NMB Loc. 16929 - Rio Mao [Cercado Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Also known as PJ# 1683

Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 70.1° 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 from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal siltstone

• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Fossiliferous silts.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, 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 131510: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.07.2012

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 - Pectinoidae
Leptopecten thompsoni7 Maury 1917 scallop
Lindapecten plurinominis7 Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 scallop
Argopecten eccentricus7 Gabb 1873 calico scallop
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten guppyi7 Dall 1898 mud scallop
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum6 Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis5
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis5 Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) bajonensis" = Bivetiella bajonensis4
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) bajonensis" = Bivetiella bajonensis4 Jung and Petit 1990 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis1 Linnaeus 1758 snail