Between Las Caobas and Hinche (Oligocene of Haiti)

Where: Haiti (19.4° N, 72.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 71.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. W. Webster, E. Roumain in 1905

• ANSP collection

Primary reference: H. A. Pilsbry. 1910. A new Haitian Oligocene horizon. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 62:487-489 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106324: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 09.03.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides roumaini n. sp. Pilsbry 1910 horn snail
Potamides caobasensis n. sp. Pilsbry 1910 horn snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica rugosa moon snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca websteri n. sp." = Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis, Arca sp.
"Arca websteri n. sp." = Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis Gabb 1861 ark
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark