NMB Loc. 16914 - Rio Mao [Cercado Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Cercado or Gurabo Formation; placed in Cercado on the basis of age. AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified siltstone and lithified limestone

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 94141: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.02.2010, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera1 Sowerby 1850 snail
Semicassis reclusa1 Guppy 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea camura1 Guppy 1866 tun shell
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis4
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis4 Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus6
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus6 Guppy 1876 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) bajonensis" = Bivetiella bajonensis3
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) bajonensis" = Bivetiella bajonensis3 Jung and Petit 1990 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten eccentricus7 Gabb 1873 calico scallop
Leptopecten thompsoni7 Maury 1917 scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina grandis2 Duncan 1864 stony coral