NMB Loc. 15803 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Also known as PJ# 1429

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gurabo Formation, which unconformably overlies the Cercado Formation, and is unconformably overlain by the Mao 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: From 397 m above base of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Scattered fossils in silt.

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 131567: 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.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Vermicularia woodringi2 Olsson and Harbison 1953 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum christineladdae3 Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus4, Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis4
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus4 Guppy 1876 murex snail
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis4 Sowerby 1850 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella5 Sowerby 1850 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio simillima1 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata1 Guppy 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Monoplex krebsii1 Mörch 1877 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Bursa grayana1 Dunker 1862 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora delecta2 Guppy 1876 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp.2 Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus domingensis2 Sowerby 1849 worm shell