Cercado de Mao - Bluff No. 1 (Pliocene of Dominican Republic)
Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Bluff approximately 200 ft thick.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, blue claystone
• No paleoenvironmental data reported by Maury.
• Blue clays locally hard and brittle. No limestone.
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI.
Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58815: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Exhaustive for poorly resolved section. Identifications to species level, though antiquated genus-level nomenclature.
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| Gastropoda | |
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Natica youngi
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Natica youngi Maury 1917 moon snail | |
"Cypraea spurcoides" = Zonaria spurcoides, Erosaria acicularis1, "Cypraea patrespatriae" = Luria (Basilitrona) patrespatriae, "Cypraea henekeni" = Muracypraea henekeni, "Cypraea noueli" = Cypraeorbis noveli
"Cypraea spurcoides" = Zonaria spurcoides Gabb 1873 cowry
"Cypraea patrespatriae" = Luria (Basilitrona) patrespatriae Maury 1917 cowry
"Cypraea henekeni" = Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850 cowry
"Cypraea noueli" = Cypraeorbis noveli Maury 1917 cowry | |
Strombus bifrons, Strombus proximus, "Strombus maoensis" = Lobatus dominator, "Strombus haitensis" = Lobatus haitensis
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850 conch
Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850 conch
"Strombus maoensis" = Lobatus dominator Pilsbry 1917 true conch
"Strombus haitensis" = Lobatus haitensis Sowerby 1850 true conch | |
"Distortrix simillima" = Distorsio simillima
"Distortrix simillima" = Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
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Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850 snail
Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 snail | |
"Lyria pulchella" = Lyria (Lyria) pulchella
"Lyria pulchella" = Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute | |
"Morum domingense" = Morum (Oniscidia) domingense
"Morum domingense" = Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Typhis cercadicus" = Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) cercadicus, "Murex domingensis" = Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis, "Murex cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
"Typhis cercadicus" = Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) cercadicus Maury 1917 murex snail
"Murex domingensis" = Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis Sowerby 1850 murex snail
"Murex cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail | |
"Marginella coniformis" = Prunum coniforme
"Marginella coniformis" = Prunum coniforme Sowerby 1850 margin shell | |
"Xancus praeovoideus" = Turbinella trinitatis
"Xancus praeovoideus" = Turbinella trinitatis Maury 1925 snail | |
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Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850 olive snail | |
"Terebra haitensis" = Terebra (Oreoterebra) haitensis
"Terebra haitensis" = Terebra (Oreoterebra) haitensis Dall 1895 auger snail | |
"Turris albida" = Polystira albida, "Cythara cercadica" = Lepicythara heptagona
"Turris albida" = Polystira albida Perry 1811 turrid
"Cythara cercadica" = Lepicythara heptagona Gabb 1873 turrid | |
"Conus stenostomus" = Conasprella stenostoma, Conus granozonatoides, Conus karlschmidti, "Conus gaza" = Conus (Dauciconus) multiliratus, "Conus sewalli" = Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli, "Conus haytensis" = Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis
"Conus stenostomus" = Conasprella stenostoma Sowerby 1850 cone shell
Conus granozonatoides Maury 1917 cone shell
Conus karlschmidti Maury 1917 cone shell
"Conus gaza" = Conus (Dauciconus) multiliratus Böse 1906 cone shell
"Conus sewalli" = Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli Maury 1917 cone shell
"Conus haytensis" = Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Drillia cercadonis, "Drillia islalindae" = Clathrodrillia islalindae, "Drillia venusta" = Clathrodrillia venusta, "Drillia henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni
Drillia cercadonis Maury 1917 snail
"Drillia islalindae" = Clathrodrillia islalindae Maury 1917 snail
"Drillia venusta" = Clathrodrillia venusta Sowerby 1850 snail
"Drillia henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail | |
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Surcula riomaonis Maury 1917 snail | |
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Metulella venusta Sowerby 1850 snail | |
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"Fusus henekeni" = Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail
Fasciolaria carminamaris Maury 1917 tulip snail
Fasciolaria semistriata Sowerby 1850 tulip snail | |
Metula cancellata, "Phos moorei" = Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei
Metula cancellata Gabb 1873 true whelk
"Phos moorei" = Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk | |
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Mitra berlineri Maury 1917 mitre shell
Mitra henekeni Sowerby 1850 mitre shell | |
"Cancellaria epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera, Cancellaria sp.2, "Cancellaria guppyi" = Cancellaria (Cancellaria) guppyi
"Cancellaria epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera Guppy 1876 snail
"Cancellaria guppyi" = Cancellaria (Cancellaria) guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
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Xenophora delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell | |
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Crepitacella cepula Guppy 1866 snail | |
"Amauropsis guppyi" = Pachycrommium guppyi
"Amauropsis guppyi" = Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
"Solarium quadriseriatum" = Architectonica nobilis
"Solarium quadriseriatum" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Antigona blaudiana venus clam
Chione hendersoni venus clam | |
"Echinochama antiquata" = Arcinella antiquata
"Echinochama antiquata" = Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box | |
"Cardium serratum" = Laevicardium serratum
"Cardium serratum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Spondylus bostrychites, "Pecten excentricus" = Argopecten eccentricus, "Pecten ? soror" = Euvola soror
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867 scallop
"Pecten excentricus" = Argopecten eccentricus Gabb 1873 calico scallop
"Pecten ? soror" = Euvola soror Gabb 1873 scallop | |
"Scapharca golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis, "Scapharca cercadica" = Anadara (Rasia) cercadica
"Scapharca golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis Maury 1917 ark
"Scapharca cercadica" = Anadara (Rasia) cercadica Maury 1917 ark | |
"Glycymeris acuticostata" = Tucetona acuticostata
"Glycymeris acuticostata" = Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam | |