TU 1294, Río Mao [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Pachycrommium guppyi
(Gabb 1873)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva (Oliva) sp.
Bruguière 1789
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Hanetia sp.
Jousseaume 1880
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Listed as "Hanetia dalli" - unrecorded from DR | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Parametaria islahispaniolae
(Maury 1917)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Conella perplexabilis
(Maury 1917)
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Jung 1994 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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258 specimens | |||||||||
Conus symmetricus
Sowerby 1849
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8 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Purpuriconus symmetricus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Fusiturricula sp.
Woodring 1928
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Acanthotrophon striatus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Murex (Haustellum) messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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Vokes 1989 | 190 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | ||||||||||
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus
(Guppy 1876)
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Vokes 1989 | 28 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | ||||||||||
Poirieria (Paziella) domiciensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria (Lyria) pulchella
(Sowerby 1850)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Morum (Oniscidia) domingense
(Sowerby 1850)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Agatrix losquemadica
Jung and Petit 1990
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Aphera islacolonis
(Maury 1917)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cancellaria (Bivetiella) bajonensis
Jung and Petit 1990
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Jung and Petit 1990 | |||||||||
recombined as Bivetiella bajonensis | ||||||||||
Cancellaria (Canceilaria) mauryae
(Olsson 1922)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea camura
Guppy 1866
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30 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sulcifera
Sowerby 1850
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Semicassis reclusa
(Guppy 1873)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Phalium moniliferum
(Guppy 1866)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Semicassis reclusa | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Turritriton domingensis
(Gabb 1873)
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Beu 2010 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Monoplex cercadicus
(Maury 1917)
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Beu 2010 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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64 specimens | |||||||||
Sinum sp.
Röding 1798
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Natica (Naticarius) canrena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Naticarius canrena | ||||||||||
Stigmaulax vererugosum
(Cossmann 1924)
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171 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Smaragdia viridis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Costa et al. 2001 | 279 specimens | ||||||||
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia (Barbatia) sp.
Gray 1842
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16 specimens | |||||||||
Anadara (Grandiarca) sp.
(Olsson 1961)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anadara (Potiarca) sp.
(Iredale 1939)
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813 specimens | |||||||||
Lunarca sp.
Gray 1857
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158 specimens | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Anadara (Lunarca) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Cyclopecten guppyi
(Dall 1898)
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Waller 2011 | 67 specimens | ||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten eccentricus
(Gabb 1873)
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Waller 2011 | 624 specimens | ||||||||
Palliolum cibaoense
Waller 2011
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Waller 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
"Chlamys" sp.
Röding 1798
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Lindapecten plurinominis
(Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
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Waller 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Leopecten thompsoni
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Waller 2011 | 967 specimens | ||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria inornata
(Gabb 1873)
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118 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Dendostrea haitensis
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Divalinga quadrisulcata
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Miltha (Miltha) sp.
Adams and Adams 1857
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp.
(Stewart 1930)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Cardiomya (Cardiomya) islahispaniolae
(Maury 1917)
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Jung 1996 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Bothrocorbula viminea
(Guppy 1866)
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Anderson 1996 | |||||||||
Caryocorbula sericea
(Dall 1898)
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Anderson 1996 | |||||||||
recombined as Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama involuta
Guppy 1873
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Arcinella antiquata
(Guppy 1866)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Lioconcha sp.
Mörch 1853
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74 specimens | |||||||||
Chionopsis woodwardi
(Guppy 1866)
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74 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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"Spisula" sp.
Gray 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum
(Dall 1900)
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101 specimens | |||||||||
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum
(Maury 1917)
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Vokes 1989 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
Laevicardium laevigatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
replaced by Laevicardium serratum | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Tagelus sp.
Gray 1847
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Strigilla (Strigilla) sp.
Turton 1822
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Eurytellina sp.
Fischer 1887
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12 specimens | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina) | ||||||||||
Psammacoma (Psammacoma) yaquensis
Maury 1917
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2 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Psammacoma olivella | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Glans scabricostata
(Guppy 1866)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Antalis sp.
Adams and Adams 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Myctophiformes
- Myctophidae
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Hygophum sp.
Bolin 1939
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Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 | |||||||||
Myctophum affine
(Lütken 1892)
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Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Paraleptopecten informal sp. A
Waller 2011
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Waller 2011 | 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 at present; 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: | 75042 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-09-16 14:29:14 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-09-16 14:29:14 |
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:
24475 | L. C. Anderson. 1996. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 16. The Family Corbulidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 110(351):5-34 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
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] | |
26933 | F. H. A. Costa, R. H. Neim, and C. S. Hickman. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 22. The family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 359:47-71 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] | |
19070 | P. Jung. 1994. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera Columbella, Eurypyrene, Parametaria, Conella, Nitidella, and Metulella (Gastropoda: Columbellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 106(344):1-45 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
25339 | P. Jung. 1996. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: 17. The familes Cuspidariidae and Verticordiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 110(351):35-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
43555 | P. Jung and R. E. Petit. 1990. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(334):87-144 [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] | |
76158 | W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera. 2013. Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Paleo Ichthyologica 13:83-150 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
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] | |
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] |