NMB Loc. 15837 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• AGE: Early Pliocene, according to Waller (2011); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G8 (360-386 m).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• moderately deep marine conditions with 20-30 m water depth
• slump deposits of reefal carbonates

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. B. Saunders, P. Jung, and B. Biju-Duval. 1986. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic: 1. Field Surveys, Lithology, Environment, and Age. Bulletins of American Paleontology 89(323):1-79 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84966: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.11.2008, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum christineladdae6 Maury 1917 margin shell
Prunum coniforme6 Sowerby 1850 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum (Oniscidia) domingense5 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons4 Sowerby 1850 conch
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Euvola gurabensis7 Waller 2011 scallop
Argopecten thetidis7 Sowerby 1850 calico scallop
Lindapecten paramuscosus7 Waller 2011 scallop
Nodipecten colinensis7 Hodson and Hodson 1927 scallop
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea brevis1 Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata1
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata1 Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni1 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Thysanus excentricus2 Duncan 1863 stony coral
Thysanus navicula2 Duncan 1864 stony coral
Hadrophyllia saundersi2 Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina grandis2 Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora hilli3 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites macdonaldi3 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites portoricensis3 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis3 Vaughan 1919 stony coral