TU 1230, Río Cana [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 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); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 259); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1989). THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: No stated in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified based on observation of figures.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PRI

• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI.

Primary reference: J. R. Freiheit and D. H. Geary. 2009. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23. Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology 376:1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89540: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic monograph. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identification.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten eccentricus7 Gabb 1873 calico scallop
Euvola soror7 Gabb 1873 scallop
Amusium papyraceum7 Gabb 1873 scallop
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten guppyi7 Dall 1898 mud scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis5 Sowerby 1850 cockle
INCLUDES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis cercadica
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Aphera islacolonis4 Maury 1917 snail
Perplicaria canae n. sp.4 Jung and Petit 1990 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Omogymna) gradata2 Gabb 1873 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pygmaepterys germainae6 Vokes and D'Attilio 1980 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa1 Guppy 1873 snail
Cassis sulcifera1 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Monoplex cercadicus1 Maury 1917 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Bursa grayana1 Dunker 1862 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea camura1 Guppy 1866 tun shell