TU 1378, Rio Gurabo [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polyplacophora
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Polyplacophora indet.
de Blainville 1816
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Potiarca) sp.
(Iredale 1939)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Cunearca) sp.
(Dall 1898)
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten eccentricus
(Gabb 1873)
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Waller 2011 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Glans scabricostata
(Guppy 1866)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Venericardia dominica
Weisbord 1929
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Weisbord 1929 | |||||||||
| recombined as Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Anodontia (Anodontia) sp.
Link 1807
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Miltha (Megaxinus) sp.
(Brugnone 1880)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Megaxinus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Laevicardium venustulum
(Gabb 1873)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Laevicardium laevigatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| replaced by Laevicardium serratum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Strigilla (Strigilla) cf. psiformis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Strigilla (Strigilla) sp.
Turton 1822
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Macoma (Rexithaerus) sp.
(Conrad 1869)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Eurytellina sp.
Fischer 1887
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta (Diplodonta) sp.
Bronn 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Lioconcha sp.
Mörch 1853
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Arcinella antiquata
(Guppy 1866)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Chama cf. macerophylla
Gmelin 1791
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactridae indet.
Lamarck 1809
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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"Spisula" sp.
Gray 1837
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Ensis sp.
Schumacher 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Turbonilla praelavigata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Neritina figulopicta
(Maury 1917)
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Costa et al. 2001 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Neritina jungi
Costa et al. 2001
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Costa et al. 2001 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Stigmaulax cf. vererugosum
(Cossmann 1924)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus sp.
Lea 1843
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus gibsonsmithi
Beu 2010
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Beu 2010 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina sp.
Mörch 1852
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Antillophos (Antillophos) sp.
Woodring 1928
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus sp.
Monfort 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Aphera islahispanae
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus planispira
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum sp.
Schumacher 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.4° North, 70.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cercado | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Fm, which unconformably overlie Baitoa, and is overlain by the Gurabo Fm. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986). THICKNESS: Formation is 150 m thick in this section. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified 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: | excellent |
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: | 74935 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-06 22:15:43 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-09-06 22:15:43 |
| 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:
| 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] | |
| 26933 | F. H. A. Costa, R. H. Neim, and C. S. Hickman. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 22. The family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 359:47-71 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] | |
| 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] | |
| 37262 | T. R. Waller. 2011. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology (381)1-198 [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] |