USGS 6893. Crocus Bay (Miocene to of Anguilla)

Also known as Reef 642

Where: Anguilla (18.2° N, 63.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 61.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anguilla Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone and argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T. W. Vaughan in 1914; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1919. Tertiary mollusks from the Leeward Islands and Cuba. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington 105-156 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179133: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 01.06.2016, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Porites (Synaraea) macdonaldi" = Porites macdonaldi, "Goniopora clevei" = Porites portoricensis, Goniopora imperatoris
"Porites (Synaraea) macdonaldi" = Porites macdonaldi Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Goniopora clevei" = Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Pironastrea anguillensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Orbicella imperatoris" = Montastrea imperatoris, "Cyathomorpha roxboroughi" = Montastraea endothecata, "Orbicella costata" = Montastrea costata
"Orbicella imperatoris" = Montastrea imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Cyathomorpha roxboroughi" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Orbicella costata" = Montastrea costata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella crocus turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina anguillana Cooke 1919 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea anguillana n. sp." = Macrocypraea anguillana
"Cypraea anguillana n. sp." = Macrocypraea anguillana Cooke 1919 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten anguillensis" = Antillipecten anguillensis, Pecten perplexus, Pecten vaughani, Amusium lyonii, "Pecten crocus" = Dimarzipecten crocus, "Pecten cf. crucianus" = Interchlamys interlineata
"Pecten anguillensis" = Antillipecten anguillensis Guppy 1867 scallop
Pecten vaughani Cooke 1919 scallop
Amusium lyonii Gabb 1873 scallop
"Pecten crocus" = Dimarzipecten crocus Ward 1992 scallop
"Pecten cf. crucianus" = Interchlamys interlineata Gabb 1873 scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Antigona caesarina" = Periglypta caesarina
"Antigona caesarina" = Periglypta caesarina Dall 1903 venus clam
Antigona caesarina anguillana