TU 1294, Río Mao [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium guppyi (Gabb 1873)
12 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Hanetia sp. Jousseaume 1880
1 specimen
Listed as "Hanetia dalli" - unrecorded from DR
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
14 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Parametaria islahispaniolae (Maury 1917)
7 specimens
Conella perplexabilis (Maury 1917)
Jung 1994 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena consors (Sowerby 1850)
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
258 specimens
Conus symmetricus Sowerby 1849
8 specimens
recombined as Purpuriconus symmetricus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Fusiturricula sp. Woodring 1928
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Acanthotrophon striatus
1 specimen
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
Vokes 1989 190 specimens
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1989 28 specimens
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Poirieria (Paziella) domiciensis
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
21 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum (Oniscidia) domingense (Sowerby 1850)
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Agatrix losquemadica Jung and Petit 1990
19 specimens
Aphera islacolonis (Maury 1917)
2 specimens
Cancellaria (Bivetiella) bajonensis Jung and Petit 1990
Jung and Petit 1990
recombined as Bivetiella bajonensis
Cancellaria (Canceilaria) mauryae (Olsson 1922)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea camura Guppy 1866
30 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
2 specimens
Semicassis reclusa (Guppy 1873)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
2 specimens
synonym of Semicassis reclusa
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Turritriton domingensis (Gabb 1873)
Beu 2010 5 specimens
Monoplex cercadicus (Maury 1917)
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
64 specimens
Sinum sp. Röding 1798
11 specimens
Natica (Naticarius) canrena (Linnaeus 1758)
10 specimens
recombined as Naticarius canrena
Stigmaulax vererugosum (Cossmann 1924)
171 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus 1758)
Costa et al. 2001 279 specimens
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842
16 specimens
Anadara (Grandiarca) sp. (Olsson 1961)
1 specimen
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. (Iredale 1939)
813 specimens
Lunarca sp. Gray 1857
158 specimens
spelled with current rank as Anadara (Lunarca)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten guppyi (Dall 1898)
Waller 2011 67 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten eccentricus (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 624 specimens
Palliolum cibaoense Waller 2011
Waller 2011 1 specimen
"Chlamys" sp. Röding 1798
2 specimens
Lindapecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Leopecten thompsoni
Waller 2011 967 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria inornata (Gabb 1873)
118 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
1 specimen
Dendostrea haitensis
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
7 specimens
Divalinga quadrisulcata (d'Orbigny 1846)
2 specimens
Miltha (Miltha) sp. Adams and Adams 1857
4 specimens
Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp. (Stewart 1930)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cardiomya (Cardiomya) islahispaniolae (Maury 1917)
Jung 1996 10 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bothrocorbula viminea (Guppy 1866)
Anderson 1996
Caryocorbula sericea (Dall 1898)
Anderson 1996
recombined as Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama involuta Guppy 1873
3 specimens
Arcinella antiquata (Guppy 1866)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Lioconcha sp. Mörch 1853
74 specimens
Chionopsis woodwardi (Guppy 1866)
74 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula" sp. Gray 1837
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum (Dall 1900)
101 specimens
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum (Maury 1917)
Vokes 1989 6 specimens
Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus 1758)
8 specimens
replaced by Laevicardium serratum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus sp. Gray 1847
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Strigilla (Strigilla) sp. Turton 1822
2 specimens
Eurytellina sp. Fischer 1887
12 specimens
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Eurytellina)
Psammacoma (Psammacoma) yaquensis Maury 1917
2 specimens
synonym of Psammacoma olivella
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glans scabricostata (Guppy 1866)
4 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Hygophum sp. Bolin 1939
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
Myctophum affine (Lütken 1892)
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
unclassified
Paraleptopecten informal sp. A Waller 2011
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]