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
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Smaragdia viridis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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7 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus bifrons
Sowerby 1850
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Freiheit and Geary 2009 | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum aminum
(Dall 1896)
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Nehm 2001 | 3 specimens | |||||
recombined as Prunum amina | |||||||
Prunum latissimum
(Dall 1896)
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Nehm 2001 | 81 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Cymia henekeni
Maury 1917
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
recombined as Cymia (Cymia) henekeni | |||||||
Murex (Haustellum) messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Parametaria (Dominitaria) lopezana
Jung 1994
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Jung 1994 | 3 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) rowelli
(Dall 1896)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Lindapecten baitoaensis
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Waller 2011 | 3 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis
(Dall 1900)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
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Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) senni
Wells 1945
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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] |