TU 1215, Río Gurabo: Zanclean, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster caudatus Jackson 1922
Kier 1992
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca johnsoni Cooper 1934
Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecideidae
Lacazella caribbeanensis Cooper 1977
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium" cossmanianum
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Trimusculidae
Trimusculus sp. Schmidt 1818
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices subclausa (Sowerby 1850)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
synonym of Polinices hepaticus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella sp. Gabb 1873
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Metulella venusta (Sowerby 1850)
Hendy et al. 2008 9 specimens
Anachis (Costoanachis) sp. (Sacco 1890)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Strombina (Sincola) sp. (Olsson and Harbison 1953)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
original and current combination Sincola
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus fusiformis Gabb 1873
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
recombined as Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Metula gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Antillophos (Antillophos) pitti
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei (Guppy 1866)
Hendy et al. 2008 70 specimens
Antillophos (Antillophos) elegans (Guppy 1866)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera (Guppy 1876)
Jung and Petit 1990
recombined as Bivetiella epistomifera
Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) gurabis (Maury 1917)
Jung and Petit 1990
recombined as Ventrilia gurabis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra cf. berlinerae
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Mitra quemadica Maury 1917
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conidae sp. Fleming 1822
Hendricks 2015 19 specimens
Conus symmetricus Sowerby 1849
Hendricks 2015 43 specimens
recombined as Purpuriconus symmetricus
Conasprella (Ximeniconus) cercadensis (Maury 1917)
Hendricks 2015 1 specimen
Conasprella (Dalliconus) cf. sauros (Garcia 2006)
Hendricks 2015 15 specimens
Conasprella stenostoma (Sowerby 1850)
Hendricks 2015 2 specimens
Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli Maury 1917
Hendricks 2015 3 specimens
Conus anningae Hendricks 2015
Hendricks 2015 3 specimens
Conus catenatus Sowerby 1849
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Conus (? Atlanticonus) franklinae Hendricks 2015
Hendricks 2015 1 specimen
Conus (? Atlanticonus) olssoni (Maury 1917)
Hendricks 2015 14 specimens
Conus (Dauciconus) planiliratus Sowerby 1850
Hendricks 2015 3 specimens
Conus (Dauciconus) ? karlschmidti Maury 1917
Hendricks 2015 9 specimens
Conus (Dauciconus) multiliratus Böse 1906
Hendricks 2015 7 specimens
Conus (Spuriconus) humerosus Pilsbry 1921
Hendricks 2015 2 specimens
Conus (Ductoconus) cashi Hendricks 2015
Hendricks 2015 1 specimen
Conus ("Pyruconus") haytensis Sowerby 1850
Hendricks 2015 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Mitra tortuosa Gabb 1873
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
recombined as Uromitra tortuosa
Vexilum (Costellaria) bullenewtoni
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
original and current combination Vexillum (Costellaria)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella maonensis
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Acanthotrophon striatus
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
Hendy et al. 2008 38 specimens
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Chicoreus (Naquetia) compactus (Gabb 1873)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Spinidrupa radwini
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Muricopsis praepauxillus
Hendy et al. 2008 53 specimens
Muricopsis quisqueyensis
Hendy et al. 2008 10 specimens
Pygmaepterys germainae Vokes and D'Attilio 1980
Vokes and D'Attilio 1980
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Pediculariidae
"Cypraea" gabbiana Guppy 1876
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
recombined as Jenneria gabbiana
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Zonaria spurcoides (Gabb 1873)
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
[entered as Zonaria spuroides]
Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus 1758)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Luria cinerea (Martini 1769)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
recombined as Cypraea (Luria) cinerea
Luria isabella (Linnaeus 1758)
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus 1758)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea elliptica Pilsbry and Johnston 1917
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Malea goliath Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
Beu 2010 6 specimens
Malea camura Guppy 1866
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953
Beu 2010 18 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa grayana Dunker 1862
Beu 2010 10 specimens
Bursa amphitrites Maury 1917
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa (Guppy 1873)
Beu 2010 6 specimens
Cassis sulcata
Beu 2010
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Beu 2010 7 specimens
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Beu 2010 7 specimens
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Beu 2010
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Sassia warreni Beu 2010
Beu 2010
Charonia variegata (Lamarck 1816)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus 1758)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Monoplex gurabonicus (Maury 1917)
Beu 2010 14 specimens
Turritriton domingensis (Gabb 1873)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gutturnium sp. Mörch 1853
Hendy et al. 2008 8 specimens
spelled with current rank as Cymatium (Gutturnium)
Cymatium praefemorale (Maury 1917)
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Drillia fusiformis (Gabb 1873)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
recombined as Carinodrillia fusiformis
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Niso sp. Risso 1826
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus 1758)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Lindapecten paramuscosus Waller 2011
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Antillipecten quemadosensis Waller 2011
Waller 2011 2 specimens
Amusium papyraceum (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 2 specimens
Argopecten thetidis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 5 specimens
Caribachlamys jungi Waller 2011
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
INCLUDES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis cercadica
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea brevis (Duncan 1864)
Budd 1991
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Montastrea limbata (Duncan 1863)
Budd 1991
recombined as Orbicella limbata
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.5° North, 70.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 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: Zanclean based on age model in McNeill et al., 2008. THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G8 (360-387 m)..
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:excellent
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:80136
Authorizer:A. Hendy, M. Clapham, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, M. Krause, M. Clapham, U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-06 21:26:21 Last modified:2018-01-03 22:29:38
Access level:the public Released:2008-04-06 21:26:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
64357. A. Logan. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 6. The phylum Brachiopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):44-55 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

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]
31893 A. F. Budd. 1991. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 11. The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), part 1. The genera Montastrea and Solenastrea. Bulletins of American Paleontology 101:5-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
29992 J. R. Freiheit and D. H. Geary. 2009. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23. Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology 376:1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
57440 J. R. Hendricks. 2015. Glowing Seashells: Diversity of Fossilized Coloration Patterns on Coral Reef-Associated Cone Snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) Shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic. Plosone [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]
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]
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]
18706 P. M. Kier. 1992. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 13. The Class Echinoidea (Echinodermata). Bulletins of American Paleontology 102(339):13-28 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43491 B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31320 E. H. Vokes and A. D'Attilio. 1980. Pygmaepterys, a newly described taxon of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with the description of three new species from the Cenozoic of the Western Atlantic. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 16(2):45-54 [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]