TU 1281 (Mao Fm, Río Mao): Zanclean, 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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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Pachycrommium guppyi
(Gabb 1873)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Spiny | ||||||||||
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Crucibulum sp.
Schumacher 1817
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamididae indet.
(Adams and Adams 1854)
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66 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Potamidinae | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Modulidae
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Modulus modulus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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35 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritellidae indet.
Lovén 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Vermicularia spirata
(Philippi 1836)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Natica (Natica) sp.
Scopoli 1777
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Capulus sp.
Monfort 1810
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Monoplex parthenopeus
(von Salis Marschlins 1793)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Macrocypraea zebra
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Vasum gurabiculum
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Metula gabbi
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Columbella cf. platynema
Woodring 1928
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Sincola (Sincola) sp.
Olsson and Harbison 1953
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Morum (Morum) oniscus
(Linnaeaus 1767)
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Vokes 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus planiliratus
Sowerby 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Conasprelloides planiliratus | ||||||||||
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Conus consobrinus
Sowerby 1850
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Conus olssoni
Maury 1917
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turridae indet.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Astralium sp.
Link 1807
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Listed as "A. (Astralium) brevispina" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Fissurellidae indet.
Fleming 1822
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Emarginula sp.
Lamarck 1801
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Puncturella sp.
Lowe 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula dominicensis
(Gabb 1873)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) viminea
(Guppy 1866)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama macerophylla
Gmelin 1791
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26 specimens | |||||||||
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Chama involuta
Guppy 1873
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Arcinella antiquata
(Guppy 1866)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Periglypta sp.
Jukes-Browne 1914
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Chione sp.
von Mühlfield 1811
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Psammacoma (Psammacoma) yaquensis
Maury 1917
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Psammacoma olivella | ||||||||||
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Strigilla (Strigilla) pisiformis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Eurytellina sp.
Fischer 1887
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina) | ||||||||||
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Tellina (Tellina) sp.
Lamarck 1799
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra sp.
Lamarck 1818
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Americardia guppyi
(Thiele 1910)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Americardia media
(Linnaeaus 1758)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp.
(Stewart 1930)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Ctena cf. vendryesi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Linga sp.
de Gregorio 1885
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga sp.
Röding 1798
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Caribachlamys guayubinensis
Waller 2011
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Waller 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Argopecten ameleus
(Woodring 1925)
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Waller 2011 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
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Antillipecten quemadosensis
Waller 2011
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Waller 2011 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Ctenoides sp.
Mörch 1853
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna cf. refurca
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. modiolida
Woodring 1925
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Barbatia (Barbatia) sp.
Gray 1842
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Barbatia (Barbatia) inusitata
Woodring 1925
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23 specimens | |||||||||
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Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. islopa
Woodring 1925
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Arca (Arca) zebra
(Swainson 1833)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Byssoarca zebra | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Arcopsis sp.
Koenen 1885
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Favia vokesae
Budd and Johnson 1999
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Budd and Johnson 1999 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.7° North, 71.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.7° North, 71.0° 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: | 74964 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Hendy, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-09 10:08:47 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-09-09 10:08:47 |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 18707 | E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54 [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] |