TU 1411 (Río Guanajuma) (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: AGE: Placed in Late Miocene by enterer on the basis of known age range faunal constituents. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION:

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified based on observation of figures.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.

Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74914: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.09.2007, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• TAXONOMY: Most taxa Identified by A. Hendy, with some earlier identifications by E. Vokes, P. Jung, H. Vokes, L. Anderson.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Asterosmilia abnormalis3 Duncan 1864 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Antillophos moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail
"Fusinus haitensis" = Fusinus henekeni haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella sp. Gabb 1873 snail
Metulella venusta Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus consorbrinus, "Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus, "Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella praetextilis Vokes 1998 snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius4, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus4, Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis4, Murex (Haustellum) pennae4
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius4 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus4 Guppy 1876 murex snail
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis4 Sowerby 1850 murex snail
Murex (Haustellum) pennae4 Maury 1934 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cf. guppyi
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera Guppy 1876 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio mcgintyi2 Emerson and Puffer 1953 snail
Distorsio simillima2 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi
"Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi Adams 1855 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ovulidae
Simnia sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Caryocorbula sericea" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea1
"Caryocorbula sericea" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea1 Dall 1898 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama involuta Guppy 1873 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam