NMB Loc. 15807 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867
Vokes and Vokes 1992
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis papulosus (Guppy 1866)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Lobatus dominator (Pilsbry 1917)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Lobatus haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea camura Guppy 1866
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium praefemorale (Maury 1917)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Siratus) eumekes Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum christineladdae (Maury 1917)
Nehm 2001 11 specimens
Prunum coniforme (Sowerby 1850)
Nehm 2001 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Tritiaria (Antilliphos) sp. Conrad 1865
Jung 1989 2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Tritiaria)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Aphera islacolonis (Maury 1917)
Jung and Petit 1990
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Ochetoclava sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 4 specimens
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Antillocyathus maoensis (Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925)
Cairns and Wells 1987
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia cornucopia Pourtales 1871
Cairns and Wells 1987
recombined as Eguchipsammia cornucopia
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea brevis (Duncan 1864)
Budd 1991
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:5.7 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rio Gurabo
Local section:Río Gurabo Local bed:388 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G8 (360-387 m), sample ca. 380 m above base
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
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:93689
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-01-28 04:38:55 Last modified:2012-12-07 09:48:45
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-28 04:38:55
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]
31893 A. F. Budd. 1991. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 11. The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), part 1. The genera Montastrea and Solenastrea. Bulletins of American Paleontology 101:5-83 [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]
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]
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]
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]
18707 E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54 [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]