NMB Loc. 16936 - Río Yaque del Norte [Baitoa Fm]: Langhian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus 1758)
7 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum aminum (Dall 1896)
Nehm 2001 3 specimens
recombined as Prunum amina
Prunum latissimum (Dall 1896)
Nehm 2001 81 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Cymia henekeni Maury 1917
Vokes 1989
recombined as Cymia (Cymia) henekeni
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Parametaria (Dominitaria) lopezana Jung 1994
Jung 1994 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) rowelli (Dall 1896)
Jung and Petit 1990
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Lindapecten baitoaensis
Waller 2011 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis (Dall 1900)
Vokes 1989
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) senni Wells 1945
Cairns and Wells 1987
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.3° North, 70.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.2° North, 69.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:15.5 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Baitoa
Local section:Río Yaque del Norte Local bed:42 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Baitoa Formation, which unconformably underlies the Cercado Formation. AGE: Early Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 41 m above base of the section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Not stated in text. LITHOLOGY: Silts with scattered molluscs.
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMB
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Metadata
Also known as:PJ# 1690
Database number:93680
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-01-28 01:09:25 Last modified:2012-11-26 12:18:43
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-28 01:09:25
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:

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]
43588 A. H. Cheetham and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of tropical America: Comparison and contrast between the Central American Isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (357)159-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]
19070 P. Jung. 1994. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera Columbella, Eurypyrene, Parametaria, Conella, Nitidella, and Metulella (Gastropoda: Columbellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 106(344):1-45 [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]
19738 R. H. Nehm. 2001. Calibrating spatial and temporal species richness patterns in tropical marginellid gastropods. Journal of Paleontology 75(3):680-696 [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]
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]