Spa River West Branch (Eocene of Barbados)
Where: Barbados (13.2° N, 59.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.9° N, 59.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Joe's River Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• age after Kiel & Hansen (2015)
Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone
• hydrocarbon seep
• The matrix was of shaley silt with green clay pebbles. Joints were full of inspissated oil and the rock as a whole smelt strongly of oil.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. G. Kugler, P. Jung, and J. B. Saunders. 1984. The Joes River Formation of Barbados and its fauna. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 77(3):675-705 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 205150: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.10.2019, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
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Diastoma sp. Deshayes 1850 snail | |
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? Ascheria sp. Kaim et al. 2014 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam | |
Nuculana (Nuculana) senni n. sp.
Nuculana (Nuculana) senni n. sp. Kugler et al. 1984 pointed nut clam | |