NMB Loc. 15860 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Jung 1989 40 specimens
Alabina canaliculata
Jung 1989 10 specimens
Ochetoclava sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 32 specimens
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Siliquaria gurabensis
Jung 1989 1 specimen
synonym of Tenagodus
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Vermicularia woodringi Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis papulosus (Guppy 1866)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917
Jung 1989 99 specimens
Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Petaloconchus domingensis Sowerby 1849
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Beu 2010 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea camura Guppy 1866
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme (Sowerby 1850)
Nehm 2001 23 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Haustellum) adelosus Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
recombined as Siratus adelosus
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Dermomurex (Dermomurex) olssoni
Vokes 1989
Dermomurex (Trialatella) pterynoides
Vokes 1989
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp. (Woodring 1928)
Jung 1989 70 specimens
original and current combination Antillophos
Tritiaria (Antillophos) moorei (Guppy 1866)
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Tectonatica sp. Sacco 1890
Jung 1989 65 specimens
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten guppyi (Dall 1898)
Waller 2011 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Spathochlamys vaginula (Dall 1898)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Argopecten thetidis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
SUBSPECIES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis cercadica
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Antillocyathus maoensis (Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925)
Cairns and Wells 1987
Antillocyathus alatus Cairns and Wells 1987
Cairns and Wells 1987
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:6.7 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Local section:Río Gurabo Local bed:255 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: Early Pliocene, according to Waller (2011); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G6: 250-290 m above base.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:perireef or subreef
Geology comments: deeper (more than 10-20 m), more turbid reef habitats in a siliciclastic-dominated environment
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:93710
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-01-29 00:24:54 Last modified:2012-11-26 12:39:35
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-29 00:24:54
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]
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]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [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]