NMB Loc. 16868 - Río Cano [Gurabo Fm] (Pliocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• AGE: direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: 425-440 m above base

• 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

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 93655: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.01.2010, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Antillocyathus cristatus2 Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
Asterosmilia abnormalis2 Duncan 1864 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus proximus3 Sowerby 1850 conch
Lobatus haitensis3 Sowerby 1850 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme4 Sowerby 1850 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis5 Sowerby 1850 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella6 Sowerby 1850 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio simillima1 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera1 Sowerby 1850 snail
Sconsia laevigata1 Guppy 1850 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus bostrychites7 Guppy 1867 scallop