TU 1412 (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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74915: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.09.2007

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.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella sp. Gabb 1873 snail
Metulella venusta Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Antillophos moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) juncta, "Cancellaria (Bivetiella) sp." = Bivetiella
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) juncta Jung and Petit 1990 snail
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) sp." = Bivetiella Wenz 1943 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla longa Gabb 1873 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus consorbrinus cone shell
Conus catenatus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
"Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Fusiturricula sp. Woodring 1928 ribbed mitre
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme Sowerby 1850 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius4, Murex (Haustellum) pennae4, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus4, Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis4
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius4 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
Murex (Haustellum) pennae4 Maury 1934 murex snail
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus4 Guppy 1876 murex snail
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis4 Sowerby 1850 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis sp., "Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi
Cassis sp. Scopoli 1777 snail
"Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi Adams 1855 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Monoplex krebsii2 Mörch 1877 triton shell
Monoplex gurabonicus2 Maury 1917 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sp. Lea 1843 worm shell
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Carinodrillia sp. Dall 1919 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
Argopecten thetidis5 Sowerby 1850 calico scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca)
"Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca) Gray 1857 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta sp., "Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam
"Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus Coen 1934 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bothrocorbula viminea1 Guppy 1866 clam
"Caryocorbula sericea" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea1 Dall 1898 clam