Arroyo Bellaco: Messinian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conidae sp.
Fleming 1822
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Hendricks 2015 | 8 specimens | |||||
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Conus symmetricus
Sowerby 1849
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Hendricks 2015 | 8 specimens | |||||
| recombined as Purpuriconus symmetricus | |||||||
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Conasprella (Ximeniconus) ageri
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Hendricks 2015 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Conasprella (Ximeniconus) cercadensis
(Maury 1917)
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Hendricks 2015 | 4 specimens | |||||
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Conus (? Atlanticonus) franklinae
Hendricks 2015
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Hendricks 2015 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Conus (? Atlanticonus) olssoni
(Maury 1917)
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Hendricks 2015 | 10 specimens | |||||
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Conus (? Lautoconus) carlottae
Hendricks 2015
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Hendricks 2015 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Conus (? Spuriconus) lombardii
Hendricks 2015
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Hendricks 2015 | 20 specimens | |||||
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Conus (Spuriconus) humerosus
Pilsbry 1921
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Hendricks 2015 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Conus lyelli
Hendricks 2015
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Hendricks 2015 | 5 specimens | |||||
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Conus (Stephanoconus) bellacoensis
Hendricks 2015
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Hendricks 2015 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli
Maury 1917
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Hendricks 2015 | 5 specimens | |||||
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Conus (Stephanoconus) gouldi
Hendricks 2015
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Hendricks 2015 | 6 specimens | |||||
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Conus (Dauciconus) garrisoni
Hendricks 2015
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Hendricks 2015 | 4 specimens | |||||
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Conus (Ductoconus) cashi
Hendricks 2015
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Hendricks 2015 | 2 specimens | |||||
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? Profundiconus hennigi
Hendricks 2015
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Hendricks 2015 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Agariciidae indet.
Gray 1847
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora sp.
Schweigger 1819
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Pocillopora crassoramosa
Duncan 1864
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 70.6° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cercado |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Pocillopora, embedded in bioclastic silty marl, form a 5-m-thick and 100-m-long buildup, which interfingers with an in-situ coral thicket | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 786 | ||
| Database number: | 106177 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel, M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-03-03 20:12:08 | Last modified: | 2011-03-03 03:12:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-03 20:12:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35392. | M. Reuter, T. C. Brachert, A. Böcker and J. S. Klaus. 2011. An unusual Pocillopora reef from the Late Miocene of Hispaniola. Coral Reefs [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 57440 | J. R. Hendricks. 2015. Glowing Seashells: Diversity of Fossilized Coloration Patterns on Coral Reef-Associated Cone Snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) Shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic. Plosone [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |