PBDB Collection

NMB Loc. 15878 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo 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 - Poritidae

	Porites waylandi Foster 1986	Foster 1986
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae

	Cardiomya (Cardiomya) islahispaniolae (Maury 1917)	Jung 1996	1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

	Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis (Sowerby 1850)	Vokes 1989
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

	Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828	Jung 1989	80 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

	Euvola soror (Gabb 1873)	Waller 2011	1 specimen

	Argopecten eccentricus (Gabb 1873)	Waller 2011	203 specimens

	Lindapecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)	Waller 2011	2 specimens

	Amusium papyraceum (Gabb 1873)	Waller 2011	1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae

	Serpulorbis granifer	Jung 1989	6 specimens

	Serpulorbis papulosus (Guppy 1866)	Jung 1989	1 specimen

	Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917	Jung 1989	6 specimens
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae

	Hipponix sp. (Defrance 1819)	Jung 1989	4 specimens
Gastropoda - Triphoridae

	Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847	Jung 1989	11 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae

	Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850	Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

	Muracypraea henekeni (Sowerby 1850)	Jung 1989	1 specimen

	Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus 1758)	Jung 1989	3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

	Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852	Jung 1989	134 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

	Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)	Vokes 1989
	recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

	Prunum maoense (Maury 1917)	Nehm 2001	46 specimens
	original and current combination Marginella maoensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

	Aphera islacolonis (Maury 1917)	Jung and Petit 1990
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

	Fasciolaria semistriata Sowerby 1850	Jung 1989	2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

	Bifurcium nuestrasenorae	Jung 1994	3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

	Cantharus sp. Röding 1798	Jung 1989	1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae

	Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850	Beu 2010	2 specimens

	Semicassis reclusa (Guppy 1873)	Beu 2010	5 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae

	Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834	Jung 1989	2 specimens

	Sigatica sp. (Meyer and Aldrich 1886)	Jung 1989	8 specimens

	Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852	Jung 1989	83 specimens

	Tectonatica sp. Sacco 1890	Jung 1989	124 specimens

	Natica sp. Scopoli 1777	Jung 1989	51 specimens

	Polinices sp. Monfort 1810	Jung 1989	17 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

	Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)	Jung 1989	7 specimens

	Alabina canaliculata	Jung 1989	144 specimens

	Cerithium venustum Gabb 1873	Jung 1989	1 specimen

	Bittium yaguense Gabb 1873	Jung 1989	33 specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae

	Pachycrommium sp. Woodring 1928	Jung 1989	24 specimens
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calcinidae

	Dardanus squamatus Collins et al. 2009	Collins et al. 2009	1 specimen
see common names

Geography

Country:	Dominican Republic
Coordinates:	19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	19.4° North, 70.6° 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:	7.0 Ma (age-depth)

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Gurabo
Local section:	Río Gurabo	Local bed:	195 m
Local order:	bottom to top
Regional section:	Río Gurabo	Regional bed:	3
Regional order:	bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:	bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 260); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G3 (150-185 m).

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:	94106
Authorizer:	W. Kiessling, A. Hendy	Enterer:	U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:	A. Hendy	Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2010-02-09 07:30:12	Last modified:	2012-12-07 09:58:12
Access level:	authorizer only	Released:	2012-02-09 07:30:12
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]
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]
34337		J. S. H. Collins, R. W. Portell, and S. K. Donovan. 2009. Decapod crustaceans from the Neogene of the Caribbean: diversity, distribution and prospectus. Scripta Geologica 138:55-111 [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]
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]
29992		J. R. Freiheit and D. H. Geary. 2009. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23. Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology 376:1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]
25339		P. Jung. 1996. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: 17. The familes Cuspidariidae and Verticordiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 110(351):35-54 [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]
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]
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]
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]