Caimito - Zone H: Late/Upper Miocene, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo cenulatoides
Astralium karlschmidti
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissuridea henekeni Maury 1917
recombined as Diodora cayenensis henekeni
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Amauropsis guppyi (Gabb 1873)
recombined as Pachycrommium guppyi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva brevispira Gabb 1873
    = Oliva giraudi Cossmann 1913
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850
Oliva cristobalcoloni Maury 1917
Olivella muticoides (Gabb 1873)
recombined as Olivella (Olivella) muticoides
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex cornurectus Guppy 1876
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra henekeni Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Phos fasciolatus (Dall 1896)
synonym of Pallacera guadelupensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusus henekeni Sowerby 1850
recombined as Fusinus henekeni
Includes: Fusus hekenei veatchi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina nanniebellae (Maury 1917)
recombined as Sincola (Sincola) nanniebellae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria harrisi Maury 1917
recombined as Cancellaria (Cancellaria) harrisi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus furvoides Gabb 1873
Conus proteus Hwass 1792
synonym of Conus spurius
Conus haytensis Sowerby 1849
synonym of Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis
Conus recognitus Guppy 1867
synonym of Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus
Conus kitteredgei Maury 1917
recombined as Conasprella (Ximeniconus) kitteredgei
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Cythara elongata (Gabb 1873)
recombined as Ithycythara elongata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra berlinerae Maury 1917
recombined as Strioterebrum berlinerae
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
recombined as Muracypraea henekeni
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
synonym of Semicassis reclusa
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita nereidis Maury 1917
Polinices subclausa (Sowerby 1850)
synonym of Polinices hepaticus
Natica (Stigmaulax) sulcata (Born 1778)
recombined as Stigmaulax sulcata
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa yaquensis Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina (Cylichnella) triticumtritonis Maury 1917
recombined as Cylichnella triticumtritonis
Bullaria paupercula (Sowerby 1849)
Acteocina canaliculata (Say 1826)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla turritissima
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
Phacoides actinus (Dall 1903)
recombined as Bellucina actinus
Phacoides yaquensis (Gabb 1873)
recombined as Parvilucina yaquensis
Miltha riocanensis Maury 1917
recombined as Armimiltha riocanensis
Lucina chrysostoma Philippi 1845
synonym of Anodontia alba
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Siliqua subaequalis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula caimitica Maury 1917
synonym of Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea
Corbula dominicensis Gabb 1873
recombined as Caryocorbula dominicensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Mytilopsis domingensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae
Coralliophaga coralliophaga Gmelin 1791
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Antigona tarquinia (Dall 1900)
recombined as Periglypta tarquinia
Spelt: Autigona
Pitaria circinata (Born 1778)
recombined as Lamelliconcha circinata
Petricola caimitica
Petricola riocanensis Maury 1917
synonym of Choristodon robustus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama caimitica
Chama riocanica
Chama congregatoides Maury 1917
synonym of Chama congregata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium linguatigris (Maury 1917)
recombined as Acrosterigma linguatigris
Cardium tintinnabularum (Maury 1917)
recombined as Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Strigilla caimitica
Tellina riocanensis
Tellina cibaoica Maury 1917
recombined as Eurytellina cibaoica
Scissula scitula
reassigned as Moerella (Scissula)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax aequalis
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga nigra (d'Orbigny 1845)
Lithophaga antillarum (d'Orbigny 1853)
Botula hispaniolae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Scapharca riocanensis Maury 1917
recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) riocanensis
Scapharca golfoyaquensis (Maury 1917)
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis
Arca occidentalis Philippi 1847
synonym of Byssoarca zebra
Scapharca willardausteni Maury 1917
recombined as Arca (Tosarca) willardausteni
(1 measurement)
Arca umbonata Lamarck 1819
synonym of Lamarcka imbricata
Barbatia submarylandica Maury 1917
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten nodosus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Nodipecten nodosus
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.5° North, 70.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cercado
Local section:Caimito Local bed:630 ft
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Rio Cana
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Zone H. From unknown formation (Possibly Cercado, Gurabo or Mao) at the time of writing. Section approximately 100 ft thick, 580 ft from base of section. Later shown to be correlated to the Cercado Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,pebbly,gray,blue poorly lithified claystone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Collections derived from three horizons, comprising 1) blue and green clay, gravelly clays and pure gravels; 2) uniform hard clays with lines of large concretions; and 3) gravels with compound corals.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported by Maury.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,concretion,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:58867
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-02-27 11:21:08 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-27 11:21:08
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:

36423 B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]