USNM 8630: Pleistocene, Dominican Republic
collected by Ross 1919

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta punctata (Say 1822)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Macrocallista maculata
Gafrarium (Gouldia) insularis (Dall and Simpson 1901)
recombined as Gouldia insularis
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
Chione (Lirophora) paphia (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia nitens (Montagu 1808)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus gibbus (Spengler 1794)
synonym of Tagelus plebeius
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Trachycardium) muricatum (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum
Cardium (Trachycardium) isocardia (Linnaeus 1758)
Trachycardium isocardia
Cardium (Fragum) medium (Linnaeaus 1758)
recombined as Americardia media
Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Laevicardium serratum
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina chrysostoma Philippi 1845
synonym of Anodontia alba
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Scapharca) sp. (Gray 1847)
original and current combination Scapharca
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arca (Fossularca) adamsi Dall 1886
recombined as Arcopsis adamsi
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnella biplicata (Lea 1845)
Acteocina canaliculata (Say 1826)
Acteocina recta (d'Orbigny 1845)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Atys (Rosania) sp. Montfort 1810
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bullaria occidentalis (Adams 1850)
synonym of Bulla striata
Gastropoda - Modulidae
Modulus modulus (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium sp. Gray 1847
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) variable (Adams 1845)
synonym of Cerithium lutosum
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) algicola (Adams 1845)
synonym of Cerithium eburneum
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) aff. stantoni (Dall 1907)
synonym of Cerithium guinaicum
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Caecum deccusatum
Caecum sp. Fleming 1813
Caecum imbricatum Carpenter 1858
Gastropoda - Assimineidae
Assiminea sp. Fleming 1828
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina sp. d'Orbigny 1840
Rissoina elegantissima (d'Orbigny 1842)
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 18.4° North, 71.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.4° North, 71.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphy. From sand in road. AGE: Undifferentiated Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sand. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, assumed on the basis of age and facies description.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Environmental data not reported in text.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:Ross Collection dates:1919
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: C. P. Ross. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but numbers presumably correspond to USGS collections, hence probably reposited in USNM.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Includes anthozoans, bivalves and gastropods.
Metadata
Also known as:R 64
Database number:75425
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-10-09 05:28:41 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-10-09 05:28:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25443. T. W. Vaughan, W. Cooke, D. D. Condit, C. P. Ross, W. P. Woodring and F. C. Calkins. 1921. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican Republic. Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic Memoir 1:1-268 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/U. Merkel]