GM 9 - Gros Morne, Las Cahobas Formation (Miocene of Haiti)

Where: Haiti (18.5° N, 72.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 71.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Las Cahobas Formation (Artibonite Group), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Stated in text as being from "Miocene moyen et superior". Graham (1990) reports the Las Cahobas Formation as being Late Miocene in age based on floral microfossil biostratigraphy, while other authors (e.g. Van den Bold 1970, 1976) report a middle Miocene-Late Miocene age. The enterer (A. Hendy) assigns the Late Miocene age on the basis of most recent and confined age assessments.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• Unknown taphonomic data. Requires translation.
• Unknown taphonomic data. Requires translation.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Unknown collection repository. Requires translation.

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 60102: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for marcroinvertebrates, including coelenterata, brachiopoda, echinoidea, bivalvia and gastropoda.
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Glossidae
"Isocardia cf. fraterna" = Glossus fraterna
"Isocardia cf. fraterna" = Glossus fraterna Say 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea guppyi Woodring 1925 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunanomia lithobleta Dall 1898 scallop
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea limbata stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral