TU 1419, Rio Gurabo [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divalinga quadrisulcata
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra sp.
Lamarck 1818
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Eurytellina sp.
Fischer 1887
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina) | ||||||||||
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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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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chionopsis woodwardi
(Guppy 1866)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Lirophora (Lirophora) hendersoni
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Lioconcha sp.
Mörch 1853
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29 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama macerophylla
Gmelin 1791
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| [entered as Chama macrophylia] | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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"Spisula" sp.
Gray 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula sericea
(Dall 1898)
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Anderson 1996 | |||||||||
| recombined as Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea | ||||||||||
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Bothrocorbula viminea
(Guppy 1866)
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Anderson 1996 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Potiarca) sp.
(Iredale 1939)
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119 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Cunearca) sp.
(Dall 1898)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris sp.
Da Costa 1778
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Argopecten eccentricus
(Gabb 1873)
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Waller 2011 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
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"Chlamys" sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Neritina sp.
Lamarck 1816
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bulla sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Pachycrommium guppyi
(Gabb 1873)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Stigmaulax vererugosum
(Cossmann 1924)
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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26 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus pilsbryi
(Smith 1907)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sulcifera
Sowerby 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Phalium moniliferum
(Guppy 1866)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Semicassis reclusa | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea camura
Guppy 1866
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ovulidae
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Simnia sp.
Risso 1826
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Subcancilla sp.
Olsson and Harbison 1953
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Cymia sp.
Mörch 1860
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus
(Guppy 1876)
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Vokes 1989 | |||||||||
| recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | ||||||||||
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Chicoreus (Siratus) sp.
(Jousseaume 1880)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Murex (Haustellum) messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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Vokes 1989 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Morum (Oniscidia) domingense
(Sowerby 1850)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus symmetricus
Sowerby 1849
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Purpuriconus symmetricus | ||||||||||
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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31 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fasciolaria kellei
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Fusinus henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius sp.
Duméril 1806
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina (Strombina) sp.
Mörch 1858
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellariidae indet.
Gray 1853
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistiformis
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Bivetiella | ||||||||||
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Aphera islacolonis
(Maury 1917)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cancellaria (Hertleinia) miranda
Jung and Petit 1990
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Hertleinia miranda | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Fusiturricula sp.
Woodring 1928
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamididae indet.
(Adams and Adams 1854)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Potamidinae | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Turbonilla praelavigata
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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 |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cercado | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Fm, which unconformably overlie Baitoa, and is overlain by the Gurabo Fm. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986). THICKNESS: Formation is 150 m thick in this section. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified based on observation of figures. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 4.000 |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Most taxa Identified by A. Hendy, with some earlier identifications by E. Vokes, P. Jung, H. Vokes, L. Anderson. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74912 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-05 13:24:35 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-09-05 13:24:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19909. | 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] |
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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |