NMB Loc. 15913 - Río Gurabo [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Cavolinia mexicana (Collins 1934)
Janssen 1999 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus 1758)
Costa et al. 2001 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. (Say 1824)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 43 specimens
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852
Jung 1989 20 specimens
Tectonatica sp. Sacco 1890
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Sincola (Sincola) gurabensis (Maury 1917)
Jung 1989 72 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852
Jung 1989 35 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella praelaevigata Vokes 1964
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum maoense (Maury 1917)
Nehm 2001 1 specimen
original and current combination Marginella maoensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa (Guppy 1873)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus gibsonsmithi Beu 2010
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten eccentricus (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 25 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
Trachycardium (Trachycardium) flexicostatum
Vokes 1989
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Jung 1989 35 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.3° North, 71.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.3° North, 70.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Age estimate:7.9 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cercado
Local section:Río Gurabo Local bed:103 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is overlain by the Gurabo Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date extrapolated from Cheethan et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 103 m above base of the section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMB
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Metadata
Database number:131380
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, M. Krause
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-07-24 12:42:51 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-07-24 12:42:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25313. 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]

Secondary references:

30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26933 F. H. A. Costa, R. H. Neim, and C. S. Hickman. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 22. The family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 359:47-71 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]
58961 A. W. Janssen. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 20. Holoplanktonic Mollusks (Gastropoda: Heteropoda and Thecosomata). Bulletins of American Paleontology (358)1-40 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26828 P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
42446 R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 21. The genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26932 R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. Part 21. The Genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
25312 E. H. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 8. The Family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology. Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):1-94 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
18707 E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
24476 H. E. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 9. The Family Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):95-161 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
37262 T. R. Waller. 2011. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology (381)1-198 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]