NMB Loc. 16820 - Río Cano [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Also known as PJ# 1574

Where: Dominican Republic (18.9° N, 71.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.9° N, 71.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gurabo Fm, which overlies the Cercado Fm, and is overlain by the Mao Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); at present; direct date extrapolated from Cheethan et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 306 m above base of the section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; burrowed siltstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silt, burrowed. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131674: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic monograph. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identification.
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acrosterigma linguatigris6 Maury 1917 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet.3 Fleming 1828 clam
Anodontia sp.3 Link 1807 clam
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp.3 Woodring 1928 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp.3 Monfort 1810 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp.3 Morch 1852 moon snail
Natica sp.3 Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Lobatus haitensis2 Sowerby 1850 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis5
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis5 Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet.3 Mörch 1852 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Erosaria spurca3, "Erronea raymondrobertsi" = Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi3
Erosaria spurca3 Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Erronea raymondrobertsi" = Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi3 Pilsbry 1922 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea camura1 Guppy 1866 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa1 Guppy 1873 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp.3 Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium microlineatum3 Gabb 1873 cerith snail