Cercado de Mao - Bluff No. 2 [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca yaquensis
Maury 1917
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| recombined as Arca (Arca) yaquensis | ||||||||||
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Scapharca cibaoica
Maury 1917
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| recombined as Anadara (Hawaiarca) cibaoica | ||||||||||
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Scapharca henekeni
Maury 1917
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| recombined as Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni | ||||||||||
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Scapharca corcupidonis
Maury 1917
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| recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) corcupidonis | ||||||||||
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Scapharca arthurpennelli
Maury 1917
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| recombined as Lunarca arthurpennelli | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris acuticostata
(Sowerby 1849)
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| recombined as Tucetona acuticostata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten cercadica
Maury 1917
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| recombined as Antillipecten cercadicus | ||||||||||
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Pecten excentricus
(Gabb 1873)
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| recombined as Argopecten eccentricus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria inornata
(Gabb 1873)
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Crenella divaricata
(d'Orbigny 1853)
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| synonym of Crenella decussata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella guppyi
(Dall 1896)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia scabricostata
(Guppy 1866)
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= Venericardia dominica
Weisbord 1929
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Weisbord 1929 | |||||||||
| recombined as Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula vieta
Guppy 1866
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| recombined as Varicorbula vieta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione cf. walli
(Guppy 1866)
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Chione woodwardi
(Guppy 1866)
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| recombined as Chionopsis woodwardi | ||||||||||
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Pitaria planivieta
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele claytoni
Maury 1917
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium dominicanum
(Dall 1900)
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| recombined as Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum | ||||||||||
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Cardium venustum
Gabb 1873
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| recombined as Laevicardium venustulum | ||||||||||
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Cardium haitense
Sowerby 1850
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| recombined as Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora inconspicua
Gabb 1873
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| recombined as Pandora (Pandorella) inconspicua | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides domingensis
Dall 1890
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| recombined as Phacoides pectinatus domingensis | ||||||||||
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Miltha smithwoodwardi
Maury 1917
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| synonym of Miltha chipolana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Protobranchia
- Nuculanidae
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Leda peltella
Dall 1903
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| recombined as Saccella peltella | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Volvula cylindrica
Gabb 1873
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| synonym of Volvulella (Volvulella) oxytata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina triticum
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| Listed as "Acteocina triticum-tritonis" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Architaenioglossa
- Ampullinidae
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Amauropsis guppyi
(Gabb 1873)
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| recombined as Pachycrommium guppyi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva brevispira
Gabb 1873
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= Oliva giraudi
Cossmann 1913
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Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 | |||||||||
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Olivella muticoides
(Gabb 1873)
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| recombined as Olivella (Olivella) muticoides | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Phos gabbi
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Alectrion cercadensis
Maury 1917
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| recombined as Nassarius (Uzita) cercadensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus fusiformis
Gabb 1873
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| recombined as Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria islacolonis
(Maury 1917)
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| recombined as Aphera islacolonis | ||||||||||
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Cancellaria barretti
Guppy 1866
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= Cancellaria (Cancellaria) mauryae
Olsson 1922
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Jung and Petit 1990 | |||||||||
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= Cancellaria sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Landau et al. 2012 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex cornurectus
Guppy 1876
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| recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Cythara gibba
Guppy 1896
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| recombined as Brachycythara gibba | ||||||||||
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Cythara elongata
(Gabb 1873)
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| recombined as Ithycythara elongata | ||||||||||
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Mangilia lalonis
Maury 1917
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Drillia maonispriparum
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turris albida
(Perry 1811)
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= Pleurotoma barretti
Guppy 1866
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Hendy et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| recombined as Polystira barretti | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus furvoides
Gabb 1873
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra spirifera
(Dall 1895)
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| recombined as Strioterebrum spiriferum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica youngi
Maury 1917
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Natica sulcata
Born 1778
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| recombined as Stigmaulax sulcata | ||||||||||
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Polinices subclausa
(Sowerby 1850)
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| synonym of Polinices hepaticus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum cf. pileolum
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea camura
Guppy 1866
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sulcifera
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoina crassilabris
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Rissoina sagraiana
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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Gastropoda
- Sorbeoconcha
- Turritellidae
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Turritella planigyrata
Guppy 1867
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= Turritella mauryae
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Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Sorbeoconcha
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium uniseriale
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Neritina viridemaris
(Maury 1917)
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| recombined as Smaragdia (Smaragdia) viridis viridemaris | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo dominicensis
Gabb 1873
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| recombined as Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Phasianellidae
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Phasianella punctata
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium dissimile
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus elegantissimus
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Cadulus phenax
Pilsbry and Sharp 1898
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| recombined as Cadulus (Gadila) phenax | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 70.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 7.6 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cercado | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| 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 from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Bluff approximately 200 ft thick. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | blue poorly lithified claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Blue clays with layers formed of masses of foraminifera which appears like fine gravel. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported by Maury. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collection method comments: Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for poorly resolved section. Identifications to species level, though antiquated genus-level nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58816 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-24 19:29:44 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-24 19:29:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16689. | C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 19909 | 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 36423 | B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 43469 | B. D. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama, with the description of seven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(2):311-339 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 17428 | N.E. Weisbord. 1929. Miocene Mollusca of Northern Colombia. Bulletin of American Paleontology 14(54):1-310 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |