TU 1370 (Rio Guanajuma) (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74957: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.09.2007

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.
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. Iredale 1939 ark
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
"Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca) Gray 1857 ark
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850 conch
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Fusiturricula sp. Woodring 1928 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Aphera islacolonis Maury 1917 snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus, "Conus olssoni" = Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni, Conus consobrinus, "Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus olssoni" = Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni Maury 1917 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella venusta Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell
Check validity
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis sp., "Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi
Cassis sp. Scopoli 1777 snail
"Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi Adams 1855 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Carinodrillia sp. Dall 1919 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) sp. Woodring 1928 cerith snail