NMB Loc. 15867 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Also known as PJ# 1493

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 71.1° 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 223 m above base of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 131656: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.07.2012

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
Spondylus bostrychites8 Guppy 1867 scallop
Argopecten thetidis9 Sowerby 1850 calico scallop
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Lobatus haitensis2 Sowerby 1850 true conch
Lobatus dominator2 Pilsbry 1917 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme5 Sowerby 1850 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus6, Chicoreus (Siratus) eumekes6, Murex (Haustellum) pennae6, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius6
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus6 Guppy 1876 murex snail
Chicoreus (Siratus) eumekes6 Vokes 1989 murex snail
Murex (Haustellum) pennae6 Maury 1934 murex snail
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius6 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella7 Sowerby 1850 volute
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella venusta4 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp." = Antillophos3, Tritiaria (Antillophos) moorei3
"Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp." = Antillophos3 Woodring 1928 true whelk
Tritiaria (Antillophos) moorei3 Guppy 1866 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria semistriata3 Sowerby 1850 tulip snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora delecta3 Guppy 1876 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa1 Guppy 1873 snail
Sconsia laevigata1 Guppy 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio mcgintyi1 Emerson and Puffer 1953 snail
Distorsio simillima1 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Erosaria spurca3 Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis papulosus3 Guppy 1866 worm shell
Petaloconchus domingensis3 Sowerby 1849 worm shell
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae3 Maury 1917 worm shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Ochetoclava terpna" = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)3
"Ochetoclava terpna" = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)3 cerith snail