Station 9673 (Eocene of Haiti)

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

• No precise environmental information reported in text. Sharply folded.
• Almost entirely limestone, but at some localities beds of shale, soft sandstone, and even coarse conglomerate are interbedded with the limestone, particularly near its base. Limestone is white to yellow and has a porous chalky or sandy appearance, although unweathered specimens are rather hard.

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

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Taxonomic list

• Small list of Mollusca, probably not exhaustive, other faunal groups (forams, corals, echinoderms) listed in text if present. Nomenclature antiquated (but should be precise as identified by W.P. Woodring and S.T. Stanton) and often limited to sp. determinations (owing to poor, moldic preservation). Identifications of corals by T.W. Vaughan, Echinoderms by R.T. Jackson, and forams by W.P. Woodring.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Terebellum sp. Röding 1798 true conch
Terebellum sp. cf. unnamed species from Port Antonio, Jamaica
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
"Xancus sp." = Turbinella
"Xancus sp." = Turbinella Lamarck 1799 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Neritina cf. grandis" = Velates vokesi
"Neritina cf. grandis" = Velates vokesi Cooke 1946 snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam