Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 71.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 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); assigned to Messinian-Zanclean at present. THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.
Primary reference: 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75043: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
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Mitromorpha sp. Carpenter 1865 snail | |
"Conus haytensis" = Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis, "Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus, Conus sp., Conus consobrinus, "Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus
"Conus haytensis" = Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus Olsson 1922 cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus Sowerby 1849 cone shell | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid | |
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Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail
Fasciolaria semistriata Sowerby 1850 tulip snail | |
Metulella sp. Gabb 1873 snail | |
Antillophos (Antillophos) pitti, Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei, Strombinophos sp., Metula cancellata
Antillophos (Antillophos) pitti true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk
Strombinophos sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk
Metula cancellata Gabb 1873 true whelk | |
Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
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"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius4, Murex (Haustellum) pennae4, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus4, Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis4
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Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 snail | |
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Erosaria spurca Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Trivia (Trivia) sp. Broderip 1837 snail | |
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917 worm shell | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia cerith snail | |
Lucapina sp. Sowerby 1835 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
Anadara (Rasia) inaequilateralis Guppy 1866 ark | |
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Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam |