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
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 60108: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Crucibulum chipolanum" = Crucibulum (Crucibulum) chipolanum
"Crucibulum chipolanum" = Crucibulum (Crucibulum) chipolanum Dall 1892 slipper shell | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Polinices brunnea" = Polinices hepaticus
"Polinices brunnea" = Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail Subspecies: Polinices brunnea subclausa
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Bulla vendryesiana snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia inusitata, "Anadara donacia" = Anadara (Hawaiarca) donacia
Barbatia inusitata Woodring 1925 clam
"Anadara donacia" = Anadara (Hawaiarca) donacia Dall 1898 clam | |
"Chlamys pittieri" = Lyropecten pittieri, Spondylus sp.
"Chlamys pittieri" = Lyropecten pittieri Dall 1912 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis
"Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850 oyster | |
Aloides viminea clam | |
"Echinochama antiquata" = Arcinella antiquata
"Echinochama antiquata" = Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box | |
"Antigona multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata
"Antigona multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata Sowerby 1835 venus clam | |
"Cardium (Trigoniocardia) haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis
"Cardium (Trigoniocardia) haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis Sowerby 1850 cockle |