NMB Loc. 15848 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Also known as PJ# 1474

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 281 m above base of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Scattered shells in silt, with coral rubble.

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 131661: 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.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Ochetoclava sp." = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)3 Woodring 1928 cerith snail
Cerithium microlineatum3 Gabb 1873 cerith snail
Cerithium dominicense3 Gabb 1873 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella7 Sowerby 1850 volute
Lyria (Lyria) incomperta7 Hoerle and Vokes 1978 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomatus6, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius6
Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomatus6 Vokes 1989 murex snail
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius6 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme5 Sowerby 1850 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Tritiaria (Antillophos) dominicense" = Antillophos3, "Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp." = Antillophos3
"Tritiaria (Antillophos) dominicense" = Antillophos3 true whelk
"Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp." = Antillophos3 Woodring 1928 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria semistriata3 Sowerby 1850 tulip snail
Fusinus henekeni3 Sowerby 1850 snail
"Latirus fusiformis" = Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis3 Gabb 1873 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum aedificatum7 Guppy 1876 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) gurabis" = Ventrilia gurabis4
"Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) gurabis" = Ventrilia gurabis4 Maury 1917 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Lobatus dominator2 Pilsbry 1917 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera1 Sowerby 1850 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus bostrychites8 Guppy 1867 scallop