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] |