USNM 8630: Pleistocene, Dominican Republic
collected by Ross 1919
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta punctata
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Macrocallista maculata | |||||||
Gafrarium (Gouldia) insularis
(Dall and Simpson 1901)
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recombined as Gouldia insularis | |||||||
Chione cancellata
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Chione (Lirophora) paphia
(Linnaeus 1767)
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recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Ervilia nitens
(Montagu 1808)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Tagelus gibbus
(Spengler 1794)
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synonym of Tagelus plebeius | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Trachycardium) muricatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum | |||||||
Cardium (Trachycardium) isocardia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Trachycardium isocardia | |||||||
Cardium (Fragum) medium
(Linnaeaus 1758)
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recombined as Americardia media | |||||||
Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Laevicardium serratum | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina chrysostoma
Philippi 1845
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synonym of Anodontia alba | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Scapharca) sp.
(Gray 1847)
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original and current combination Scapharca | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Arca (Fossularca) adamsi
Dall 1886
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recombined as Arcopsis adamsi | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichnella biplicata
(Lea 1845)
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Acteocina canaliculata
(Say 1826)
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Acteocina recta
(d'Orbigny 1845)
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Haminoeidae
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Atys (Rosania) sp.
Montfort 1810
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bullaria occidentalis
(Adams 1850)
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synonym of Bulla striata | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Modulidae
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Modulus modulus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium sp.
Gray 1847
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Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) variable
(Adams 1845)
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synonym of Cerithium lutosum | |||||||
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) algicola
(Adams 1845)
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synonym of Cerithium eburneum | |||||||
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) aff. stantoni
(Dall 1907)
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synonym of Cerithium guinaicum | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecum deccusatum
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Caecum sp.
Fleming 1813
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Caecum imbricatum
Carpenter 1858
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Gastropoda
- Assimineidae
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Assiminea sp.
Fleming 1828
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoina sp.
d'Orbigny 1840
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Rissoina elegantissima
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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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] |