Los Quemados - Zone F: Early/Lower Pliocene, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Turgurium imperforata
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora delecta
(Guppy 1876)
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Xenophora conchyliophora
(Born 1780)
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus haitensis
Sowerby 1850
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| recombined as Lobatus haitensis | ||||||||||
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Strombus bifrons
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra henekeni
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turris albida
(Perry 1811)
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| recombined as Polystira albida | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Phos moorei
Guppy 1866
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| recombined as Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Morum domingense
(Sowerby 1850)
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| recombined as Morum (Oniscidia) domingense | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria pulchella
(Sowerby 1850)
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| recombined as Lyria (Lyria) pulchella | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex domingensis
Sowerby 1850
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| recombined as Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis | ||||||||||
| Listed as "M. domingensis near yaquensis" | ||||||||||
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Murex cornurectus
Guppy 1876
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| recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Lotorium praefemorale
Maury 1917
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| recombined as Cymatium praefemorale | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea camura
Guppy 1866
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia laevigata
(Guppy 1850)
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Cassis sulcifera
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica youngi
Maury 1917
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis papulosa
(Guppy 1866)
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| recombined as Serpulorbis papulosus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Clava plebeia
(Sowerby 1850)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Laevicardium serratum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris acuticostata
(Sowerby 1849)
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| recombined as Tucetona acuticostata | ||||||||||
| Actually listed as "Glycimeris acuticostata"; Glycimeris=Panopea, not Glycymeris s.s | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Scapharca golfoyaquensis
(Maury 1917)
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| recombined as Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium papyraceum
(Gabb 1873)
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Pecten eugrammatus
Dall 1898
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| synonym of Argopecten thetidis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus bostrychites
Guppy 1867
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 70.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gurabo | ||||
| Local section: | Los Quemados | Local bed: | 450 ft | ||
| Regional section: | Rio Gurabo | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From zone F. Section approximately 20 ft thick. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,green lithified claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Hard, greenish clays with concretions. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported by Maury. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collection method comments: Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Identifications to species level, though antiquated genus-level nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58823 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-24 19:48:19 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-24 19:48:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16689. | C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |