NMB Loc. 15900 - Río Gurabo [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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Jung 1989 | 41 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellidae indet.
Férussac 1822
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Jung 1989 | 17 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten eccentricus
(Gabb 1873)
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Waller 2011 | 240 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Smaragdia viridis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Costa et al. 2001 | 29 specimens | |||||
Neritina figulopicta
(Maury 1917)
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Costa et al. 2001 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Limacinidae
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Limacina (Striolimacina) imitans
(Gabb 1873)
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Janssen 1999 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Pachycrommium sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Tectonatica sp.
Sacco 1890
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Jung 1989 | 17 specimens | |||||
Stigmaulax sp.
Morch 1852
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Jung 1989 | 102 specimens | |||||
Sinum sp.
Röding 1798
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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Jung 1989 | 43 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Semicassis reclusa
(Guppy 1873)
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Beu 2010 | 8 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora delecta
(Guppy 1876)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus
(Guppy 1876)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | |||||||
Murex (Haustellum) messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum maoense
(Maury 1917)
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Nehm 2001 | 14 specimens | |||||
original and current combination Marginella maoensis | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebridae indet.
Mörch 1852
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Jung 1989 | 81 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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Jung 1989 | 15 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Tritiaria (Antillophos) moorei
(Guppy 1866)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Sincola (Sincola) gurabensis
(Maury 1917)
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Jung 1989 | 64 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) guppyi
(Gabb 1873)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||
Aphera islacolonis
(Maury 1917)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithiidae indet.
(Fleming 1822)
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Jung 1989 | 8 specimens | |||||
Ochetoclava terpna
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp.
(Say 1824)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
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Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) senni
Wells 1945
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Cairns and Wells 1987 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Dominican Republic |
Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 19.4° North, 70.3° 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 | ||
Age estimate: | 7.7 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cercado | ||||
Local section: | Río Gurabo | Local bed: | 123 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Regional section: | Río Gurabo | Regional bed: | 1 | ||
Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G1 (120-140 m). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
Lithology description: siliciclastic-dominated near-shore habitats | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 93644 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, A. Hendy | Enterer: | U. Merkel, A. Hendy, M. Krause |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2010-01-27 02:04:40 | Last modified: | 2012-11-26 11:46:56 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-27 02:04:40 |
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] | |
31716 | S. D. Cairns and J. W. Wells. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):23-43 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
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] | |
58961 | A. W. Janssen. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 20. Holoplanktonic Mollusks (Gastropoda: Heteropoda and Thecosomata). Bulletins of American Paleontology (358)1-40 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
26828 | P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/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] | |
26932 | R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. Part 21. The Genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/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] | |
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] |