Bulla Rver, River Mao: Late/Upper Miocene, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus phenax Pilsbry and Sharp 1898
recombined as Cadulus (Gadila) phenax
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella cf. cercadica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Marginella cercadensis Maury 1917
recombined as Persicula cercadensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella cf. indivisa Guppy 1896
recombined as Olivella (Olivella) indivisa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina cf. pseudohaitensis Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus kitteredgei Maury 1917
recombined as Conasprella (Ximeniconus) kitteredgei
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sulcata Born 1778
recombined as Stigmaulax sulcata
Polinices subclausa (Sowerby 1850)
synonym of Polinices hepaticus
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvula cylindrica Gabb 1873
synonym of Volvulella (Volvulella) oxytata
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula tenuisculpta Gabb 1873
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) tenuisculpta
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Scapharca riocanensis Maury 1917
recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) riocanensis
Scapharca arthurpennelli Maury 1917
recombined as Lunarca arthurpennelli
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides cercadica
Phacoides yaquensis (Gabb 1873)
recombined as Parvilucina yaquensis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula cercadica Maury 1917
synonym of Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitaria cf. acuticostata
Pitaria circinata (Born 1778)
recombined as Lamelliconcha circinata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina scitula
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Siliqua subaequalis
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.4° North, 71.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.4° North, 70.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:Bulla River
Regional section:Rio Mao
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: From an individual section. Unknown formation at the time of publication (Possibly Cercado, Gurabo or Mao). On the basis of faunal similarity this is correlated to Bluff #3 on Rio Mao, which more recent work suggested is Cercado Fm.
Lithology and environment
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: No lithologic data reported.
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:AMNH
Collection method comments: Collections reposited AMNH
Taxonomic list comments:Identifications to species level, though antiquated genus-level nomenclature.
Metadata
Database number:58875
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-02-27 14:58:28 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-27 14:58:28
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]