NMB Loc. 15806 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Foster 1986
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Thysanus navicula (Duncan 1864)
Budd and Johnson 1999
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia cornucopia Pourtales 1871
Cairns and Wells 1987
recombined as Eguchipsammia cornucopia
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Antillocyathus maoensis (Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925)
Cairns and Wells 1987
Asterosmilia abnormalis (Duncan 1864)
Cairns and Wells 1987
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867
Vokes and Vokes 1992
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium obesum Guppy 1876
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Ochetoclava sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 4 specimens
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis papulosus (Guppy 1866)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Petaloconchus domingensis Sowerby 1849
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Aphera islacolonis (Maury 1917)
Jung and Petit 1990
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum christineladdae (Maury 1917)
Nehm 2001 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.5° North, 70.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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:5.6 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Local section:Rio Gurabo Local bed:392 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gurabo Formation, which unconformably overlies the Cercado Formation, and is unconformably overlain by the Mao Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 260); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G8 (360-387 m), sample ca. 380 m above base.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Lithology description: slump deposits of reefal carbonates
Environment:perireef or subreef
Geology comments: deeper (more than 10-20 m), more turbid reef habitats
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:93654
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-01-27 03:36:15 Last modified:2012-12-06 16:02:12
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-27 03:36:15
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:

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]
31716 S. D. Cairns and J. W. Wells. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):23-43 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
31838 A. B. Foster. 1986. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 3. The family Poritidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 90:47-123 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [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]
42446 R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 21. The genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26932 R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. Part 21. The Genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/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]
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]