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
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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Rathbun 1919 | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Paguridae
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Rathbun 1919 | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Parthenopidae
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Parthenope sp.
Weber 1795
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Rathbun 1919 | |||||||||
Mesorhoea mauryae n. sp.
Rathbun 1919
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Rathbun 1919 | |||||||||
Rathbun 1919 | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Leucosiidae
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Rathbun 1919 | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Xanthidae
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Rathbun 1919 | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Panopeidae
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Panopeus sp.
Milne Edwards 1834
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Rathbun 1919 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Calappidae
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Rathbun 1919 | ||||||||||
Rathbun 1919 | ||||||||||
Cycloes bairdii
Stimpson 1860
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Rathbun 1919 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Portunidae
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Portunus sp.
Weber 1795
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Rathbun 1919 | |||||||||
Portunus tenuis n. sp.
Rathbun 1919
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Rathbun 1919 | |||||||||
Rathbun 1919 | ||||||||||
Callinectes sp.
Stimpson 1860
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Rathbun 1919 | |||||||||
Rathbun 1919 | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Pilumnidae
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Pilumnus subequus n. sp.
Rathbun 1919
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Rathbun 1919 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Eryonidae
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Eryonidae indet.
De Haan 1841
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Rathbun 1919 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Crangonidae
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Cragonidae indet.
(Haworth 1825)
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Rathbun 1919 | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus phenax
Pilsbry and Sharp 1898
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina chrysostoma
Philippi 1845
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Phacoides yaquensis
(Gabb 1873)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitaria cercadica
Maury 1917
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Chione cf. walli
(Guppy 1866)
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Chione woodwardi
(Guppy 1866)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta capuloides
(Gabb 1873)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactrella cf. alata
(Spengler 1802)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Montacutidae
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Merisca crystallina
(Spengler 1798)
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Scissula cercadica
Maury 1917
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Psammacoma yaquensis
Maury 1917
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Strigilla pisiformis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium tintinnabularum
(Maury 1917)
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Cardium dominicanum
(Dall 1900)
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Cardium haitense
Sowerby 1850
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Cardium venustum
Gabb 1873
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora inconspicua
Gabb 1873
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Cuspidaria islahispaniolae
Maury 1917
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten thompsoni
Maury 1917
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Pecten eccentricus
Gabb 1873
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria inornata
(Gabb 1873)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea virginica
Gmelin 1791
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia reticulata
(Gmelin 1792)
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= Acar domingensis
Lamarck 1819
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Hendy et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula tenuisculpta
Gabb 1873
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda peltella
Dall 1903
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Misspelled: Epitomium | ||||||||||
Misspelled: Epitomium | ||||||||||
Misspelled: Epitomium | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea camura
Guppy 1866
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Phalium moniliferum
(Guppy 1866)
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Cassis sulcifera
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa amphitrites n. sp.
Maury 1917
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus bifrons
Sowerby 1850
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[entered as Strombus brifrons] | ||||||||||
Strombus proximus
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Phos costatus
Gabb 1873
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Phos fasciolatus
(Dall 1896)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusus henekeni
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Anachis exilis
(Gabb 1873)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella indivisa
Guppy 1896
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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 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria epistomifera
Guppy 1876
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Cancellaria barretti
Guppy 1866
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||||||
= Cancellaria sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Landau et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus recognitus
Guppy 1867
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Cythara elongata
(Gabb 1873)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra cirrus
(Dall 1895)
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Terebra gatunensis
(Toula 1908)
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Terebra spirifera
(Dall 1895)
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Terebra oligomitra
(Dall 1895)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pseudomelatomidae
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Drillia henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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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 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria pulchella
(Sowerby 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex cornurectus
Guppy 1876
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Murex messorius
Sowerby 1841
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Gastropoda
- Ovulidae
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Gastropoda
- Triviidae
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices subclausa
(Sowerby 1850)
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Natica sulcata
Born 1778
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Sinum gatunense
(Toula 1909)
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Gastropoda
- Triphoridae
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Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Circulus striata
(Gabb 1873)
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoina sagraiana
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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Gastropoda
- Aclididae
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Melanella jacululum
Maury 1917
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Neritina viridemaris
(Maury 1917)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Solarium stonemanae
Maury 1917
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Solarium quadriseriatum
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchiata
- Cavoliniidae
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Listed as "Cavolina near gibbosa" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchiata
- Haminoeidae
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchiata
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina recta
(d'Orbigny 1845)
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Acteocina canaliculata
(Say 1826)
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Bullaria paupercula
(Sowerby 1849)
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchiata
- Retusidae
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Volvula cylindrica
Gabb 1873
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Gastropoda
- Phasianellidae
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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] | |
43357 | decapod,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] |