NMB Loc. 15913 - Río Gurabo [Cercado Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 70.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is overlain by the Gurabo Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date extrapolated from Cheethan et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 103 m above base of the section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).

Primary reference: J. B. Saunders, P. Jung, and B. Biju-Duval. 1986. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic: 1. Field Surveys, Lithology, Environment, and Age. Bulletins of American Paleontology 89(323):1-79 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131380: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2012, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limidae indet.5 Rafinesque 1815 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten eccentricus10 Gabb 1873 calico scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet.5 Fleming 1828 clam
Gastropoda
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Cavolinia mexicana3 Collins 1934 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp.5 Say 1824 slipper shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp.5 Woodring 1928 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus gibsonsmithi1 Beu 2010 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella praelaevigata9 Vokes 1964 snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis6
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis6 Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus8
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus8 Guppy 1876 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet.5 Mörch 1852 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena sp.5 Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni5 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa1 Guppy 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Tectonatica sp.5 Sacco 1890 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp.5 Morch 1852 moon snail
Polinices sp.5 Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet.5 Fleming 1822 cerith snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis2 Linnaeus 1758 snail