Where: Dominican Republic (19.7° N, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.7° N, 71.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mao Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Mao Fm, which overlies the Gurabo Fm. AGE: Early Pliocene-Middle Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); assigned to Early Pliocene at present. THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74964: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.09.2007, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia cerith snail | |
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
Vermicularia spirata Philippi 1836 turret shell | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell | |
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Macrocypraea zebra Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
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Metula gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1911 true whelk | |
Sincola (Sincola) sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 snail
Columbella cf. platynema Woodring 1928 snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
"Conus olssoni" = Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni, Conus consobrinus, "Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus
"Conus olssoni" = Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni Maury 1917 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Vasum gurabiculum snail | |
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
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Fissurellidae indet. Fleming 1822 snail
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail
Puncturella sp. Lowe 1827 puncturella | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Pinna cf. refurca oyster | |
Ctenoides sp. Mörch 1853 file clam | |
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Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885 clam | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. modiolida, Barbatia (Barbatia) sp., Barbatia (Barbatia) inusitata, Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. islopa, "Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra, Anadara (Rasia) sp.
Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. modiolida Woodring 1925 clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842 clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) inusitata Woodring 1925 clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. islopa Woodring 1925 clam
"Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark | |
Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp. Stewart 1930 clam
Ctena cf. vendryesi clam | |
Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) viminea Guppy 1866 clam
Caryocorbula dominicensis Gabb 1873 clam | |
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam | |
Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box
Chama involuta Guppy 1873 jewel box
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791 jewel box | |
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
Americardia guppyi Thiele 1910 cockle | |
"Psammacoma (Psammacoma) yaquensis" = Psammacoma olivella, Tellina (Tellina) sp., "Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina), Strigilla (Strigilla) pisiformis
"Psammacoma (Psammacoma) yaquensis" = Psammacoma olivella Dall 1900 tellin clam
Tellina (Tellina) sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
Strigilla (Strigilla) pisiformis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra | |
Anthozoa | |
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