TU 1292, Río Mao [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Columbraria sp.
1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Bathyarca sp. Kobelt 1891
2 specimens
Anadara (Rasia) sp. (Gray 1857)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Dendostrea haitensis
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810
1 specimen
Chagrepecten paracactaceus Waller 2011
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Amusium papyraceum (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 2 specimens
Nodipecten sp. Dall 1898
1 specimen
"Chlamys" sp. Röding 1798
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp. (Stewart 1930)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis (Röding 1798)
1 specimen
original and current combination Architectonica nobilis
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Pyrazisinus sp. Heilprin 1886
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Naticarius) canrena (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
recombined as Naticarius canrena
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Crepitacella cepula (Guppy 1866)
10 specimens
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla longa (Gabb 1873)
22 specimens
Subcancilla henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella sp. Gabb 1873
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Metula harrisi Olsson 1922
1 specimen
Antillophos (Antillophos) pitti
16 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
17 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Sveltia) inquilinus Jung and Petit 1990
1 specimen
recombined as Sveltia inquilinus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
4 specimens
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850
4 specimens
Conus planiliratus Sowerby 1850
11 specimens
recombined as Conasprelloides planiliratus
Conus stenostoma Sowerby 1850
1 specimen
recombined as Conasprella stenostoma
Conus symmetricus Sowerby 1849
7 specimens
recombined as Purpuriconus symmetricus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
36 specimens
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1989 1 specimen
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Chicoreus (Siratus) yaquensis (Maury 1917)
Vokes 1989 1 specimen
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989 36 specimens
Chicoreus (Siratus) amplius Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989 3 specimens
Acanthotrophon striatus
1 specimen
Typhis (Typhinellus) sowerbyii (Broderip 1833)
5 specimens
recombined as Typhis (Typhinellus) sowerbii
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium multilineata
8 specimens
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
1 specimen
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa amphitrites Maury 1917
Beu 2010 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.6° North, 71.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.6° North, 70.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Messinian
Age range of interval:7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
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); assigned to Late Miocene according to Freiheit & Geary (2009). 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: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:75041
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-16 14:26:18 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-09-16 14:26:18
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]
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]
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]