NMB Loc. 15824 - Rio Gurabo [Mao Fm]: Early/Lower Pliocene, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites macdonaldi Vaughan 1919
Foster 1986
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Foster 1986
Porites portoricensis (Vaughan 1919)
Foster 1986
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis papulosus (Guppy 1866)
Jung 1989 19 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.5° North, 70.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mao
Regional section:Rio Gurabo Regional bed:11
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: unit G11 (660-710 m)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: slump deposits of reefal carbonates
Environment:perireef or subreef
Geology comments: outer shelf or slope setting
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:94007
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-02-08 06:35:59 Last modified:2012-07-24 20:34:46
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-08 06:35:59
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]
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]
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]