Between Morne Daniel and Coullibistre (Pleistocene of Dominica)

Where: Dominica (15.5° N, 61.5° W: paleocoordinates 15.5° N, 61.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; pebbly, conglomeratic rudstone

• Mixture of volcanic pebbles and boulders with marl and limestone "filled with corals"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Spencer

Primary reference: J. W. W. Spencer. 1902. On the geological and physical development of Dominica; with notes on Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 58:341-353 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209345: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Orbicella acropora stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Colpophyllia gyrosa" = Manicina areolata
"Colpophyllia gyrosa" = Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Isopora palmata" = Acropora palmata
"Isopora palmata" = Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Orbicella cavernosa" = Montastrea cavernosa
"Orbicella cavernosa" = Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus paphia" = Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia, "Venus cancellata" = Chione cancellata
"Venus paphia" = Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Venus cancellata" = Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris undata, "Glycymeris pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata
"Glycymeris pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp., "Pecten cf. subnodosus" = Nodipecten subnodosus
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
"Pecten cf. subnodosus" = Nodipecten subnodosus Sowerby 1836 scallop
Tellinella listeri
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"Tellina interrupta" = Tellinella listeri
"Tellina interrupta" = Tellinella listeri Röding 1798