BV 27 - Gauche River Formation (Pliocene of Haiti)

Where: Haiti (18.4° N, 72.7° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 72.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Riviere Gauche Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Riviere Gauche Formation, which presumably overlies Miocene strata of the Thomonde Foramtion. AGE: Stated in text as being from the Pliocene. Confirmed in other sources to be Pliocene (Martini and Bramlette 1963).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marineunlithified

• ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data reported in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithologic data not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlifithied on the basis of age. No figured specimens observed.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Collecton code (BV) probably refers to the author (J. Butterlin). REPOSITORY: Unknown repository.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 66810: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for marcroinvertebrates, including coelenterata, brachiopoda, echinoidea, bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication. Uses antiquated nomenclature, but with species resolution designations.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora panamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia dominicensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella crocus turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
Oliva cf. reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail
SUBSPECIES: O. reticularis trochala
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Phos sp. Monfort 1810 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Pleurotoma barretti" = Polystira barretti
"Pleurotoma barretti" = Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid
SUBSPECIES: T. albida virgo
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Fusus gilli" = Murex (Murex) gilli, "Murex domingensis" = Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis
"Fusus gilli" = Murex (Murex) gilli Maury 1910 murex snail
"Murex domingensis" = Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis Sowerby 1850 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Sconsia striata" = Sconsia grayi
"Sconsia striata" = Sconsia grayi Adams 1855 snail
SUBSPECIES: S. striata sublaevigata
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia candida Helbling 1779 clam
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris anguillae pencil urchin