Where: Jamaica (17.9° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 76.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bowden Formation (Coastal Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Pickerill et al. (1998). Bowden Formation is the uppermost stratigraphic unit of the Lower Coastal Group. The top of the formation is defined by the nonconformably overlying, early Pleistocene Old Pera Beds of the Upper Coastal Group. AGE: Late Pliocene. The unit was formely regarded as Miocene in age, even Oligocene, but foraminiferal and planktic gastropod biostratigraphy points to a late Pliocene age. THICKNESS: The formation has an extimated maximum thickness of 150m, although the basal part of the formation is unexposed. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. COMMENTS: In its type area of the Bowden district, natural exposures of the formation are poor and discontinuous, so that a complete and detailed stratigraphy of the entire sequence cannot be determined.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, pebbly, conglomeratic marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the FMNH
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes (1969). REPOSITORY: FLMNH, USNM. FIDELITY: High ecological fidelity. ASSOCIATED COLLECTIONS: Large (>4mm) split of TU-705.
Primary reference: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69093: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
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"Acmaea actina" = Lottia actina3
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"Turbo" "sp. A"3, Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis3, "Astraea (Astralium) sublongispina" = Astralium3, "Astraea (Astralium) brevispina" = Astralium3
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Calliostoma roseloide3, Calliostoma guppyi3, "Calliostoma pulcher" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) pulcher3
"Calliostoma pulcher" = Calliostoma (Calliostoma) pulcher3 Adams 1850 top snail SUBSPECIES: C. pulcher bowdenensis
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Fissurellidae "indet. A"3, Fissurellidae "indet. B"3, "Diodora alternata" = Diodora cayenensis3, Emarginula "sp. B"3
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"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis3
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Muricidae indet.3, Typhis (Talityphis) siphon2, "Typhis (Talityphis) obesus" = Typhina obesa2, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) sp.3, Poirieria (Flexopteron) collata5, "Haustellum messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius3, Poirieria (Pazinotus) bowdenensis n. sp.5
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Nassarius sp.3, "Nassarius cercadensis" = Nassarius (Uzita) cercadensis3, "Phos erectus" = Engoniophos erectus3
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Strombina sp.3, "Strombina" (Strombina) gradata3, "Strombina (Strombina) caribaea" = Sincola (Dorsina) caribaea3
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Cancellariidae indet.3, ""Trigonostoma" (Trigonostoma) scalatella" = Axelella scalatella3, "Axelella scalatella" = Axelella scalatella3, "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) laevescens" = Cancellaria (Pyruclia) laevescens3, Agatrix epomis n. sp.4
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Conus imitatus3, Conus sp.3, Conus granozonatus3, Conus consobrinus3, "Conus apium" = Conus patricius3, Conus gracilissimus3, "Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus3
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Triviidae indet.3, "Trivia (Trivia) pediculus" = Pusula pediculus3, "Trivia (Trivia) cypha" = Niveria (Niveria) cypha3
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"Zonaria raymondrobertsi" = Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi3
"Zonaria raymondrobertsi" = Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi3 Pilsbry 1922 cowry SUBSPECIES: Z. raymondrobertsi bowdenensis
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"Distorsio clathratus" = Distorsio clathrata3 Lamarck 1816 snail SUBSPECIES: D. clathratus gatunensis
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Polinices hepaticus3, Stigmaulax vererugosum3, "Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena3, Natica vererugosum3
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Lucinidae indet.3, Divaricella prevaricata3, Divalinga (Divalinga) prolelaria3, Divalinga (Divalinga) prevaricata3, Divalinga (Divalinga) sp.3, "Divaricella (Divaricella) quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata3, cf. Anodontia sp.3, Ctena vendryesi3, "Lucina" podagrinus3, Callucina pauperatus3, Callucina sp.3
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"Chione woodwardi" = Chionopsis woodwardi3, Ventricolaria blandiana3, Lirophora (Lirophora) hendersoni3, Periglypta sp.3, Chione hendersoni3, Chione sawkinsi3, Callocardia sp.3, Pitar (Pitar) planivetus3, Pitar planivetus3
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"Felaniella sp." = Diplodonta3
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"Laevicardium serratum" = Laevicardium serratum3, "Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum3, ""Nemocardium" jamaicensis" = Microcardium jamaicense3, Americardia media3, "Fragum elattocostatum" = Americardia guppyi3, Trigoniocardia sp.3, "Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis3, Dinocardium sp.3, "Agnocardia dissipectum" = Acanthocardia (Agnocardia)3, Trachycardium waylandi3, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) cf. lingualionis3, Acrosterigma inconspicuum3
"Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis3 Sowerby 1850 cockle | |
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Tellinidae indet.3, Tellinidae "indet. B"3, Macoma sp.3, "Psammacoma tracta" = Psammacoma olivella3, Tellina hendersoni3, Tellina halistrepta3, Tellina brownei3, Tellina acrocosima3, Tellina "sp. A"3, "Tellina" sp.3, "Elliptotellina cymbia" = Tellina (Elliptotellina)3
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"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis3, "Glycymeris acuticostata" = Tucetona acuticostata3
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.3, "Anadara" (Rasia) halidonta3, "Anadara" prephina3, Barbatia sp.3, Barbatia (Barbatia) islopa3
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"Lopha folioides" = Dendostrea frons3
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"Plicatula guppyi" = Plicatula gibbosa3
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Argopecten sp.3, Amusium sp.3, "Pecten bowdenensis" = Euvola bowdenensis3, "Aequipecten plurinominis" = Lindapecten plurinominis3, Nodipecten sp.3
"Aequipecten plurinominis" = Lindapecten plurinominis3 Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 scallop SUBSPECIES: A. plurinominis morantensis
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"Palliolum guppyi" = Cyclopecten guppyi3
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