NMB Loc. 16828 - Río Cano [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Juliidae
Julia sp. Gould 1862
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium yaguense Gabb 1873
Jung 1989 39 specimens
Cerithium microlineatum Gabb 1873
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Vermicularia woodringi Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 11 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Lobatus haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Parametaria (Dominitaria) islahispaniolae (Maury 1917)
Jung 1994 23 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum maoense (Maury 1917)
Nehm 2001 40 specimens
original and current combination Marginella maoensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomatus Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) incomperta Hoerle and Vokes 1978
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) harrisi (Maury 1917)
Jung and Petit 1990
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea camura Guppy 1866
Beu 2010 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Beu 2010 4 specimens
Semicassis reclusa (Guppy 1873)
Beu 2010 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus 1758)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Erronea raymondrobertsi (Pilsbry 1922)
Jung 1989 4 specimens
recombined as Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis granifer
Jung 1989 23 specimens
Serpulorbis virginicus
Jung 1989 37 specimens
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 87 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus 1758)
Costa et al. 2001 13 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten eccentricus (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 12 specimens
Euvola soror (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 2 specimens
Lindapecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Waller 2011 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Jung 1989 23 specimens
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Trigonulina bowdenensis (Dall 1903)
Jung 1996 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
SUBSPECIES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis sambaica
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822
Jung 1989 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 18.9° North, 71.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.9° North, 71.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Age estimate:5.7 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Local section:Río Cano Local bed:310 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gurabo Fm, which overlies the Cercado Fm, and is overlain by the Mao Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 310 m above base of the section, and near the base of the Gurabo Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandy siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandy silt matrix. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified based on figured specimes.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),field collection,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:COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic monograph. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identification.
Metadata
Database number:131494
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-07-26 01:53:15 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-07-26 01:53:15
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]
43588 A. H. Cheetham and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of tropical America: Comparison and contrast between the Central American Isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (357)159-192 [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]
29992 J. R. Freiheit and D. H. Geary. 2009. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23. Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology 376:1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
19070 P. Jung. 1994. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera Columbella, Eurypyrene, Parametaria, Conella, Nitidella, and Metulella (Gastropoda: Columbellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 106(344):1-45 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
25339 P. Jung. 1996. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: 17. The familes Cuspidariidae and Verticordiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 110(351):35-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43555 P. Jung and R. E. Petit. 1990. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(334):87-144 [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]
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]
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]