NMB Loc. 16809 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rio 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 G5: 210-250 m above base.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified siliciclastic sediments and lithified limestone

• deeper (more than 10-20 m), more turbid reef habitats in a siliciclastic-dominated environment

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 93709: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.01.2010, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Antillocyathus maoensis2 Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
Antillocyathus alatus2 Cairns and Wells 1987 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spathochlamys vaginula9 Dall 1898 scallop
Spondylus bostrychites8 Guppy 1867 scallop
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Ochetoclava sp." = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)3 Woodring 1928 cerith snail
Alabina canaliculata3 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp." = Antillophos3
"Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp." = Antillophos3 Woodring 1928 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella7 Sowerby 1850 volute
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme5 Sowerby 1850 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis6 Sowerby 1850 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio simillima1 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata1 Guppy 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Bursa grayana1 Dunker 1862 frog shell