Los Quemados - Zone B: Early/Lower Pliocene, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Solarium quadriseriatum Sowerby 1850
synonym of Architectonica nobilis
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo crenulatoides Maury 1917
synonym of Turbo (Senectus) castanea
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium uniseriale
Clava plebeia (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica youngi Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Crepitacella cepula (Guppy 1866)
Also: Crepitacella cepula spiralistriata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusus henekeni Sowerby 1850
recombined as Fusinus henekeni
Also: Fusus henekeni haitensis
Latirus exilis Gabb 1873
recombined as Dolicholatirus exilis
Latirus infundibulum Gmelin 1791
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra henekeni Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia squamosa (Gabb 1873)
Drillia venusta (Sowerby 1850)
recombined as Clathrodrillia venusta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus stenostomus (Sowerby 1850)
recombined as Conasprella stenostoma
Conus haytensis Sowerby 1849
synonym of Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis
Subspecies: Conus haytensis gurabensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris albida (Perry 1811)
recombined as Polystira albida
Also: Turris albida antillarum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum haitense (Sowerby 1850)
recombined as Vasum haitensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella christineladdae Maury 1917
recombined as Prunum christineladdae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
recombined as Lyria (Lyria) pulchella
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distortrix simillima (Sowerby 1850)
recombined as Distorsio simillima
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa bufoniopsis Maury 1917
synonym of Bursa grayana
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Simpulum pileare (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Monoplex pilearis
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis granifera (Say 1824)
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Drillia fusiformis (Gabb 1873)
recombined as Carinodrillia fusiformis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten eugrammatus Dall 1898
synonym of Argopecten thetidis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Scapharca golfoyaquensis (Maury 1917)
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis
Scapharca henekeni Maury 1917
recombined as Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni
Scapharca riogurabonica Maury 1917
recombined as Anadara (Sectiarca) riogurabonica
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris acuticostata (Sowerby 1849)
recombined as Tucetona acuticostata
Spelt: Glycimeris
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium cinderellae (Maury 1917)
recombined as Agnocardia cinderellae
Protocardia islahispaniolae Maury 1917
recombined as Nemocardium (Microcardium) islahispaniolae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Echinochama antiquata (Guppy 1866)
recombined as Arcinella antiquata
Subspecies: Echinochama antiquata yaquensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Antigona blandiana (Guppy 1873)
recombined as Ventricolaria blandiana
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia islahispaniolae
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.5° North, 70.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Cercado de Mao Local bed:375 ft
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Mao River
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: From Zone B. Section approximately 50 ft thick.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,blue poorly lithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Hard blue clay, blocky, not well-stratified, weathering grayish.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported by Maury.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI
Collection method comments: Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI.
Taxonomic list comments:Identifications to species level, though antiquated genus-level nomenclature.
Metadata
Database number:58819
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-02-24 19:40:33 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-24 19:40:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
16689. C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/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]