NMB Loc. 16856 - Río Cano [Cercado Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Montastrea limbata (Duncan 1863)
Budd 1991
recombined as Orbicella limbata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Budd 1991
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites portoricensis (Vaughan 1919)
Foster 1986
Porites waylandi Foster 1986
Foster 1986
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Foster 1986
Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919
Foster 1986
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Siliquaria gurabensis
Jung 1989 6 specimens
synonym of Tenagodus
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Jung 1989 110 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Serpulorbis granifer
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 86 specimens
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 10 specimens
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) harrisi (Maury 1917)
Jung and Petit 1990
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852
Jung 1989 16 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Nitidella cibaoica (Maury 1917)
Jung 1994 8 specimens
Sincola (Sincola) nanniebellae (Maury 1917)
Jung 1989 130 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Cavolinia mexicana (Collins 1934)
Janssen 1999 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritina figulopicta (Maury 1917)
Costa et al. 2001 5 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Jung 1989 14 specimens
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: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:7.1 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cercado
Local section:Río Cano Local bed:165 m
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Río Cano Regional bed:1 m
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is unconformably overlain by the Cercado Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 260); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit C1 (165-185 m), sample ca. 165 m.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: corals in thickets or small bioherms
Environment:perireef or subreef
Geology comments: shallow water depth < 10 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:93732
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Krause, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-02-01 02:42:55 Last modified:2012-12-06 16:52:28
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-01 02:42:55
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:

31893 A. F. Budd. 1991. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 11. The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), part 1. The genera Montastrea and Solenastrea. Bulletins of American Paleontology 101:5-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
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]
31838 A. B. Foster. 1986. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 3. The family Poritidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 90:47-123 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
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]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]
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]