Where: Dominican Republic (19.7° N, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.7° N, 71.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mao Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Mao Fm, which overlies the Gurabo Fm. AGE: Early Pliocene-Middle Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); assigned to Early Pliocene at present. THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74964: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.09.2007, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Fissurellidae indet. Fleming 1822 snail
Puncturella sp. Lowe 1827 puncturella
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail | |
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Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia cerith snail | |
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
Vermicularia spirata Philippi 1836 turret shell | |
Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail | |
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Columbella cf. platynema Woodring 1928 snail
Sincola (Sincola) sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 snail | |
Metula gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1911 true whelk | |
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
"Conus olssoni" = Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni, Conus consobrinus, "Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus
"Conus olssoni" = Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni Maury 1917 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
Vasum gurabiculum snail | |
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Macrocypraea zebra Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
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Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
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Ctenoides sp. Mörch 1853 file clam | |
Pinna cf. refurca oyster | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885 clam | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. modiolida, Barbatia (Barbatia) sp., Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. islopa, Barbatia (Barbatia) inusitata, "Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra, Anadara (Rasia) sp.
Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. modiolida Woodring 1925 clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842 clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. islopa Woodring 1925 clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) inusitata Woodring 1925 clam
"Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark | |
Americardia guppyi Thiele 1910 cockle
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra | |
Strigilla (Strigilla) pisiformis, Tellina (Tellina) sp., "Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina), "Psammacoma (Psammacoma) yaquensis" = Psammacoma olivella
Strigilla (Strigilla) pisiformis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina (Tellina) sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
"Psammacoma (Psammacoma) yaquensis" = Psammacoma olivella Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791 jewel box
Chama involuta Guppy 1873 jewel box | |
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam | |
Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) viminea Guppy 1866 clam
Caryocorbula dominicensis Gabb 1873 clam | |
Ctena cf. vendryesi clam
Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp. Stewart 1930 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
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