Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 20.3° N, 69.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• From zone F. Section approximately 50 ft thick, tthough only 10 ft exposed.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, sideritic, gray, green, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI.
Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58824: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Leda peltella" = Saccella peltella
"Leda peltella" = Saccella peltella Dall 1903 pointed nut clam | |
Pitaria planivieta, Pitaria acuticostata, "Chione woodwardi" = Chionopsis woodwardi, Chione hendersoni
Pitaria planivieta venus clam
Pitaria acuticostata venus clam
"Chione woodwardi" = Chionopsis woodwardi Guppy 1866 venus clam
Chione hendersoni venus clam | |
Tellina waylandvaughani, "Scissula scitula" = Moerella (Scissula)
Tellina waylandvaughani tellin clam
"Scissula scitula" = Moerella (Scissula) tellin clam | |
"Cardium serratum" = Laevicardium serratum, "Cardium haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis, "Protocardia gurabica" = Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabicum
"Cardium serratum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis Sowerby 1850 cockle
"Protocardia gurabica" = Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabicum Maury 1917 cockle | |
"Venericardia dominica" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica2
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"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898 clam | |
"Scapharca golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis, "Scapharca inaequilateralis" = Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis
"Scapharca golfoyaquensis" = Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis Maury 1917 ark
"Scapharca inaequilateralis" = Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis Maury 1917 ark | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus denticulustrigris tusk shell | |
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Gastropoda | |
Bullaria paupercula Sowerby 1849 snail | |
"Amauropsis guppyi" = Pachycrommium guppyi
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Sinum gatunense Toula 1909 moon snail
Natica youngi Maury 1917 moon snail
"Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata Born 1778 moon snail | |
"Cypraea henekeni" = Muracypraea henekeni
"Cypraea henekeni" = Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850 cowry | |
"Strombus haitensis" = Lobatus haitensis
"Strombus haitensis" = Lobatus haitensis Sowerby 1850 true conch | |
Malea camura Guppy 1866 tun shell | |
"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa
"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa Guppy 1873 snail | |
"Terebra cirrus" = Terebra (Strioterebrum) cirrus
"Terebra cirrus" = Terebra (Strioterebrum) cirrus Dall 1895 auger snail | |
"Conus tortuosostriatus" = Conasprella (Dalliconus) sauros, Conus granozonatoides, Conus consobrinus, "Conus marginatus" = Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus, Conus bonaczyi
"Conus tortuosostriatus" = Conasprella (Dalliconus) sauros Garcia 2006 cone shell
Conus granozonatoides Maury 1917 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus marginatus" = Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus Sowerby 1839 cone shell
Conus bonaczyi Gabb 1873 cone shell | |
"Drillia islalindae" = Clathrodrillia islalindae
"Drillia islalindae" = Clathrodrillia islalindae Maury 1917 snail | |
"Olivella muticoides" = Olivella (Olivella) muticoides Gabb 1873 olive snail
Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850 olive snail | |
Marginella hispaniolana Maury 1917 margin shell | |
Aphera islacolonis Maury 1917 snail | |
Fasciolaria semistriata Sowerby 1850 tulip snail | |
Metulella venusta Sowerby 1850 snail
Strombina pseudohaitensis Maury 1917 snail
Strombina gurabensis Maury 1917 snail | |
Clava plebeia Sowerby 1850 cerith snail | |
"Turbo dominicensis" = Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis
"Turbo dominicensis" = Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis Gabb 1873 snail | |
Calliostoma grabaui Maury 1917 top snail |