Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• Zone I. From unknown formation (Possibly Cercado, Gurabo or Mao) at the time of writing. Section approximately 50 ft thick, 680 ft from base of section. Later shown to be correlated to the Cercado Fm.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, green claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion, original aragonite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI.
Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58869: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Volvula cylindrica" = Volvulella (Volvulella) oxytata
"Volvula cylindrica" = Volvulella (Volvulella) oxytata Bush 1885 snail | |
Bullaria sarahberlinerae Maury 1917 snail
Bullaria granosa Sowerby 1849 snail
Bullaria paupercula Sowerby 1849 snail | |
Astralium karlschmidti, "Turbo dominicensis" = Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis
Astralium karlschmidti snail
"Turbo dominicensis" = Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis Gabb 1873 snail Subspecies: Turbo dominicensis laloi
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Niso grandis snail | |
"Pyrula pilsbryi" = Ficus pilsbryi
"Pyrula pilsbryi" = Ficus pilsbryi Smith 1907 fig shell | |
Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850 conch | |
"Trivia globosa" = Niveria (Cleotrivia) globosa
"Trivia globosa" = Niveria (Cleotrivia) globosa Sowerby 1832 snail | |
"Cypraea henekeni" = Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850 cowry | |
Mitra henekeni Sowerby 1850 mitre shell | |
"Terebra cirrus" = Terebra (Strioterebrum) cirrus, "Terebra spirifera" = Strioterebrum spiriferum, Terebra berlinae
"Terebra cirrus" = Terebra (Strioterebrum) cirrus Dall 1895 auger snail
"Terebra spirifera" = Strioterebrum spiriferum Dall 1895 auger snail
Terebra berlinae auger snail | |
"Glyphostoma golfoyaquensis" = Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) golfoyaquensis
"Glyphostoma golfoyaquensis" = Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) golfoyaquensis Maury 1917 snail | |
Cythara caimitica Maury 1917 snail | |
"Drillia islalindae" = Clathrodrillia islalindae
"Drillia islalindae" = Clathrodrillia islalindae Maury 1917 snail | |
"Conus kitteredgei" = Conasprella (Ximeniconus) kitteredgei, "Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus, Conus furvoides
"Conus kitteredgei" = Conasprella (Ximeniconus) kitteredgei Maury 1917 cone shell
"Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867 cone shell
Conus furvoides Gabb 1873 cone shell | |
Aphera islacolonis, "Cancellaria harrisi" = Cancellaria (Cancellaria) harrisi
Aphera islacolonis Maury 1917 snail
"Cancellaria harrisi" = Cancellaria (Cancellaria) harrisi Maury 1917 snail | |
"Fusus henekeni" = Fusinus henekeni
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"Phos fasciolatus" = Pallacera guadelupensis
"Phos fasciolatus" = Pallacera guadelupensis Petit 1852 snail | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Strombina nanniebellae" = Sincola (Sincola) nanniebellae
"Strombina nanniebellae" = Sincola (Sincola) nanniebellae Maury 1917 snail | |
Oliva cristobalcoloni Maury 1917 olive snail
Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850 olive snail | |
"Murex cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
"Murex cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail | |
Cassis sulcifera, "Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850 snail
"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa Guppy 1873 snail | |
Neverita nereidis, "Polinices subclausa" = Polinices hepaticus, Natica youngi, "Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena, "Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata
Neverita nereidis Maury 1917 moon snail
"Polinices subclausa" = Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail
Natica youngi Maury 1917 moon snail
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
"Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata Born 1778 moon snail | |
"Amauropsis guppyi" = Pachycrommium guppyi
"Amauropsis guppyi" = Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
"Solarium granulatum" = Architectonica nobilis
"Solarium granulatum" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Bivalvia | |
"Venericardia dominica" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica3
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"Solen obliquus" = Solen (Solena) obliquus
"Solen obliquus" = Solen (Solena) obliquus Spengler 1794 clam | |
Macoma cf. constricta Bruguière 1792 tellin clam
Tellina riocanensis tellin clam | |
Semele claytoni Maury 1917 clam | |
"Cardium haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis
"Cardium haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis Sowerby 1850 cockle | |
Pitaria planivieta, "Pitaria circinata" = Lamelliconcha circinata, "Chione (Lirophora) hendersoni" = Lirophora, "Chione woodwardi" = Chionopsis woodwardi
Pitaria planivieta venus clam
"Pitaria circinata" = Lamelliconcha circinata Born 1778 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) hendersoni" = Lirophora venus clam
"Chione woodwardi" = Chionopsis woodwardi Guppy 1866 venus clam | |
"Corbula vieta" = Varicorbula vieta
"Corbula vieta" = Varicorbula vieta Guppy 1866 clam | |
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898 clam Originally listed as: Glycimeris [=Panopea]
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"Scapharca cibaoica" = Anadara (Hawaiarca) cibaoica, "Arca yaquensis" = Arca (Arca) yaquensis, "Scapharca inaequilateralis" = Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis
"Scapharca cibaoica" = Anadara (Hawaiarca) cibaoica Maury 1917 clam
"Arca yaquensis" = Arca (Arca) yaquensis Maury 1917 ark
"Scapharca inaequilateralis" = Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis Maury 1917 ark | |
Amusium papyraceum, "Pecten thetidis" = Argopecten thetidis, "Pecten caimitica" = Argopecten eccentricus caimiticus
Amusium papyraceum Gabb 1873 scallop
"Pecten thetidis" = Argopecten thetidis Sowerby 1850 calico scallop
"Pecten caimitica" = Argopecten eccentricus caimiticus Maury 1917 calico scallop | |
"Leda peltella" = Saccella peltella
"Leda peltella" = Saccella peltella Dall 1903 pointed nut clam |