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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Niso grandis
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Amauropsis guppyi (Gabb 1873)
recombined as Pachycrommium guppyi
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices subclausa (Sowerby 1850)
synonym of Polinices hepaticus
Neverita nereidis Maury 1917
Natica canrena (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Naticarius canrena
Natica youngi Maury 1917
Natica sulcata Born 1778
recombined as Stigmaulax sulcata
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
synonym of Semicassis reclusa
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea spurca Linnaeus 1758
    = Erosaria acicularis Gmelin 1791
Hendy et al. 2008
Cypraea henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
recombined as Muracypraea henekeni
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia globosa Sowerby 1832
recombined as Niveria (Cleotrivia) globosa
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Pyrula pilsbryi Smith 1907
recombined as Ficus pilsbryi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva cristobalcoloni Maury 1917
Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850
Oliva brevispira Gabb 1873
    = Oliva giraudi Cossmann 1913
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria harrisi Maury 1917
recombined as Cancellaria (Cancellaria) harrisi
Aphera islacolonis (Maury 1917)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra henekeni Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusus henekeni Sowerby 1850
recombined as Fusinus henekeni
Subspecies: Fusus henekeni haitensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena consors (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Phos fasciolatus (Dall 1896)
synonym of Pallacera guadelupensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina nanniebellae (Maury 1917)
recombined as Sincola (Sincola) nanniebellae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex cornurectus Guppy 1876
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra spirifera (Dall 1895)
recombined as Strioterebrum spiriferum
Terebra cirrus (Dall 1895)
recombined as Terebra (Strioterebrum) cirrus
Terebra berlinae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus recognitus Guppy 1867
synonym of Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus
Conus kitteredgei Maury 1917
recombined as Conasprella (Ximeniconus) kitteredgei
Conus furvoides Gabb 1873
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Cythara caimitica Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia islalindae Maury 1917
recombined as Clathrodrillia islalindae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Glyphostoma golfoyaquensis Maury 1917
recombined as Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) golfoyaquensis
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Solarium granulatum Lamarck 1822
synonym of Architectonica nobilis
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astralium karlschmidti
Turbo dominicensis Gabb 1873
recombined as Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis
Subspecies: Turbo dominicensis laloi
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvula cylindrica Gabb 1873
synonym of Volvulella (Volvulella) oxytata
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Bullaria granosa (Sowerby 1849)
Bullaria paupercula (Sowerby 1849)
Bullaria sarahberlinerae Maury 1917
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda peltella Dall 1903
recombined as Saccella peltella
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen obliquus Spengler 1794
recombined as Solen (Solena) obliquus
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula vieta Guppy 1866
recombined as Varicorbula vieta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta puncturella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitaria circinata (Born 1778)
recombined as Lamelliconcha circinata
Chione woodwardi (Guppy 1866)
recombined as Chionopsis woodwardi
Chione (Lirophora) hendersoni
original and current combination Lirophora
Pitaria planivieta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma cf. constricta (Bruguière 1792)
Tellina riocanensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele claytoni Maury 1917
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium haitense Sowerby 1850
recombined as Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella praevaricata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia scabricostata (Guppy 1866)
    = Venericardia dominica Weisbord 1929
Weisbord 1929
recombined as Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten thetidis Sowerby 1850
recombined as Argopecten thetidis
Pecten caimitica Maury 1917
recombined as Argopecten eccentricus caimiticus
Amusium papyraceum (Gabb 1873)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Scapharca cibaoica Maury 1917
recombined as Anadara (Hawaiarca) cibaoica
Scapharca inaequilateralis Maury 1917
recombined as Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis
Arca yaquensis Maury 1917
recombined as Arca (Arca) yaquensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris jamaicensis Dall 1898
recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis
Originally listed as: Glycimeris [=Panopea]
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:705 ft
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Rio Cana
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Zone I. From unknown formation (Possibly Cercado, Gurabo or Mao) at the time of writing. Section approximately 50 ft thick, 680 ft from base of section. Later shown to be correlated to the Cercado Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green poorly lithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Hard greenish clays.
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:58869
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-02-27 11:26:09 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-27 11:26:09
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:

19909 A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]
17428 N. E. Weisbord. 1929. Miocene Mollusca of Northern Colombia. Bulletin of American Paleontology 14(54):1-310 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro]