Los Quemados - Zone C (Pliocene of Dominican Republic)

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: Gurabo Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• From zone C. Section approximately 10 ft thick. Prominent limestone horizon at top of section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone and poorly lithified limestone

• No paleoenvironmental data reported by Maury.
• Alternating clays and limestones, with a rather heavy bed of the latter above.

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 58820: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Identifications to species level, though antiquated genus-level nomenclature.
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Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster caudatus
Clypeaster caudatus Jackson 1922 sand dollar
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp.
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop