Also known as W 167 F
Where: Haiti (18.9° N, 73.1° W: paleocoordinates 17.6° N, 72.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• Unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. Contact with Plaisance limestone is unconformable, marked by a fault. The Late Eocene limestone also rests unconformably on the floor of igneus and other Mesozoic rocks. Thickness ranges between several hundred meters and 1000-2000 meters. Foraminifera clearly indicate a Late Eocene age. Molluscan affinities with other West Indian, Central and South American faunas also suggest a Late Eocene age. Correlated with the St Bartholomew Limestone of St Bartholomew.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, white, yellow, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by J.S. Brown, February 12, 1921.
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring, J. S. Brown, and W.S. Burbank. 1924. Geology of the Republic of Haiti. 1-631 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60606: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail | |
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"Xancus sp." = Turbinella
"Xancus sp." = Turbinella Lamarck 1799 snail | |
"Neritina cf. grandis" = Velates vokesi
"Neritina cf. grandis" = Velates vokesi Cooke 1946 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Miltha cf. ocalana clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam |