Guppy 1873
Hendy et al. 2008 37 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 15 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Hendy et al. 2008 14 specimens
Fragum elattocostatum Woodring 1925
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Fragum medium (Linnaeaus 1758)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Trigoniocardia haitense (Sowerby 1850)
Hendy et al. 2008 81 specimens
SUBSPECIES: T. haitense
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Laevicardium serratum (Linnaeus 1758)
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Hendy et al. 2008 17 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 35 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814
Hendy et al. 2008 17 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 9 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
"Tellina" sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 34 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 76 specimens
Macoma sp. Leach 1819
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Hendy et al. 2008 720 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 68 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 223 specimens
Linga sp. de Gregorio 1885
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 42 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Hendy et al. 2008 142 specimens
Glans scabricostata (Guppy 1866)
Hendy et al. 2008 31 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Hendy et al. 2008 122 specimens
Crassinella guppyi (Dall 1896)
Hendy et al. 2008 130 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 24 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
aff. Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Palliolum guppyi (Dall 1898)
Hendy et al. 2008 740 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea solida Dall 1898
Hendy et al. 2008 14 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Hendy et al. 2008 8 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Plicatula guppyi Woodring 1925
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
"Chlamys" sp. Röding 1798
Hendy et al. 2008 21 specimens
Aequipecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Hendy et al. 2008 13 specimens
SUBSPECIES: A. plurinominis morantensis
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria inornata (Gabb 1873)
Hendy et al. 2008 35 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 20 specimens
Limopsis ovalis Gabb 1873
Hendy et al. 2008 34 specimens
SUBSPECIES: L. ovalis silova
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 335 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 140 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Arca (Arca) sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Acar domingensis (Lamarck 1819)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris acuticostata (Sowerby 1849)
Hendy et al. 2008 14 specimens
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
Hendy et al. 2008 31 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 11 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885
Hendy et al. 2008 80 specimens
Arcopsis adamsi (Dall 1886)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cavoliniidae
Hendy et al. 2008 8 specimens
Cavolinia ventricosa (Guppy 1882)
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Diacria digitata (Guppy 1882)
Hendy et al. 2008 39 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Limacinidae
Limacina inflata d'Orbigny 1836
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Haminoeidae
Atys (Atys) sp. Montfort 1810
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Atys (Aliculastrum) sp. (Pilsbry 1896)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata
Roxania sp. Leach In Gray 1847
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 131 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Acteocina subbullata Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 21 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 11 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
Hendy et al. 2008 10 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Juliidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 9 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 14 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 10 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Hendy et al. 2008 17 specimens
SUBSPECIES: P. krebsii lampra
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Philippia sp. Gray 1847
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda sp. Semper 1865
Hendy et al. 2008 6 specimens
COMMENTS: Listed as "Gegania sp."
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Smaragdia sp. Issel 1869
Hendy et al. 2008 7 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Hendy et al. 2008 6 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840
Hendy et al. 2008 7 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 64 specimens
SUBSPECIES: M. rotella vetula
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
Hendy et al. 2008 24 specimens
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
COMMENTS: Listed as T. (Eulithidium) sp. A
Hendy et al. 2008 11 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 160 specimens
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 14 specimens
COMMENTS: Listed as "Ottolonia siderea" in Woodring (1928)
Gastropoda - Liotiidae
Hendy et al. 2008 45 specimens
Gastropoda - Colloniidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Hendy et al. 2008 241 specimens
Gastropoda - Seguenziidae
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora alternata (Say 1822)
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
SUBSPECIES: D. alternata henekeni
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Opalia (Opalia) sp. Adams and Adams 1858
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulimidae indet. Philippi 1853
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Niso sp. Risso 1826
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Eulima nobilis Guppy 1896
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Hendy et al. 2008 20 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 8 specimens
unclassified
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus pilsbryi (Smith 1907)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Xenophora delecta (Guppy 1876)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
"Trivia" globosa Sowerby 1832
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Hendy et al. 2008 11 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 33 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Columbellopsis sp. Bucquoy et al. 1882
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Hendy et al. 2008 22 specimens
unclassified
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831
Hendy et al. 2008 9 specimens
Olivella indivisa Guppy 1896
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
unclassified
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
SUBSPECIES: L. limatula vetula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 10 specimens
COMMENTS: Listed as "Turridae aff stellatoma/cerodrillia"
Polystira barretti (Guppy 1866)
Hendy et al. 2008 9 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 46 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
Hendy et al. 2008 20 specimens
unclassified
Pteropoda indet. Pelseneer 1888
Hendy et al. 2008 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Horaiclavidae
Hendy et al. 2008 10 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Daphnella sp. Hinds 1844
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Bactrocythara obtusa (Guppy 1896)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 10 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 8 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Nannodiella amicta (Guppy 1896)
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 7 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 6 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Drillia sp. Gray 1838
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
SUBSPECIES: C. imitator lius
Hendy et al. 2008 6 specimens
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Costellariidae indet. MacDonald 1860
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 23 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
unclassified
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777
Hendy et al. 2008 23 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 50 specimens
Stigmaulax vererugosum (Cossmann 1924)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 30 specimens
Polinices hepaticus (Röding 1798)
Hendy et al. 2008 25 specimens
Listed as "Polinices brunnea"
Sinum sp. Röding 1798
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus 1758)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 18 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 61 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 7 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 10 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Crepitacella cepula (Guppy 1866)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Caecum sp. Fleming 1813
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Tornidae
"Teinostoma" sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Assimineidae
Assiminea sp. Fleming 1828
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Seila sp. Adams 1861
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Modulidae
Modulus modulus (Linnaeus 1758)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
SUBSPECIES: Modulus modulus basileus
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella guppyi Cossmann 1909
Hendy et al. 2008 404 specimens
Vermicularia spirata (Philippi 1836)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 58 specimens
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 6 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 19 specimens
SUBSPECIES: R. costaricana stena
Gastropoda - Litiopidae
Alaba turrita Guppy 1896
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Cocculinidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea cf. actina Woodring 1928
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Acmaea actina Woodring 1928
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 11 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Dentalium cossmannianum Pilsbry and Sharp 1897
Hendy et al. 2008 8 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
SUBSPECIES: T. dissimile dissimile
Graptacme sp. Pilsbry 1897
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Hendy et al. 2008 37 specimens
unclassified
Hendy et al. 2008 16 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Gadilinidae
Hendy et al. 2008 44 specimens
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gadila sp. Gray 1847
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Hendy et al. 2008 39 specimens
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Geography
Country:Jamaica
Coordinates: 17.9° North, 76.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pliocene
Age range of interval: 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Coastal Formation:Bowden
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Pickerill et al. (1998). Bowden Formation is the uppermost stratigraphic unit of the Lower Coastal Group. The top of the formation is defined by the nonconformably overlying, early Pleistocene Old Pera Beds of the Upper Coastal Group. AGE: Late Pliocene. The unit was formely regarded as Miocene in age, even Oligocene, but foraminiferal and planktic gastropod biostratigraphy points to a late Pliocene age. THICKNESS: The formation has an extimated maximum thickness of 150m, although the basal part of the formation is unexposed. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. COMMENTS: In its type area of the Bowden district, natural exposures of the formation are poor and discontinuous, so that a complete and detailed stratigraphy of the entire sequence cannot be determined.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pebbly unlithified conglomeratic marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Imperfectly consolidated gravel consisting of pebbles and grains of igneous rocks, limestone, and other sorts of rock in a marly matrix. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: The conglomeratic lithofacies are interpretated as a product of sediment gravity flows, more specifically turbidites, and constitute and integral component of the Bowden Shell bed. The marlstone lithofacies is interpreted as a product of pelagic and hemiplegaic deposition from low density turbidity currents, or possibly even bottom water nepheloid layers.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Maximum sieve size:4.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:FMNH,USNM
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: E. Vokes (1969). REPOSITORY: FLMNH, USNM. FIDELITY: High ecological fidelity. ASSOCIATED COLLECTIONS: Small (<4mm) split of TU-705.
Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Identified by E. Vokes, revised by R. Portell; nomenclature further revised by A. Hendy.
Metadata
Database number:69094
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-02-17 20:50:18 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-02-17 20:50:18
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

31182. E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

19909 A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]