Los Quemados - Zone G: Late/Upper Miocene, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda peltella
Dall 1903
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recombined as Saccella peltella | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia scabricostata
(Guppy 1866)
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= Venericardia dominica
Weisbord 1929
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Weisbord 1929 | |||||||||
recombined as Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione woodwardi
(Guppy 1866)
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recombined as Chionopsis woodwardi | ||||||||||
Chione hendersoni
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Pitaria planivieta
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Pitaria acuticostata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina waylandvaughani
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Scissula scitula
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reassigned as Moerella (Scissula) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia gurabica
Maury 1917
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recombined as Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabicum | ||||||||||
Cardium haitense
Sowerby 1850
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recombined as Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis | ||||||||||
Cardium serratum
Linnaeus 1758
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recombined as Laevicardium serratum | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divaricella prevaricata
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris jamaicensis
Dall 1898
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recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Scapharca golfoyaquensis
(Maury 1917)
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recombined as Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis | ||||||||||
Scapharca inaequilateralis
Maury 1917
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recombined as Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus denticulustrigris
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium dissimile
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Includes: Dentalium dissimile ponderosum | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Bullaria paupercula
(Sowerby 1849)
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Amauropsis guppyi
(Gabb 1873)
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recombined as Pachycrommium guppyi | ||||||||||
Includes: Amauropsis guppyi gurabensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Clava plebeia
(Sowerby 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea camura
Guppy 1866
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Phalium moniliferum
(Guppy 1866)
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synonym of Semicassis reclusa | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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recombined as Muracypraea henekeni | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus haitensis
Sowerby 1850
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recombined as Lobatus haitensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella hispaniolana
Maury 1917
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Aphera islacolonis
(Maury 1917)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus tortuosostriatus
(Toula 1911)
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synonym of Conasprella (Dalliconus) sauros | ||||||||||
Conus bonaczyi
Gabb 1873
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Conus consobrinus
Sowerby 1850
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Conus marginatus
Sowerby 1839
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recombined as Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus | ||||||||||
Conus granozonatoides
Maury 1917
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra cirrus
(Dall 1895)
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recombined as Terebra (Strioterebrum) cirrus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Drillia islalindae
Maury 1917
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recombined as Clathrodrillia islalindae | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella muticoides
(Gabb 1873)
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recombined as Olivella (Olivella) muticoides | ||||||||||
Oliva cylindrica
Sowerby 1850
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Oliva brevispira
Gabb 1873
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= Oliva giraudi
Cossmann 1913
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Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Perissityidae
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Strombina gurabensis
(Maury 1917)
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Strombina nuestrasenorae
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Is this mean't to be Strombus? (A. Hendy) | ||||||||||
Strombina pseudohaitensis
Maury 1917
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Metulella venusta
(Sowerby 1850)
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Fasciolaria semistriata
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Natica youngi
Maury 1917
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Natica sulcata
Born 1778
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recombined as Stigmaulax sulcata | ||||||||||
Sinum gatunense
(Toula 1909)
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo dominicensis
Gabb 1873
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recombined as Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma grabaui
Maury 1917
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Dominican Republic |
Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 70.4° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cercado | ||||
Local section: | Los Quemados | Local bed: | 485 ft | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Regional section: | Rio Gurabo | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: From zone F. Section approximately 50 ft thick, tthough only 10 ft exposed. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sideritic,gray,green lithified sandy claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Hard, greenish-gray clays with sandy layers and limonitic nodules. | |
Environment: | offshore |
Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported by Maury. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | PRI |
Collection method comments: Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Identifications to species level, though antiquated genus-level nomenclature. |
Metadata
Database number: | 58824 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-02-24 19:50:59 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-24 19:50:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
16689. | C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
36423 | B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
17428 | N. E. Weisbord. 1929. Miocene Mollusca of Northern Colombia. Bulletin of American Paleontology 14(54):1-310 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro] |