NMB Loc. 16824 - Río Cano [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Brissopsis jimenoi
Cotteau 1875
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Kier 1992 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Juliidae
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Julia sp.
Gould 1862
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Smaragdia viridis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Costa et al. 2001 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithiidae indet.
(Fleming 1822)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Bittium yaguense
Gabb 1873
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Jung 1989 | 4 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Vermicularia woodringi
Olsson and Harbison 1953
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Jung 1989 | 6 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Stigmaulax sp.
Morch 1852
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Triphoridae
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Triphoridae indet.
Gray 1847
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Jung 1989 | 5 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex (Haustellum) messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
| recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus bifrons
Sowerby 1850
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Freiheit and Geary 2009 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio mcgintyi
Emerson and Puffer 1953
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis altispira
Beu 2010
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Cypraecassis testiculus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora delecta
(Guppy 1876)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus laddfranklinae
Maury 1917
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Jung 1989 | 7 specimens | |||||
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Serpulorbis virginicus
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Jung 1989 | 5 specimens | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus bostrychites
Guppy 1867
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Vokes and Vokes 1992 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Lindapecten plurinominis
(Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
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Waller 2011 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Argopecten eccentricus
(Gabb 1873)
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Waller 2011 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Trigonulina bowdenensis
(Dall 1903)
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Jung 1996 | 4 specimens | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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Jung 1989 | 15 specimens | |||||
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Anodontia sp.
Link 1807
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Jung 1989 | 5 specimens | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellidae indet.
Férussac 1822
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Jung 1989 | 8 specimens | |||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Manicina geisteri
Budd and Johnson 1999
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Budd and Johnson 1999 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 18.9° North, 71.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.9° North, 71.0° 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 | ||
| Age estimate: | 5.5 Ma (age-depth) |
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); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 317 m above base of the section, and near the base of the Gurabo Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandy siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandy silt matrix. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified based on figured specimes. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic monograph. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identification. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 90619 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Hendy, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-08-11 08:05:44 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-08-11 08:05:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
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] | |
| 28516 | A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 42438 | P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 18705 | H. E. Vokes and E.H. Vokes. 1992. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: The Genus Spondylus (Bivalvia: Spondylidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 102(339):1-40 [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] |