Also known as B 115 F
Where: Haiti (18.5° N, 73.2° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 73.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Marine deposits are common along the coast where they form narrow fringes, a few places 1 or 2 km wide. The Quaternary deposits everywhere rest on the underlying formations unconformably. The unconformity is angular as well as erosional, even with the Pliocene and Miocene, but at some places where there are no Pliocene deposits the discordance with the Miocene deposits may be slight.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal, brown sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by W.P. Woodring, November 22, 1920
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring, J. S. Brown, and W.S. Burbank. 1924. Geology of the Republic of Haiti. 1-631 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60884: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Bullaria striata" = Bulla striata
"Bullaria striata" = Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail | |
Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Modulus floridanus" = Modulus modulus
"Modulus floridanus" = Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cerithium sp., "Cerithium cf. nigrum" = Bittiolum alternatum
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
"Cerithium cf. nigrum" = Bittiolum alternatum Say 1822 cerith snail | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Caecum sp. Fleming 1813 snail | |
"Marginella nivosa" = Prunum nivosum
"Marginella nivosa" = Prunum nivosum Hinds 1844 margin shell | |
"Olivella jaspidea" = Jaspidella jaspidea
"Olivella jaspidea" = Jaspidella jaspidea Gmelin 1791 olive snail | |
"Phasianella affinis" = Eulithidium affine
"Phasianella affinis" = Eulithidium affine Adams 1850 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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"Diplodonta cf. candeana" = Felaniella (Felaniella) candeana
"Diplodonta cf. candeana" = Felaniella (Felaniella) candeana d'Orbigny 1853 clam | |
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata, Codakia (Codakia) ? orbicularis
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
Codakia (Codakia) ? orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) sp." = Aequipecten
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) sp." = Aequipecten Fischer 1886 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster |