NMB Loc. 15848 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Lobatus dominator (Pilsbry 1917)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1998
Lyria (Lyria) incomperta Hoerle and Vokes 1978
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomatus Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme (Sowerby 1850)
Nehm 2001 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum aedificatum (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Tritiaria (Antillophos) dominicense
Jung 1989 1 specimen
original and current combination Antillophos
Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp. (Woodring 1928)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
original and current combination Antillophos
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus fusiformis Gabb 1873
Jung 1989 1 specimen
recombined as Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis
Fusinus henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Fasciolaria semistriata Sowerby 1850
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) gurabis (Maury 1917)
Jung and Petit 1990
recombined as Ventrilia gurabis
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Ochetoclava sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
Cerithium microlineatum Gabb 1873
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Cerithium dominicense Gabb 1873
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867
Vokes and Vokes 1992
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.3° North, 71.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.3° North, 71.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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:6.6 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Local section:Rio Gurabo Local bed:281 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gurabo Formation, which unconformably overlies the Cercado Formation, and is unconformably overlain by the Mao Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 260); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 281 m above base of section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Scattered shells in silt, with coral rubble.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),field collection,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# 1474
Database number:131661
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-07-27 15:39:08 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-07-27 15:39:08
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]
29992 J. R. Freiheit and D. H. Geary. 2009. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23. Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology 376:1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [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]
43491 B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [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]
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]
18705 H. E. Vokes and E.H. Vokes. 1992. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: The Genus Spondylus (Bivalvia: Spondylidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 102(339):1-40 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]