USGS 6894, Crocus Bay (Miocene to of Anguilla)

Also known as Reef 642

Where: Anguilla (18.2° N, 63.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 62.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anguilla Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone and argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T. W. Vaughan in 1914; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179134: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 01.06.2016, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora imperatoris2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Orbicella costata" = Montastrea costata2, "Orbicella canalis" = Montastraea endothecata2, "Cyathomorpha roxboroughi" = Montastraea endothecata2
"Orbicella costata" = Montastrea costata2 Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Orbicella canalis" = Montastraea endothecata2 Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Cyathomorpha roxboroughi" = Montastraea endothecata2 Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora imperatoris2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Goniopora panamensis2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Goniopora clevei" = Porites portoricensis2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea conferta2 Duncan 1863 stony coral
Pironastrea anguillensis2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867 scallop
"Pecten crocus" = Dimarzipecten crocus Ward 1992 scallop
Pecten clevei scallop
Pecten gabbi Dall 1898 scallop
Pecten vaughani Cooke 1919 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna vaughani n. sp. oyster
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Metis trinitaria" = Florimetis trinitaria
"Metis trinitaria" = Florimetis trinitaria Dall 1900 tellin clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum chipolanum Dall 1892 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea anguillana" = Macrocypraea anguillana
"Cypraea anguillana" = Macrocypraea anguillana Cooke 1919 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella crocus turret shell
Turritella anguillana n. sp. turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullina (Ampullinopsis) spenceri" = Ampullinopsis spenceri, Ampullina anguillana
"Ampullina (Ampullinopsis) spenceri" = Ampullinopsis spenceri Cooke 1919 snail
Ampullina anguillana Cooke 1919 snail
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa anguillensis1 Rathbun 1919 decapod