TU 1352 (Mao Fm, Río Gurabo): Zanclean, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Anadara (Rasia) henekeni
Maury 1917
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Asterosmilia profunda
(Duncan 1864)
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Cairns and Wells 1987 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Grandiarca) sp.
(Olsson 1961)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Barbatia (Barbatia) sp.
Gray 1842
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Arca (Arca) zebra
(Swainson 1833)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Byssoarca zebra | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona acuticostata
(Sowerby 1849)
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67 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium papyraceum
(Gabb 1873)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cryptopecten phrygium
(Dall 1886)
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Waller 2011 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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"Chlamys" sp.
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Dimyidae
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Dimya grandis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula sp.
Lamarck 1801
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Dendostrea sp.
Swainson 1835
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Glans scabricostata
(Guppy 1866)
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59 specimens | |||||||||
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= Venericardia dominica
Weisbord 1929
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Weisbord 1929 | |||||||||
| recombined as Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella (Crassatella) cf. jamaicensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Check validity of subgenus assignment | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Arcinella antiquata
(Guppy 1866)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Chama sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta (Diplodonta) sp.
Bronn 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Veneridae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Chione sp.
von Mühlfield 1811
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Ventricolaria sp.
Keen 1954
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Globivenus | ||||||||||
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Lirophora (Lirophora) hendersoni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Periglypta sp.
Jukes-Browne 1914
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pitar (Pitar) sp.
Römer 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Hyphantosoma sp.
Dall 1902
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Pitar (Hyphantosoma) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Eurytellina sp.
Fischer 1887
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) islahispaniolae
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Martesia sp.
Sowerby 1824
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Cuspidaria (Bowdenia) distira
Dall 1903
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Jung 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Cardiomya (Bowdenia) distira | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Myrtea sp.
Turton 1822
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp.
(Stewart 1930)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira (Crassispira) sp.
Swainson 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum sp.
Schumacher 1817
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamididae indet.
(Adams and Adams 1854)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Potamidinae | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Turritella (Bactrospira) guppyi
(Cossmann 1909)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella guppyi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Modulidae
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Modulus modulus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium sp.
Bruguière 1789
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus proximus
Sowerby 1850
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Luria isabella
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Muracypraea henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Sconsia (Sconsia) laevigata
(Guppy 1850)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Sconsia laevigata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium (Cymatium) sp.
Röding 1798
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Unknown subgenus identification | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus multiliratus
(Olsson 1922)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Conasprelloides multiliratus | ||||||||||
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| Listed as "Conus (Leptoconus) sp." | ||||||||||
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Conus hatensis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Conus consobrinus
Sowerby 1850
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Conus recognitus
Guppy 1867
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turridae indet.
Swainson 1840
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Polystira haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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31 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra (Panaterebra) sp.
Olsson 1967
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Clathrodrillia sp.
Dall 1918
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Vasum (Vasum) gurabiculum
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Antillophos (Antillophos) pitti
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150 specimens | |||||||||
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Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei
(Guppy 1866)
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100 specimens | |||||||||
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Cantharus vokesii
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Cantharus sp.
Röding 1798
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Metulella sp.
Gabb 1873
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fasciolaria semistriata
Sowerby 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Latirus (Latirus) sp.
Montfort 1810
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Latirus (Polygona) sp.
(Schumacher 1817)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Latirus (Polygona) sp.
(Schumacher 1817)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Fusinus haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Fusinus henekeni haitensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum
(Gmelin 1791)
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Vokes 1989 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) clausii
(Dunker 1879)
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Vokes 1989 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Chicoreus (Siratus) formosus
(Sowerby 1841)
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Vokes 1989 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Chicoreus (Siratus) articulatus
(Reeve 1845)
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Vokes 1989 | 52 specimens | ||||||||
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Typhis (Talityphis) expansus
(Sowerby 1874)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Typhina expansa | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria (Lyria) pulchella
(Sowerby 1850)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus pilsbryi
(Smith 1907)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Crepitacella sp.
Guppy 1867
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Microstelma | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus sp.
Lea 1843
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34 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica (Natica) sp.
Scopoli 1777
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Polinices hepaticus
(Röding 1798)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Pseudotorinia sp.
Sacco 1892
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bulla sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Neritina sp.
Lamarck 1816
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.6° North, 71.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.6° North, 70.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mao | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Mao Fm, which overlies the Gurabo Fm. AGE: Early Pliocene-Middle Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); assigned to Early Pliocene at present. THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified based on observation of figures. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine firmground environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 4.000 |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Most taxa Identified by A. Hendy, with some earlier identifications by E. Vokes, P. Jung, H. Vokes, L. Anderson. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74965 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Hendy, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-09 10:11:05 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-09-09 10:11:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19909. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 31716 | S. D. Cairns and J. W. Wells. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):23-43 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
| 25339 | P. Jung. 1996. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: 17. The familes Cuspidariidae and Verticordiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 110(351):35-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 25313 | J. B. Saunders, P. Jung, and B. Biju-Duval. 1986. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic: 1. Field Surveys, Lithology, Environment, and Age. Bulletins of American Paleontology 89(323):1-79 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 25312 | E. H. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 8. The Family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology. Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):1-94 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 37262 | T. R. Waller. 2011. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology (381)1-198 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 17428 | N. E. Weisbord. 1929. Miocene Mollusca of Northern Colombia. Bulletin of American Paleontology 14(54):1-310 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro] |