TU 1370 (Rio Guanajuma): Late/Upper Miocene, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Antalis sp.
Adams and Adams 1854
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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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
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona acuticostata
(Sowerby 1849)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Potiarca) sp.
(Iredale 1939)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Lunarca sp.
Gray 1857
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Anadara (Lunarca) | ||||||||||
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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
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Ventricolaria blandiana
(Guppy 1873)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Arcinella antiquata
(Guppy 1866)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) sp.
(Woodring 1928)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritellidae indet.
Lovén 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Stigmaulax vererugosum
(Cossmann 1924)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Natica (Natica) sp.
Scopoli 1777
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Fusiturricula sp.
Woodring 1928
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Subcancilla sp.
Olsson and Harbison 1953
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Metulella venusta
(Sowerby 1850)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei
(Guppy 1866)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Aphera islacolonis
(Maury 1917)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turridae indet.
Swainson 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Polystira haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus olssoni
Maury 1917
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni | ||||||||||
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Conus consobrinus
Sowerby 1850
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Conus planiliratus
Sowerby 1850
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Conasprelloides planiliratus | ||||||||||
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Conus symmetricus
Sowerby 1849
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30 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Purpuriconus symmetricus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Clathrodrillia sp.
Dall 1918
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria (Lyria) pulchella
(Sowerby 1850)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex (Haustellum) messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus bifrons
Sowerby 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio simillima
(Sowerby 1850)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Sconsia (Sconsia) striata
(Lamarck 1816)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| replaced by Sconsia grayi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Carinodrillia sp.
(Dall 1919)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 70.2° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| 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: | 11.63000 - 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: | 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: | 74957 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-08 11:06:20 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-09-08 11:06:20 |
| 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:
| 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] |