Pointe-á-Pierre (Cretaceous of Trinidad and Tobago)

Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.3° N, 61.5° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 29.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• "If these fossils constituted an assemblage of contemporary forms, it may be seen then their most probable age is Barremian or Aptian. The only species which, apart from this record, appears to be known only from the Neocomian is Exogyra minos."

•W. Kiessling: Age call changed from Barremian-Aptian to Aptian based on Kugler and Bolli (1967)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, concretionary, shelly/skeletal, red, argillaceous siltstone and lenticular limestone

• "Impure grey silt with crimson claystone nodules, nodular limestone lenses, and fossil shells."

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1954. Lower Cretaceous mollusca from Pointe-A-Pierre, Trinidad. Journal of Paleontology 28(5):622-636 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1868: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 10.06.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "The 'Remanie Bed' has yielded several species which, so far, have not been found in other areas. Unfortunately, most of the specimens are so eroded that except in the case of two gastropods it has been thought inadvisable to found new species upon them."
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Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
"Oonia trinidadensis" = Pseudomelania (Oonia)
"Oonia trinidadensis" = Pseudomelania (Oonia) snail
n. sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Harpagodes sp., Aporrhais sp.
Harpagodes sp. Gill 1870 snail
Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail
 Euomphalina - Paraturbinidae
Chartroniella saxorum n. sp.
Chartroniella saxorum n. sp. snail
n. sp.
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Sphaera corrugata
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822 clam
"several specimens" (so at least 3)
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea gurgitis
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina sp." = Arctica, Epicyprina angulata
"Cyprina sp." = Arctica Schumacher 1817 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
? Cardita sp.
? Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam
originally entered as "? Cardita sp."
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Ptychomya "sp. A", Ptychomya "sp. B"
Ptychomya "sp. A" clam
sp. A
Ptychomya "sp. B" clam
sp. B
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia tocaimana
Pterotrigonia tocaimana clam
"about 20" specimens
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Megatrigonia longa
Megatrigonia longa clam
(Rutitrigonia)
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Idonearca cf. glabra" = Cucullaea (Idonearca), "Idonearca sp." = Cucullaea (Idonearca)
"Idonearca cf. glabra" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) clam
originally entered as "Idonearca cf. glabra"
"Idonearca sp." = Cucullaea (Idonearca) Conrad 1862 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
? Trigonarca sp.
? Trigonarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
originally entered as "? Trigonarca sp."
 Pectinida - Limidae
Ctenoides sp.
Ctenoides sp. Mörch 1853 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp., Prohinnites favrinus, Chlamys sp.
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Prohinnites favrinus scallop
count is a minimum
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea bellula, Neithea atava
Neithea atava Roemer 1839 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha colubrina
Lopha colubrina oyster
(Arctostrea) "about 50" specimens
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea cf. corrugata, Exogyra latissima, Exogyra minos
Gryphaea cf. corrugata oyster
originally entered as "Gryphaea cf. corrugata"
Exogyra latissima oyster
"the most abundant," so 50 is a minimum