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 60109: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella guppyi Cossmann 1909 turret shell | |
Ficus pilsbryi Smith 1907 fig shell | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
Bulla vendryesiana snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pinna cf. refurca oyster | |
Pecten sp., "Amussium lyonii" = Amusium, "Pecten keepi" = Euvola keepi, "Chlamys pittieri" = Lyropecten pittieri
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
"Amussium lyonii" = Amusium scallop
"Pecten keepi" = Euvola keepi Arnold 1906 scallop
"Chlamys pittieri" = Lyropecten pittieri Dall 1912 scallop | |