NMB Loc. 15814 - Río 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 - Mussidae
Manicina jungi Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
Manicina grandis (Duncan 1864)
Budd and Johnson 1999
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Antillocyathus maoensis (Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925)
Cairns and Wells 1987
Antillocyathus alatus Cairns and Wells 1987
Cairns and Wells 1987
Asterosmilia abnormalis (Duncan 1864)
Cairns and Wells 1987
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten thetidis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 34 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
INCLUDES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis haitensis, h. cercadica and h. sambaica
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Ochetoclava sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 31 specimens
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Vermicularia woodringi Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Siliquaria gurabensis
Jung 1989 1 specimen
synonym of Tenagodus
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix sp. (Defrance 1819)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Petaloconchus domingensis Sowerby 1849
Jung 1989 46 specimens
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917
Jung 1989 52 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella venusta (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1994 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Tritiaria (Antillophos) moorei (Guppy 1866)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Agatrix losquemadica Jung and Petit 1990
Jung and Petit 1990
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme (Sowerby 1850)
Nehm 2001 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora delecta (Guppy 1876)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
unclassified
Gurabopecten uniplicatus Waller 2011
Waller 2011 1 specimen
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:5.3 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Local section:Río Gurabo Local bed:404 m
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Río Gurabo Regional bed:9
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G9 (387-430 m), sample ca. 405 m above base.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: siliciclastic-dominated environment with slump deposits of reefal carbonates
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:93687
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-01-28 02:58:28 Last modified:2012-11-26 11:04:36
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-28 02:58:28
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]