Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 71.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 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); assigned to Messinian-Zanclean at present. 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 75038: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.09.2007, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda sp. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Cirsotrema (Cirsotremopsis) sp. Thiele 1928 wentletrap | |
Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
"Terebralia (Pyrazisinus) sp." = Pyrazisinus
"Terebralia (Pyrazisinus) sp." = Pyrazisinus Heilprin 1886 snail | |
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) sp. Swainson 1840 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Sinum sp., Polinices sp., "Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Stigmaulax vererugosum
Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail | |
Crepitacella cepula Guppy 1866 snail | |
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917 worm shell | |
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Cassis sulcifera, Cypraecassis testiculus1, "Semicassis reclusa" = Semicassis reclusa1, "Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850 snail
"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa Guppy 1873 snail | |
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Charonia variegata1, Cymatium praefemorale1, Monoplex cercadicus1, Monoplex gurabonicus1, Monoplex krebsii1
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Malea camura Guppy 1866 tun shell | |
Erosaria spurca, "Zonaria raymondrobertsi" = Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi, Luria isabella, Muracypraea henekeni
Erosaria spurca Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Zonaria raymondrobertsi" = Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi Pilsbry 1922 cowry
Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850 cowry | |
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837 snail | |
Ficus pilsbryi Smith 1907 fig shell | |
Turbinella praelavigata, Turbinella praelaevigata, Turbinella praetextilis, Vasum (Vasum) tuberculatum, "Vasum (Vasum) haitense" = Vasum haitensis, Vasum (Vasum) aedificatum, Vasum (Vasum) gurabicum
Turbinella praelavigata Vokes 1964 snail
Turbinella praelaevigata Vokes 1964 snail
Turbinella praetextilis Vokes 1998 snail
Vasum (Vasum) tuberculatum Gabb 1873 snail
"Vasum (Vasum) haitense" = Vasum haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail
Vasum (Vasum) aedificatum Guppy 1876 snail
Vasum (Vasum) gurabicum Maury 1917 snail | |
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887 ribbed mitre
"Costellaria sp." = Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson 1840 ribbed mitre
Vexillum (Vexillum) sp. Röding 1798 ribbed mitre | |
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp., "Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera, Aphera islacolonis
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera Guppy 1876 snail
Aphera islacolonis Maury 1917 snail | |
Mitridae indet. Swainson 1831 mitre shell
Mitra (Mitra) sp. Lamarck 1798 mitre shell
Subcancilla henekeni Sowerby 1850 mitre shell | |
"Fusinus veatchi" = Fusinus henekeni veatchi, "Fusinus haitensis" = Fusinus henekeni haitensis, Fasciolaria semistriata, Latirus (Polygona) gurabensis
"Fusinus veatchi" = Fusinus henekeni veatchi Maury 1917 snail
"Fusinus haitensis" = Fusinus henekeni haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail
Fasciolaria semistriata Sowerby 1850 tulip snail | |
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) pitti true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Nassarius (Nassarius) sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Columbellidae indet. Swainson 1840 snail
Metulella venusta Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
"Murex (Haustrum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius4, "Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) sp." = Phyllonotus, Chicoreus (Naquetia) compactus4, Chicoreus (Siratus) eumekes4, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus, "Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma
"Murex (Haustrum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail
"Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) sp." = Phyllonotus Swainson 1830 murex snail
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail | |
Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus, "Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus, "Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus, "Conus haytensis" = Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis, "Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus, Conus sp., Conus "sp. D", "Conus sewalli" = Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli, Conus consobrinus, Conus catenatus
"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus Olsson 1922 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867 cone shell
"Conus haytensis" = Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus "sp. D" Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
"Conus sewalli" = Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli Maury 1917 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
Conus catenatus Sowerby 1849 cone shell | |
Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) miranda Guppy 1882 snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid | |
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail
Clathrodrillia venusta Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Xenophora delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell | |
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box | |
Ventricolaria blandiana, Lirophora (Lirophora) hendersoni, Periglypta sp., Clementia (Clementia) sp.
Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam
Lirophora (Lirophora) hendersoni venus clam
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam
Clementia (Clementia) sp. Gray 1842 venus clam | |
Semele claytoni Maury 1917 clam | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) sp. Dall 1900 cockle | |
Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp. Stewart 1930 clam | |
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Euvola soror6, Argopecten thetidis6, Lindapecten paramuscosus6, Antillipecten quemadosensis6, Nodipecten colinensis6, Nodipecten nodosus6
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Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835 oyster | |
Anadara (Rasia) perplana, Anadara (Rasia) inaequilateralis, Anadara (Cunearca) sp., "Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca), Anadara (Grandiarca) sp., Anadara (Potiarca) sp.
Anadara (Rasia) inaequilateralis Guppy 1866 ark
Anadara (Cunearca) sp. Dall 1898 ark
"Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca) Gray 1857 ark
Anadara (Grandiarca) sp. Olsson 1961 ark
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. Iredale 1939 ark | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
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