NMB Loc. 16831 - Rio Cana [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• AGE: direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit C4 (280-330 m)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and lithified limestone

• moderate to deep water depth 10-30 m
• soft bottom communities of reef-associated grass flats

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 84989: 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
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium microlineatum2 Gabb 1873 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius4
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius4 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Erosaria spurca2 Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lindapecten plurinominis5 Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 scallop
Euvola soror5 Gabb 1873 scallop
Argopecten eccentricus5 Gabb 1873 calico scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium vitellinum3 Reeve 1844 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Anodontia sp.2 Link 1807 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Thysanus navicula1 Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina jungi1 Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral
Manicina grandis1 Duncan 1864 stony coral