Cercado de Mao - Bluff No. 3 [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic
collected by C. J. Maury

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritina viridemaris (Maury 1917)
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Gastropoda - Ovulidae
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
[entered as Strombus brifrons]
Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex cornurectus Guppy 1876
Murex messorius Sowerby 1841
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
    = Oliva giraudi Cossmann 1913
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Olivella indivisa Guppy 1896
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis exilis (Gabb 1873)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena consors (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusus henekeni Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Phos fasciolatus (Dall 1896)
Phos costatus Gabb 1873
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra oligomitra (Dall 1895)
Terebra gatunensis (Toula 1908)
Terebra spirifera (Dall 1895)
Terebra cirrus (Dall 1895)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus recognitus Guppy 1867
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Drillia henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris albida (Perry 1811)
    = Pleurotoma barretti Guppy 1866
Hendy et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Cythara elongata (Gabb 1873)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Jung and Petit 1990
    = Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799
Landau et al. 2012
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea camura Guppy 1866
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Circulus striata (Gabb 1873)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum gatunense (Toula 1909)
Natica sulcata Born 1778
Polinices subclausa (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina sagraiana (d'Orbigny 1842)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Misspelled: Epitomium
Misspelled: Epitomium
Misspelled: Epitomium
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Gastropoda - Aclididae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cavoliniidae
Listed as "Cavolina near gibbosa"
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Haminoeidae
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Bullaria paupercula (Sowerby 1849)
Acteocina recta (d'Orbigny 1845)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
(1 measurement)
Barbatia reticulata (Gmelin 1792)
    = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819
Hendy et al. 2008
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea virginica Gmelin 1791
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria inornata (Gabb 1873)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten thompsoni Maury 1917
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Strigilla pisiformis (Linnaeus 1758)
Merisca crystallina (Spengler 1798)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium haitense Sowerby 1850
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitaria cercadica Maury 1917
Chione cf. walli (Guppy 1866)
Chione woodwardi (Guppy 1866)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactrella cf. alata (Spengler 1802)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Montacutidae
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina chrysostoma Philippi 1845
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda peltella Dall 1903
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus phenax Pilsbry and Sharp 1898
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Crangonidae
Cragonidae indet. (Haworth 1825)
Rathbun 1919
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eryonidae
Eryonidae indet. De Haan 1841
Rathbun 1919
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Rathbun 1919
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Rathbun 1919
Rathbun 1919
Parthenope sp. Weber 1795
Rathbun 1919
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Rathbun 1919
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae
Panopeus sp. Milne Edwards 1834
Rathbun 1919
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Rathbun 1919
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Rathbun 1919
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Portunus sp. Weber 1795
Rathbun 1919
Rathbun 1919
Rathbun 1919
Callinectes sp. Stimpson 1860
Rathbun 1919
Rathbun 1919
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Cycloes bairdii Stimpson 1860
Rathbun 1919
Rathbun 1919
Rathbun 1919
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae
Rathbun 1919
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.3° North, 68.8° West (Wright 2013)
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: 11.63 - 7.246 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 7.9 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: Bluff composed of blue clays and sand with layers of marl. Tellinas abundant. Fucoids and Bryozoa in the sandy layers.
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
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI,USNM
Collectors:C. J. Maury
Collection method comments: Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI (decapods at USNM).
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for poorly resolved section. Identifications to species level, though antiquated genus-level nomenclature.
Metadata
Database number:58817
Authorizer:A. Hendy, M. Clapham Enterer:A. Hendy, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-02-24 19:31:49 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-24 19:31:49
Creative Commons license:CC0
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:

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]
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]
43357decapod,fossil record M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. In T. W. Vaughan (ed.), Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/M. Clapham]
31182 E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]