TU 1208 (Mao Fm, Los Quemados): Zanclean, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
5 specimens
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamididae indet. (Adams and Adams 1854)
28 specimens
original and current combination Potamidinae
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Bivetiella) sp. Wenz 1943
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Bivetiella
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Strombina) sp. Mörch 1858
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria (Flexopteron) collatus
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma grabaui Maury 1917
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Chama involuta Guppy 1873
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842
4 specimens
Anadara (Rasia) sp. (Gray 1857)
65 specimens
Anadara (Diluvarca) cf. prephina (Woodring 1925)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris auticostata
3 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea trinitatis (Vaughan 1926)
Budd 1991
Montastrea cavernosa (Linne 1767)
Budd 1991
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Montastrea limbata (Duncan 1863)
Budd 1991
recombined as Orbicella limbata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia maoadentrensis Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) duncani n. sp. Cairns and Wells 1987
Cairns and Wells 1987
recombined as Trochocyathus duncani
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.5° North, 70.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mao
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Mao Fm, which overlies the Gurabo Fm. AGE: Early Pliocene-Middle Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); assigned to Early Pliocene at present. THICKNESS: Unknown. 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:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine firmground 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:74961
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-08 14:00:44 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-09-08 14:00:44
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:

31893 A. F. Budd. 1991. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 11. The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), part 1. The genera Montastrea and Solenastrea. Bulletins of American Paleontology 101:5-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
28516 A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
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]