Where: Haiti (18.5° N, 72.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 72.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unnamed Pleistocene unit, which presumably overlies Pliocene strata of the Riviere Gauche Foramtion. AGE: Stated in text as being from the Pleistocene.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marineunlithified
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Collecton code (FPS) unknown. Probably does not refer 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 66811: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cerithium floridanum" = Cerithium atratum
"Cerithium floridanum" = Cerithium atratum Born 1778 cerith snail | |
Strombus pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
"Polinices lactea" = Polinices lacteus
"Polinices lactea" = Polinices lacteus Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
"Bullaria striata" = Bulla striata
"Bullaria striata" = Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail | |
Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga nigra d'Orbigny 1845 mussel | |
Codakia pectinella, "Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis, "Codakia cf. costata" = Parvilucina costata, "Lucina chrysostoma" = Anodontia alba, Phacoides sp.
Codakia pectinella clam
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Codakia cf. costata" = Parvilucina costata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
"Lucina chrysostoma" = Anodontia alba Link 1807 clam
Phacoides sp. Blainville 1825 clam | |
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta Say 1822 clam | |
"Pitar albida" = Pitar albidus Gmelin 1791 venus clam
Macrocallista sp. Meek 1876 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Tellina caribaea" = Scissula similis Sowerby 1806 tellin clam
"Tellina fausta" = Arcopagia fausta Pulteney 1799 tellin clam |