NMB Loc. 15906 - Río Gurabo [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Ochetoclava sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Pachycrommium sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Jung 1989 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Stigmaulax sp.
Morch 1852
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus domingensis
Sowerby 1849
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium praefemorale
(Maury 1917)
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Beu 2010 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sulcifera
Sowerby 1850
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Sconsia laevigata
(Guppy 1850)
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Beu 2010 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Semicassis reclusa
(Guppy 1873)
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Beu 2010 | 124 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio simillima
(Sowerby 1850)
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Beu 2010 | |||||||||
| M. Taviani collection | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Turbinella praelaevigata
Vokes 1964
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Vokes 1998 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Jung 1989 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Tritiaria (Antillophos) moorei
(Guppy 1866)
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Jung 1989 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fasciolaria henekeni
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Metulella venusta
(Sowerby 1850)
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Jung 1994 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Sincola (Sincola) gurabensis
(Maury 1917)
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Jung 1989 | 161 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera
(Guppy 1876)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | |||||||||
| recombined as Bivetiella epistomifera | ||||||||||
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Aphera islacolonis
(Maury 1917)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | |||||||||
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) guppyi
(Gabb 1873)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Morum sp.
Röding 1798
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex (Haustellum) messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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Vokes 1989 | |||||||||
| recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | ||||||||||
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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus
(Guppy 1876)
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Vokes 1989 | |||||||||
| recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum maoense
(Maury 1917)
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Nehm 2001 | 31 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Marginella maoensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Muracypraea henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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Jung 1989 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus gibsonsmithi
Beu 2010
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Beu 2010 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Smaragdia viridis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Costa et al. 2001 | 31 specimens | ||||||||
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Neritina figulopicta
(Maury 1917)
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Costa et al. 2001 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Cuvierina astesana
(Rang 1829)
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Janssen 1999 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten eccentricus
(Gabb 1873)
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Waller 2011 | 1605 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Cyclopecten guppyi
(Dall 1898)
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Waller 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Vokes 1989 | |||||||||
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Laevicardium laevigatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Vokes 1989 | |||||||||
| replaced by Laevicardium serratum | ||||||||||
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Laevicardium venustulum
(Gabb 1873)
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Vokes 1989 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Cardiomya (Cardiomya) islahispaniolae
(Maury 1917)
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Jung 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.3° North, 71.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.3° North, 70.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 7.6 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cercado | ||||
| Local section: | Río Gurabo | Local bed: | 133 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is overlain by the Gurabo Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 133 m above base of section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMB |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 131371 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Krause |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-24 11:27:04 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-07-24 11:27:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 30037 | A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 43588 | A. H. Cheetham and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of tropical America: Comparison and contrast between the Central American Isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (357)159-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 26933 | F. H. A. Costa, R. H. Neim, and C. S. Hickman. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 22. The family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 359:47-71 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] | |
| 58961 | A. W. Janssen. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 20. Holoplanktonic Mollusks (Gastropoda: Heteropoda and Thecosomata). Bulletins of American Paleontology (358)1-40 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 42438 | P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 26828 | P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 19070 | P. Jung. 1994. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera Columbella, Eurypyrene, Parametaria, Conella, Nitidella, and Metulella (Gastropoda: Columbellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 106(344):1-45 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 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] | |
| 43555 | P. Jung and R. E. Petit. 1990. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(334):87-144 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 42446 | R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 21. The genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 26932 | R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. Part 21. The Genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/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] | |
| 18707 | E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 24476 | H. E. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 9. The Family Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):95-161 [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] |