Gurabo Formation: Early/Lower Pliocene, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Sveltia inquilinus (Jung and Petit 1990)
Landau et al. 2012
Bivetiella epistomifera (Guppy 1876)
Landau et al. 2012
Ventrilia gurabis (Maury 1917)
Landau et al. 2012
Aphera islacolonis (Maury 1917)
Landau et al. 2012
Agatrix losquemadica Jung and Petit 1990
Landau et al. 2012
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Leporiconus) sp. Linnaeus 1758
Petuch 1988
Conus (Hermes) sp. Linnaeus 1758
Petuch 1988
Conus (Strioconus) sp. Linnaeus 1758
Petuch 1988
Conus (Puncticulis) sp. Linnaeus 1758
Petuch 1988
Conus (Stephanoconus) consobrinus (Sowerby 1850)
Petuch 1988
original and current combination Conus consobrinus
Conus (Lithoconus) humerosus Pilsbry 1921
Petuch 1988
Conus (Conasperella) planiliratus (Sowerby 1850)
Petuch 1988
recombined as Conasprelloides planiliratus
Conus (Leptoconus) symmetricus (Sowerby 1849)
Petuch 1988
recombined as Purpuriconus symmetricus
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Lobatus vokesae Landau et al. 2008
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.5° North, 70.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gurabo Fm, which overlies the Cercado Fm, and is overlain by the Mao Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Early Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "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
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NHMW
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: NHMW.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxon described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identification.
Metadata
Database number:89170
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-05-08 08:25:17 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2009-05-08 08:25:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29916. B. M. Landau, G. C. Kronenberg, and G. S. Herbert. 2008. A large species of Lobatus (Gastropoda: Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on the genus. The Veliger 50(1):31-38 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

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]
43469 B. D. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama, with the description of seven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(2):311-339 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31112 E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]