USGS 20434 - Courbaril Member, Point Courbaril: Early/Lower Pliocene, Trinidad and Tobago
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina (Lucinisca) roigi
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Pholas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Martesia striata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) helenae
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Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) sp.
Gardner 1926
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia sp.
Gray 1837
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama cf. macerophylla
Gmelin 1791
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| [entered as Chama macrophylla] | ||||||||||
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= Chama cf. macerophylla
Gmelin 1791
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Rosenberg 2005 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia (Dosinia) sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Chione (Lirophora) sanctidavidis
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| original and current combination Lirophora | ||||||||||
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Pitar (Lamelliconcha) circinatus
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) maturensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Cumingia galbensis
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Semele aff. anteriocosta
Vokes 1938
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Abra cf. aequalis
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Temnoconcha aff. brasiliana
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? Eurytellina oligoscissulata
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| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina) | ||||||||||
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Eurytellina punicea
(Born 1778)
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Moerella (Moerella) elinguis
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| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Moerella) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Tagelus (Mesopleura) cf. divisus
(Spengler 1794)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax striatus
Linnaeus 1767
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Aequipecten (Plagioctenium) sp.
(Dall 1898)
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| synonym of Argopecten | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea cf. virginica
(Gmelin 1791)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia (Noetia) sheldoniana
(Maury 1912)
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Noetia (Eontia) centrota
(Guppy 1867)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Anadara) inaequilateralis
(Maury 1917)
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Lunarca billingsiana
(Maury 1912)
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Anadara (Cunearca) filicata
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes (Brachidontes) sp.
Swainson 1840
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana (Saccella) ludificans
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| original and current combination Saccella | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula (Lamellinucula) baccata
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium (Epitonium) aff. foliaceicostatum
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Epitonium (Asperiscala) rohri
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea centralis
(Conrad 1841)
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata
(Nelson 1870)
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| Subspecies: T. (B.) bifastigata cartagenensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium harrisi
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis decussatus
(Gmelin 1791)
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Gastropoda
- Triphoridae
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Triphora guppyi
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina (Sincola) crassilabrum
(Guppy 1874)
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| recombined as Sincola (Sincola) crassilabrum | ||||||||||
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Anachis (Anachis) asphaltoda
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius galbanus
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Nassarius (Uzita) trinitatensis
Jung 1969
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Bullata maturensis
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| spelled with current rank as Closia (Bullata) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Thais (Stramonita) cf. haemostoma
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum (Prunum) dallianum
(Maury 1912)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica (Naticarius) aff. canrena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Naticarius canrena | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma (Aepystoma) caroniense
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichnella sp.
Gabb 1873
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora cavenensis
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium (Dentalium) divulgatum
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Geography
| Country: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Coordinates: | 10.2° North, 61.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.2° North, 60.9° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Morne l'Enfer | Member: | Courbaril | ||
| Local section: | Point Galba | ||||
| Regional section: | Brighton | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Collection is from the Courbaril Sand and Clay Member of the Upper Morne l'Enfer Formation. The Courbaril fauna is considered to be of early Pliocene age and is probably slightly older than the Matura fauna. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Poor reporting of lithologies. Named as the "Courbaril Sand and Clay Member", so these lithologies are assigned. | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
| Geology comments: The assemblage as a whole points to a nearshore environment, with some brackish influence (compared with Melajo Clay assemblages). | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,some microfossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI,USNM |
| Collection method comments: All material descibed in this report is reposited in the Naturhistorisches Mueum, Basel, or the USNM. Additional material collection from this unit is found at PRI. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for Mollusca. Crab claws, corals, fish teeth, and scarce foraminifera also exist in the unit, though are not listed. Van de Bold (1963) also lists ostracords from several localities. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 60647 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 60409 | ||
| Created: | 2006-05-19 08:37:24 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-19 08:37:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17317. | P. Jung. 1969. Miocene and Pliocene mollusks from Trinidad. Bulletins of American Paleontology 55(247):293-697 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 19419 | G. Rosenberg. 2005. Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |