Station 9674 (Pleistocene of Haiti)

Also known as W 301a F

Where: Haiti (19.8° N, 72.9° W: paleocoordinates 19.8° N, 72.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Marine deposits are common along the coast where they form narrow fringes, a few places 1 or 2 km wide. The Quaternary deposits everywhere rest on the underlying formations unconformably. The unconformity is angular as well as erosional, even with the Pliocene and Miocene, but at some places where there are no Pliocene deposits the discordance with the Miocene deposits may be slight. At Port de Paix, the bed (station 9764) is 1.5 m thick, comprised of shelly sand and overlies unconslidated sands and is overlain by reef rock (station 9765). The entire section is just 7. 1 m thick.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, pebbly, shelly/skeletal mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• No precise environmental information reported in text.
• Waterworn pebbles, poorly consolidated, in matrix of sand; lenses of sand containing worn shells and small pieces of corals.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by W.P. Woodring, February 21, 1921

Primary reference: W. P. Woodring, J. S. Brown, and W.S. Burbank. 1924. Geology of the Republic of Haiti. 1-631 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60880: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.05.2006, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive list of Mollusca. Other faunal groups (forams, corals, echinoderms) listed in text if present. Nomenclature antiquated (but should be precise as identified by W.P. Woodring and S.T. Stanton). Identifications of corals by T.W. Vaughan, Echinoderms by R.T. Jackson, and forams by W.P. Woodring.
unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis decactis1 Lyman 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Maeandra areolata" = Manicina areolata
"Maeandra areolata" = Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Spondylus ? americana" = Spondylus americanus, "Chlamys (Chlamys) imbricatus" = Caribachlamys imbricata
"Spondylus ? americana" = Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 scallop
"Chlamys (Chlamys) imbricatus" = Caribachlamys imbricata Gmelin 1791 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima scabra" = Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra Born 1778 file clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina sp. Gray 1842 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea folium" = Dendostrea folium, Ostrea sp.
"Ostrea folium" = Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 foliate oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca umbonata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
Barbatia candida Helbling 1779 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris cf. pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata, Glycymeris sp., "Glycymeris pennacea" = Glycymeris decussata
"Glycymeris cf. pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
"Glycymeris pennacea" = Glycymeris decussata Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia (Codakia) ? orbicularis, "Phacoides (Callucina) radians" = Callucina keenae, "Phacoides (Parvilucina) cf. lintea" = Lucinisca nassula
"Phacoides (Callucina) radians" = Callucina keenae Chavan 1971 clam
"Phacoides (Parvilucina) cf. lintea" = Lucinisca nassula Conrad 1846 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Fragum) medium" = Americardia media
"Cardium (Fragum) medium" = Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina (Cyclotellina) fausta" = Arcopagia fausta
"Tellina (Cyclotellina) fausta" = Arcopagia fausta Pulteney 1799 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp., Chione cancellata, "Chione (Lirophora) paphia" = Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia, "Dosinia elegans" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, "Cytherea (Ventricola) rigida" = Globivenus rigida
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) paphia" = Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Dosinia elegans" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam
"Cytherea (Ventricola) rigida" = Globivenus rigida Dillwyn 1817 venus clam
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
Coralliophaga sp. Blainville 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama cf. macerophylla2 Gmelin 1791 jewel box
[entered as Chama macrophylla]
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium cf. semistriatum" = Graptacme semistriata
"Dentalium cf. semistriatum" = Graptacme semistriata Turton 1819 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Petaloconchus cf. irregularis" = Dendropoma irregulare
"Petaloconchus cf. irregularis" = Dendropoma irregulare d'Orbigny 1841 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
"Trivia pedicula" = Pusula pediculus
"Trivia pedicula" = Pusula pediculus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea lurida" = Luria lurida
"Cypraea lurida" = Luria lurida Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
"Morum oniscus" = Morum (Morum) oniscus
"Morum oniscus" = Morum (Morum) oniscus Linnaeaus 1767 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella mercatoria Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Mitra cf. sulcata" = Subcancilla sulcata
"Mitra cf. sulcata" = Subcancilla sulcata Swainson 1825 mitre shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium cf. litteratum Born 1778 cerith snail
"Cerithium cf. floridanum" = Cerithium atratum Born 1778 cerith snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
"Fissuridea cancellata" = Lucapina sowerbii, "Fissuridea barbadensis" = Fissurella barbadensis, "Subemarginula octoradiata" = Hemitoma octoradiata
"Fissuridea cancellata" = Lucapina sowerbii Sowerby 1835 snail
"Fissuridea barbadensis" = Fissurella barbadensis Gmelin 1791 snail
"Subemarginula octoradiata" = Hemitoma octoradiata Gmelin 1791 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita cf. tessellata Gmelin 1791 snail
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816 snail
Tellinella listeri
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"Tellina (Tellina) interrupta" = Tellinella listeri
"Tellina (Tellina) interrupta" = Tellinella listeri Röding 1798