TU 1411 (Río Guanajuma): Late/Upper Miocene, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Asterosmilia abnormalis
(Duncan 1864)
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Cairns and Wells 1987 | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium sp.
Bruguière 1789
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5 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella sp.
Swainson 1831
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4 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Antillophos moorei
(Guppy 1866)
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14 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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6 specimens | ||||||
Fusinus haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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2 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Fusinus henekeni haitensis | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Metulella sp.
Gabb 1873
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4 specimens | ||||||
Metulella venusta
(Sowerby 1850)
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19 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus consorbrinus
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5 specimens | ||||||
Conus symmetricus
Sowerby 1849
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22 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Purpuriconus symmetricus | |||||||
Conus planiliratus
Sowerby 1850
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28 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Conasprelloides planiliratus | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Drillia cercadonsis
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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20 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Turbinella praetextilis
Vokes 1998
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex (Haustellum) messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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Vokes 1989 | 29 specimens | |||||
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | |||||||
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus
(Guppy 1876)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | |||||||
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Vokes 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
Murex (Haustellum) pennae
(Maury 1934)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria (Lyria) pulchella
(Sowerby 1850)
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12 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera
Guppy 1876
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1 specimen | ||||||
recombined as Bivetiella epistomifera | |||||||
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cf. guppyi
(Gabb 1873)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio mcgintyi
Emerson and Puffer 1953
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
Distorsio simillima
(Sowerby 1850)
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Beu 2010 | 3 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia (Sconsia) striata
(Lamarck 1816)
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2 specimens | ||||||
replaced by Sconsia grayi | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Ovulidae
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Simnia sp.
Risso 1826
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora delecta
(Guppy 1876)
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5 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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1 specimen | ||||||
Natica (Natica) sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis
(Röding 1798)
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2 specimens | ||||||
original and current combination Architectonica nobilis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona acuticostata
(Sowerby 1849)
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36 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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2 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten sp.
Monterosato 1889
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2 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Hyotissa haitense
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula sericea
(Dall 1898)
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Anderson 1996 | ||||||
recombined as Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama involuta
Guppy 1873
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Periglypta sp.
Jukes-Browne 1914
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Dominican Republic |
Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.0° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 70.2° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: AGE: Placed in Late Miocene by enterer on the basis of known age range faunal constituents. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified "siliciclastic" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified based on observation of figures. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine siliciclastic environment. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
Minimum sieve size: | 4.000 |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | PRI |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity. | |
Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Most taxa Identified by A. Hendy, with some earlier identifications by E. Vokes, P. Jung, H. Vokes, L. Anderson. |
Metadata
Database number: | 74914 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Hendy, U. Merkel |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-09-05 13:37:57 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-09-05 13:37:57 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
Secondary references:
24475 | L. C. Anderson. 1996. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 16. The Family Corbulidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 110(351):5-34 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
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] | |
31716 | S. D. Cairns and J. W. Wells. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):23-43 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
25313 | J. B. Saunders, P. Jung, and B. Biju-Duval. 1986. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic: 1. Field Surveys, Lithology, Environment, and Age. Bulletins of American Paleontology 89(323):1-79 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
25312 | E. H. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 8. The Family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology. Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):1-94 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |