Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° N, 69.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baitoa Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Baitoa Fm, which unconformably underlies the Cercardo, and overlies unconformably the Tabera Fm. AGE: Early Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999). THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74959: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis Gabb 1873 snail | |
Solariella altiuscula Guppy 1896 snail | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell | |
Carinodrillia sp. Dall 1919 snail | |
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell | |
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia cerith snail | |
Crepitacella cepula Guppy 1866 snail | |
Petaloconchus sp. Lea 1843 worm shell | |
Lyria (Lyria) gabbi Vokes 1998 volute | |
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus6, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail | |
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Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) pitti true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) elegans Guppy 1866 true whelk | |
Nassarius (Nassarius) sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Columbellidae indet., Conella perplexabilis, Parametaria lopezana, Parametaria (Dominitaria) lopezana3
Columbellidae indet. Swainson 1840 snail
Conella perplexabilis Maury 1917 snail | |
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887 ribbed mitre | |
"Vasum (Vasum) haitense" = Vasum haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Cancellariidae indet. Gray 1853 snail | |
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid
Lepicythara lopezana turrid | |
Conus sp., "Conus stenostoma" = Conasprella stenostoma
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
"Conus stenostoma" = Conasprella stenostoma Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
Terebra (Panaterebra) sp. Olsson 1967 auger snail | |
Erosaria spurca Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
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Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail | |
"Atys (Aliculastrum) sp." = Aliculastrum
"Atys (Aliculastrum) sp." = Aliculastrum Pilsbry 1896 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp. Stewart 1930 clam | |
Bothrocorbula viminea Guppy 1866 clam | |
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam | |
"Spisula" sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum5, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense5
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis Dall 1900 cockle | |
Semele claytoni Maury 1917 clam | |
Noetia (Noetia) sp. Gray 1857 clam | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
Arca (Arca) sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
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