NMB Loc. 16821 - Rio Cana [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
SUBSPECIES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis sambaica
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867
Vokes and Vokes 1992
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten eccentricus (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 14 specimens
Lindapecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Waller 2011 8 specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus domingensis Sowerby 1849
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Semicassis reclusa (Guppy 1873)
Beu 2010 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Marsupina bufo (Bruguiére 1792)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus 1758)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) incomperta Hoerle and Vokes 1978
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella venusta (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1994 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera (Guppy 1876)
Jung and Petit 1990
recombined as Bivetiella epistomifera
Agatrix losquemadica Jung and Petit 1990
Jung and Petit 1990
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Ochetoclava sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 7 specimens
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina jungi n. sp. Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
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:5.7 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Regional section:Rio Cana Regional bed:4
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit C4 (280-330 m), sample ca. 305 m above base
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: soft bottom communities of reef-associated grass flats
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: moderate to deep water depth 10-30 m
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:84986
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-19 06:22:59 Last modified:2012-12-07 09:24:26
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-11-19 06:22:59
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]
28516 A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]