Vaughan et al. loc. 8691 - San Cristobal (Oligocene of Haiti)

Also known as D.C.12

Where: Haiti (18.4° N, 70.1° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 69.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• AGE ASSIGNMENT: Upper Oligocene according to Vaughan et al. Faunas are meager and correlation is uncertain, but if it is correct deposits of the same age occur in the islands of Anguilla, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Florida, Panama and Trinidad. These deposits are correlated with the Chattian-Aquitanian of Europe. I have assigned this an Late Oligocene age, pending more refined biostratigraphic data. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: no stratigraphic data provided.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENTAL DATA: no environmental data reported.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: "limestone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTORS: C.W Cooke and D.D. Condit (April 7, 1919). REPOSITORIES: unknown repository, possibly Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic, or the USGS/USNM.

Primary reference: T. W. Vaughan, W. Cooke, D. D. Condit, C. P. Ross, W. P. Woodring and F. C. Calkins. 1921. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican Republic. Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic Memoir 1 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61199: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

• IDENTIFIER: presumably Cooke, Vaughan or most likely Woodring. NOMENCLATURE: antiquated, and only to species resolution, probably reflecting quality of material. COVERAGE: probably not exhaustive.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
"Drillia" sp. Gray 1838 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris "sp. A" Röding 1798 turrid
Turris "sp. B" Röding 1798 turrid
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda sp." = Nuculana
"Leda sp." = Nuculana Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Probably two species
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Orbicella canalis" = Montastraea endothecata
"Orbicella canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral