MS 10 - Riviere Gauche Formation (Pliocene of Haiti)

Where: Haiti (18.4° N, 72.7° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 72.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Riviere Gauche Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Riviere Gauche Formation, which presumably overlies Miocene strata of the Thomonde Foramtion. AGE: Stated in text as being from the Pliocene. Confirmed in other sources to be Pliocene (Martini and Bramlette 1963).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marineunlithified

• ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data reported in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithologic data not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlifithied on the basis of age. No figured specimens observed.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Unknown collection (MS), probably not the author (J. Butterlin). REPOSITORY: Unknown repository.

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 66814: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for marcroinvertebrates, including coelenterata, brachiopoda, echinoidea, bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication. Uses antiquated nomenclature, but with species resolution designations.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Heliastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Heliastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia tuberosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea folioides" = Dendostrea frons, Ostrea guppyi
"Ostrea folioides" = Dendostrea frons Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea guppyi Woodring 1925 oyster
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama ? involuta Guppy 1873 jewel box