Where: Haiti (18.5° N, 72.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 71.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Las Cahobas Formation (Artibonite Group), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• Stated in text as being from "Miocene moyen et superior". Graham (1990) reports the Las Cahobas Formation as being Late Miocene in age based on floral microfossil biostratigraphy, while other authors (e.g. Van den Bold 1970, 1976) report a middle Miocene-Late Miocene age. The enterer (A. Hendy) assigns the Late Miocene age on the basis of most recent and confined age assessments.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Unknown collection repository. Requires translation.
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 60106: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
"Echinochama cf. antiquata" = Arcinella antiquata
"Echinochama cf. antiquata" = Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box | |
"Venus (Mercenaria) cf. berryi" = Mercenaria druidi
"Venus (Mercenaria) cf. berryi" = Mercenaria druidi Ward 1992 quahog | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Semele johnsoniana clam | |
Arca sp., "Arca (Arca) occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
"Arca (Arca) occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark | |
Chlamys vaughani, "Chlamys pittieri" = Lyropecten pittieri, "Chlamys thetidis" = Argopecten thetidis, "Chlamys oxygonum" = Argopecten thetidis
Chlamys vaughani scallop
"Chlamys pittieri" = Lyropecten pittieri Dall 1912 scallop
"Chlamys thetidis" = Argopecten thetidis Sowerby 1850 calico scallop
"Chlamys oxygonum" = Argopecten thetidis Sowerby 1850 calico scallop | |
Anomia cf. indecisa jingle
Anomia cf. simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
"Ostrea folioides" = Dendostrea frons, "Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis
"Ostrea folioides" = Dendostrea frons Linnaeus 1758 oyster
"Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850 oyster | |
Thecostraca | |
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus Bronn 1831 barnacle
Balanus polyporus Pilsbry 1924 barnacle
Balanus eburneus Gould 1841 barnacle |