TU 1356, Río Cana [Gurabo Fm]: Zanclean, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithiidae indet.
(Fleming 1822)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Phalium moniliferum
(Guppy 1866)
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2 specimens | ||||||
| synonym of Semicassis reclusa | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea camura
Guppy 1866
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora delecta
(Guppy 1876)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Zonaria sp.
Jousseaume 1884
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Strombus bifrons
Sowerby 1850
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria (Lyria) incomperta
Hoerle and Vokes 1978
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Morum (Oniscidia) domingense
(Sowerby 1850)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomatus
Vokes 1989
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Subcancilla henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Calophos sp.
Woodring 1964
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Engoniophos sp.
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus (Polygona) infundibulum
(Gmelin 1791)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Conus informal sp. A
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Conus consobrinus
Sowerby 1850
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Conus proteus
Hwass 1792
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Conus spurius | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Vasum (Vasum) gurabicum
Maury 1917
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Vokes 1998 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticidae indet.
Guilding 1834
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Natica (Naticarius) canrena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Naticarius canrena | |||||||
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Stigmaulax vererugosum
(Cossmann 1924)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Astralium sp.
Link 1807
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis
(Gabb 1873)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Dendostrea sp.
Swainson 1835
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Isognomon sp.
Lightfoot 1786
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Lindapecten plurinominis
(Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
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Waller 2011 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Argopecten eccentricus
(Gabb 1873)
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Waller 2011 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona acuticostata
(Sowerby 1849)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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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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Anadara (Rasia) haidonata
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16 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Phacoides domingensis
Dall 1890
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7 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Phacoides pectinatus domingensis | |||||||
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Miltha (Megaxinus) sp.
(Brugnone 1880)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Megaxinus | |||||||
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Anodontia (Pegphysema) sp.
Link 1807
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Anodontia (Anodontia) sp.
Link 1807
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Anodontia (Pegophysema) janus
(Dall 1903)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Ventricolaria blandiana
(Guppy 1873)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Laevicardium laevigatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| replaced by Laevicardium serratum | |||||||
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Laevicardium vitellinum
(Reeve 1844)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella (Crassatella) sp.
Lamarck 1799
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4 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 70.9° 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 | ||
| Age estimate: | 4.6 Ma (age-depth)4.8 to 4.4 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gurabo | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gurabo Fm, which overlies the Cercado Fm, and is overlain by the Mao Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section. | |||||
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: | 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: | 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: | 74970 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-09 15:42:05 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-03-09 15:42:05 |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 24476 | H. E. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 9. The Family Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):95-161 [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] |