Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gurabo Fm, which overlies the Cercado Fm, and is overlain by the Mao Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74970: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam | |
Anadara (Rasia) haidonata, "Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra
"Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark | |
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835 oyster | |
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster | |
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Crassatella (Crassatella) sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Lucinidae indet., "Phacoides domingensis" = Phacoides pectinatus domingensis, Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis, Anodontia (Pegphysema) sp., Anodontia (Anodontia) sp., Anodontia (Pegophysema) janus, "Miltha (Megaxinus) sp." = Megaxinus
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam
"Phacoides domingensis" = Phacoides pectinatus domingensis Dall 1890 clam
Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
Anodontia (Pegphysema) sp. Link 1807 clam
Anodontia (Anodontia) sp. Link 1807 clam
Anodontia (Pegophysema) janus Dall 1903 clam
"Miltha (Megaxinus) sp." = Megaxinus Brugnone 1880 clam | |
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Astralium sp. Link 1807 snail
Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis Gabb 1873 snail | |
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Zonaria sp. Jousseaume 1884 cowry | |
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Subcancilla henekeni Sowerby 1850 mitre shell | |
Calophos sp. Woodring 1964 snail
Engoniophos sp. snail | |
Latirus (Polygona) infundibulum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus proteus" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
Lyria (Lyria) incomperta Hoerle and Vokes 1978 volute | |
Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Sowerby 1850 snail | |
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Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850 conch | |
"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa
"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa Guppy 1873 snail | |
Malea camura Guppy 1866 tun shell | |
Xenophora delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell |