Los Quemados - Zone G (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.3° N, 69.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cercado Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• From zone F. Section approximately 50 ft thick, tthough only 10 ft exposed.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, sideritic, gray, green, sandy claystone

• No paleoenvironmental data reported by Maury.
• Hard, greenish-gray clays with sandy layers and limonitic nodules.

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 58824: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2006

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• Identifications to species level, though antiquated genus-level nomenclature.
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Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium dissimile
Dentalium dissimile tusk shell
Includes: Dentalium dissimile ponderosum
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus denticulustrigris
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda peltella" = Saccella peltella
"Leda peltella" = Saccella peltella Dall 1903 pointed nut clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898 bittersweet clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Scapharca golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis, "Scapharca inaequilateralis" = Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis
"Scapharca golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis Maury 1917 ark
"Scapharca inaequilateralis" = Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis Maury 1917 ark
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium serratum" = Laevicardium serratum, "Cardium haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis, "Protocardia gurabica" = Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabicum
"Cardium serratum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis Sowerby 1850 cockle
"Protocardia gurabica" = Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabicum Maury 1917 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina waylandvaughani, "Scissula scitula" = Moerella (Scissula)
"Scissula scitula" = Moerella (Scissula) tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Chione woodwardi" = Chionopsis woodwardi, Chione hendersoni, Pitaria planivieta, Pitaria acuticostata
"Chione woodwardi" = Chionopsis woodwardi Guppy 1866 venus clam
Chione hendersoni venus clam
Pitaria planivieta venus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella prevaricata
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia dominica" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica2
"Venericardia dominica" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica2 Weisbord 1929 clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma grabaui
Calliostoma grabaui Maury 1917 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo dominicensis" = Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis
"Turbo dominicensis" = Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis Gabb 1873 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Clava plebeia
Clava plebeia Sowerby 1850 cerith snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Amauropsis guppyi" = Pachycrommium guppyi
"Amauropsis guppyi" = Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail
Includes: Amauropsis guppyi gurabensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea camura
Malea camura Guppy 1866 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa
"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa Guppy 1873 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Olivella muticoides" = Olivella (Olivella) muticoides, Oliva cylindrica, Oliva giraudi1
"Olivella muticoides" = Olivella (Olivella) muticoides Gabb 1873 olive snail
Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850 olive snail
Oliva giraudi1 Cossmann 1913 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella hispaniolana
Marginella hispaniolana Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria semistriata
Fasciolaria semistriata Sowerby 1850 tulip snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella venusta, Strombina gurabensis, Strombina nuestrasenorae, Strombina pseudohaitensis
Metulella venusta Sowerby 1850 dove shell
Strombina gurabensis Maury 1917 dove shell
Strombina nuestrasenorae dove shell
Is this mean't to be Strombus? (A. Hendy)
Strombina pseudohaitensis Maury 1917 dove shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Aphera islacolonis
Aphera islacolonis Maury 1917 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus granozonatoides, Conus bonaczyi, Conus consobrinus, "Conus tortuosostriatus" = Conasprella (Dalliconus) sauros, "Conus marginatus" = Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus
Conus granozonatoides Maury 1917 cone shell
Conus bonaczyi Gabb 1873 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus tortuosostriatus" = Conasprella (Dalliconus) sauros Garcia 2006 cone shell
"Conus marginatus" = Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus Sowerby 1839 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
"Drillia islalindae" = Clathrodrillia islalindae
"Drillia islalindae" = Clathrodrillia islalindae Maury 1917 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra cirrus" = Terebra (Strioterebrum) cirrus
"Terebra cirrus" = Terebra (Strioterebrum) cirrus Dall 1895 auger snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus haitensis" = Lobatus haitensis
"Strombus haitensis" = Lobatus haitensis Sowerby 1850 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea henekeni" = Muracypraea henekeni
"Cypraea henekeni" = Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum gatunense, Natica youngi, "Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata
Sinum gatunense Toula 1909 moon snail
Natica youngi Maury 1917 moon snail
"Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata Born 1778 moon snail
 Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Bullaria paupercula
Bullaria paupercula Sowerby 1849 snail
1Landau and Marques da Silva 2010; 2Weisbord 1929