Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• From Zone B. Section approximately 50 ft thick.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, gray, blue claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
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 58819: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Turbo crenulatoides" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea
"Turbo crenulatoides" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Cerithium uniseriale cerith snail
Clava plebeia Sowerby 1850 cerith snail | |
"Drillia fusiformis" = Carinodrillia fusiformis
"Drillia fusiformis" = Carinodrillia fusiformis Gabb 1873 snail | |
Mitra henekeni Sowerby 1850 mitre shell | |
Latirus infundibulum Gmelin 1791 snail
"Latirus exilis" = Dolicholatirus exilis Gabb 1873 snail | |
"Conus stenostomus" = Conasprella stenostoma, "Conus haytensis" = Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis
"Conus stenostomus" = Conasprella stenostoma Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus haytensis" = Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis Sowerby 1850 cone shell Subspecies: Conus haytensis gurabensis
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"Drillia venusta" = Clathrodrillia venusta, Drillia squamosa
"Drillia venusta" = Clathrodrillia venusta Sowerby 1850 snail
Drillia squamosa Gabb 1873 snail | |
"Turris albida" = Polystira albida
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"Vasum haitense" = Vasum haitensis
"Vasum haitense" = Vasum haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Marginella christineladdae" = Prunum christineladdae
"Marginella christineladdae" = Prunum christineladdae Maury 1917 margin shell | |
"Lyria pulchella" = Lyria (Lyria) pulchella
"Lyria pulchella" = Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute | |
"Distortrix simillima" = Distorsio simillima
"Distortrix simillima" = Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850 snail
Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 snail | |
"Simpulum pileare" = Monoplex pilearis
"Simpulum pileare" = Monoplex pilearis Linnaeus 1758 triton shell | |
"Bursa bufoniopsis" = Bursa grayana
"Bursa bufoniopsis" = Bursa grayana Dunker 1862 frog shell | |
Natica youngi Maury 1917 moon snail | |
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Serpulorbis granifera Say 1824 worm shell | |
"Solarium quadriseriatum" = Architectonica nobilis
"Solarium quadriseriatum" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Bivalvia | |
"Scapharca golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis, "Scapharca riogurabonica" = Anadara (Sectiarca) riogurabonica, "Scapharca henekeni" = Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni
"Scapharca golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis Maury 1917 ark
"Scapharca riogurabonica" = Anadara (Sectiarca) riogurabonica Maury 1917 ark
"Scapharca henekeni" = Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni Maury 1917 ark | |
"Glycymeris acuticostata" = Tucetona acuticostata
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"Pecten eugrammatus" = Argopecten thetidis, Spondylus bostrychites
"Pecten eugrammatus" = Argopecten thetidis Sowerby 1850 calico scallop
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867 scallop | |
"Echinochama antiquata" = Arcinella antiquata
"Echinochama antiquata" = Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box Subspecies: Echinochama antiquata yaquensis
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"Antigona blandiana" = Ventricolaria blandiana
"Antigona blandiana" = Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam | |
"Cardium cinderellae" = Agnocardia cinderellae, "Protocardia islahispaniolae" = Nemocardium (Microcardium) islahispaniolae
"Cardium cinderellae" = Agnocardia cinderellae Maury 1917 cockle
"Protocardia islahispaniolae" = Nemocardium (Microcardium) islahispaniolae Maury 1917 cockle | |