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
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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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
Anthozoa | |
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Gastropoda | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Antillophos moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk | |
Fusinus henekeni, "Fusinus haitensis" = Fusinus henekeni haitensis
Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail
"Fusinus haitensis" = Fusinus henekeni haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Metulella sp. Gabb 1873 snail
Metulella venusta Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Conus consorbrinus, "Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus, "Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus
Conus consorbrinus cone shell
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Drillia cercadonsis snail | |
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid | |
Turbinella praetextilis Vokes 1998 snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius4, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus4, Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis4, Murex (Haustellum) pennae4
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Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute | |
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cf. guppyi
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera Guppy 1876 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cf. guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
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"Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi
"Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi Adams 1855 snail | |
Simnia sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Xenophora delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Bivalvia | |
Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Hyotissa haitense oyster | |
"Caryocorbula sericea" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea1
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Chama involuta Guppy 1873 jewel box | |
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam |