Bissex Hill (Eocene of Barbados)
Where: Barbados (13.2° N, 59.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.9° N, 59.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Joe's River Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• age after Kiel & Hansen (2015)
Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone
• methane-seep
• pebbly silts with tar sand blocks and with a layer of bedded pebbly silt
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. G. Kugler, P. Jung, and J. B. Saunders. 1984. The Joes River Formation of Barbados and its fauna. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 77(3):675-705 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 205153: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Labridae indet.1 Cuvier 1816 | |
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Diodon sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 | |
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Cheirostephanus hurzeleri n. gen. n. sp.1
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Calliotropis sp. Seguenza 1903 snail | |
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Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail | |
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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Nuculana (Nuculana) senni Kugler et al. 1984 pointed nut clam | |
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