Also known as K 31 F
Where: Haiti (18.3° N, 72.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.3° N, 72.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Beds resting unconformably on upper Eocene limestone, although in some places they have the same strike and dip as the upper Eocene rocks. At the collecting locality the Pliocene beds are folded.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, yellow, sandy marl and lithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by W.S. Burbank, November 16, 1920.
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring, J. S. Brown, and W.S. Burbank. 1924. Geology of the Republic of Haiti. 1-631 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60898: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.05.2006, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
"Cardium (Fragum) medium" = Americardia media
"Cardium (Fragum) medium" = Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle | |
"Glycymeris cf. pennacea" = Glycymeris decussata
"Glycymeris cf. pennacea" = Glycymeris decussata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) cf. uselmae" = Argopecten uselmae
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) cf. uselmae" = Argopecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 calico scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella cf. submortoni turret shell | |
Sconsia cf. laevigata Guppy 1850 snail | |
"Murex cf. domingensis" = Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis
"Murex cf. domingensis" = Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis Sowerby 1850 murex snail | |
"Olivella cf. jaspidea" = Jaspidella jaspidea, Oliva cf. recticularis
"Olivella cf. jaspidea" = Jaspidella jaspidea Gmelin 1791 olive snail
Oliva cf. recticularis olive snail | |
"Phos cf. moorei" = Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk
Colubraria sp. Schumacher 1817 true whelk | |
"Astraea cf. caelata" = Lithopoma caelatum
"Astraea cf. caelata" = Lithopoma caelatum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Calliostoma cf. zonamesta top snail | |
Torinia cf. cylindrica snail |