FPS 4 - Plaine de Cul-de-Sac (Pleistocene) (Pleistocene of Haiti)

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

• 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 (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

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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.
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Cerithium floridanum" = Cerithium atratum
"Cerithium floridanum" = Cerithium atratum Born 1778 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices lactea" = Polinices lacteus
"Polinices lactea" = Polinices lacteus Guilding 1834 moon snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
"Bullaria striata" = Bulla striata
"Bullaria striata" = Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga nigra d'Orbigny 1845 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia pectinella, "Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis, "Codakia cf. costata" = Parvilucina costata, "Lucina chrysostoma" = Anodontia alba, Phacoides sp.
"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
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta Say 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pitar albida" = Pitar albidus Gmelin 1791 venus clam
Macrocallista sp. Meek 1876 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp., "Tellina caribaea" = Scissula similis, "Tellina fausta" = Arcopagia fausta
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Tellina caribaea" = Scissula similis Sowerby 1806 tellin clam
"Tellina fausta" = Arcopagia fausta Pulteney 1799 tellin clam