NMB Loc. 16841 - Río Cano [Cercado Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus (Naquetia) compactus
(Gabb 1873)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Thais (Thaisiella) trinitatensis
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cantharus sp.
Röding 1798
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Jung 1989 | 20 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithiidae indet.
(Fleming 1822)
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Jung 1989 | 246 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides sp.
Brongniart 1810
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Neritina figulopicta
(Maury 1917)
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Costa et al. 2001 | 35 specimens | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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Jung 1989 | 32 specimens | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Panamicorbula) canae
Anderson 1996
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Anderson 1996 | ||||||
| recombined as Panamicorbula canae | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 70.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 6.5 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cercado | ||||
| Local section: | Río Cano | Local bed: | 228 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 228 m above base of section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: matrix silty, irregularly bedded. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
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
| Also known as: | PJ# 1595 | ||
| Database number: | 131454 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-25 10:15:10 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-07-25 10:15:10 |
| 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:
| 24475 | L. C. Anderson. 1996. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 16. The Family Corbulidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 110(351):5-34 [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] | |
| 42438 | P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [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] |