Where: Jamaica (17.9° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 76.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bowden Formation (Coastal Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Pickerill et al. (1998). Bowden Formation is the uppermost stratigraphic unit of the Lower Coastal Group. The top of the formation is defined by the nonconformably overlying, early Pleistocene Old Pera Beds of the Upper Coastal Group. AGE: Late Pliocene. The unit was formely regarded as Miocene in age, even Oligocene, but foraminiferal and planktic gastropod biostratigraphy points to a late Pliocene age. THICKNESS: The formation has an extimated maximum thickness of 150m, although the basal part of the formation is unexposed. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. COMMENTS: In its type area of the Bowden district, natural exposures of the formation are poor and discontinuous, so that a complete and detailed stratigraphy of the entire sequence cannot be determined.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, pebbly, conglomeratic marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the FMNH
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: R. Portell (1990). REPOSITORY: FLMNH. FIDELITY: High ecological fidelity. ASSOCIATED COLLECTIONS: Large (>4mm) split of XJ-002.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69092: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis Gabb 1873 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Turritella guppyi Cossmann 1909 turret shell | |
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Compsodrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Carinodrillia elocata Pilsbry and Johnson 1922 snail | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
Strombus leurus, Strombus "sp. A", Strombus "sp. B", "Strombus pugiloides" = Strombus proximus, Strombus bifrons
Strombus leurus conch
Strombus "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 conch
Strombus "sp. B" Linnaeus 1758 conch
"Strombus pugiloides" = Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850 conch
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850 conch | |
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Antillophos (Antillophos) elegans Guppy 1866 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk | |
Engoniophos erectus Guppy 1874 snail | |
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
"Strombina guppyi" = Strombina (Spiralta) guppyi
"Strombina guppyi" = Strombina (Spiralta) guppyi Woodring 1928 snail | |
"Conus stenostoma" = Conasprella stenostoma, Conus gracilissimus, "Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus
"Conus stenostoma" = Conasprella stenostoma Sowerby 1850 cone shell
Conus gracilissimus Guppy 1866 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Agladrillia (Agladrillia) callothyra Woodring 1928 snail | |
Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid | |
"Typhis (Typhinellus) siphon" = Typhis (Talityphis) siphon, "Haustellum messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) sp.
"Typhis (Typhinellus) siphon" = Typhis (Talityphis) siphon Woodring 1928 murex snail
"Haustellum messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) sp. Montfort 1810 murex snail | |
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) laevescens" = Cancellaria (Pyruclia) laevescens, "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) moorei" = Cancellaria (Bivetopsia) moorei
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) laevescens" = Cancellaria (Pyruclia) laevescens Guppy 1866 snail
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) moorei" = Cancellaria (Bivetopsia) moorei Guppy 1866 snail | |
Cymatiidae indet. Iredale 1913 snail | |
"Distorsio clathratus" = Distorsio clathrata, Distorsio simillima
"Distorsio clathratus" = Distorsio clathrata Lamarck 1816 snail SUBSPECIES: D. clathratus gatunensis
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Malea camura Guppy 1866 tun shell | |
"Sconsia striata" = Sconsia grayi
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"Trivia cypha" = Niveria (Niveria) cypha
"Trivia cypha" = Niveria (Niveria) cypha Woodring 1928 snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail SUBSPECIES: N. canrena antinacca
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Microstelma cepula snail | |
Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758 hoof shell | |
Turbonilla textilis snail | |
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Cavolinia tridentata Niebuhr 1775 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842 clam
Anadara (Diluvarca) halidonata Dall 1898 ark | |
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis, "Glycymeris acuticostata" = Tucetona acuticostata
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898 clam
"Glycymeris acuticostata" = Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam SUBSPECIES: G. acuticostata plasia
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"Plicatula guppyi" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula guppyi" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Anomia indecisa jingle
Placunanomia lithobleta Dall 1898 scallop | |
Argopecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 calico scallop
"Chlamys" sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster | |
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam
Codakia (Codakia) lomonea Woodring 1925 clam
Myrtea furcata clam
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
Linga podagrinus Dall 1903 clam | |
Pitar sp., Pitar (Pitar) carbaseus, Lirophora (Lirophora) hendersoni, "Chione woodwardi" = Chionopsis woodwardi, Ventricolaria blandiana, Chione sp., Chione sawkinsi
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Pitar (Pitar) carbaseus Guppy 1866 venus clam
Lirophora (Lirophora) hendersoni venus clam
"Chione woodwardi" = Chionopsis woodwardi Guppy 1866 venus clam
Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Chione sawkinsi Woodring 1925 venus clam | |
"Fragum medium" = Americardia media, "Trigoniocardia haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis, Laevicardium serratum
"Fragum medium" = Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
"Trigoniocardia haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis Sowerby 1850 cockle
Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Glans scabricostata Guppy 1866 clam | |
Portlandia clara clam |