NMB Loc. 16867 - Río Cano [Gurabo Fm]: Zanclean, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sulcifera
Sowerby 1850
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Sconsia laevigata
(Guppy 1850)
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Beu 2010 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) harrisi
(Maury 1917)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum coniforme
(Sowerby 1850)
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Nehm 2001 | 8 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus
(Guppy 1876)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
| recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Lobatus haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Freiheit and Geary 2009 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium papyraceum
(Gabb 1873)
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Waller 2011 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus bostrychites
Guppy 1867
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Vokes and Vokes 1992 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 18.9° North, 71.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.9° North, 71.2° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 3.8 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gurabo | ||||
| Local section: | Río Cano | Local bed: | 428 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); assigned to Early Pliocene at present; direct date extrapolated from Cheethan et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 428 m above base of the section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silts, with molluscs. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. | |
| 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),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
| Also known as: | PJ# 1621 | ||
| Database number: | 131639 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-27 13:19:09 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-07-27 13:19:09 |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 18705 | H. E. Vokes and E.H. Vokes. 1992. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: The Genus Spondylus (Bivalvia: Spondylidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 102(339):1-40 [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] |