Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 20.2° N, 69.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: AGE: Placed in Late Miocene by enterer on the basis of known age range faunal constituents. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION:
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74957: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Carinodrillia sp. Dall 1919 snail | |
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) sp. Woodring 1928 cerith snail | |
"Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi, Cassis sp.
"Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi Adams 1855 snail
Cassis sp. Scopoli 1777 snail | |
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Metulella venusta Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk | |
Aphera islacolonis Maury 1917 snail | |
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Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus, Conus consobrinus, "Conus olssoni" = Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni, "Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus olssoni" = Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni Maury 1917 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid | |
Fusiturricula sp. Woodring 1928 ribbed mitre | |
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail | |
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute | |
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850 conch | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box | |
Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. Iredale 1939 ark
"Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca) Gray 1857 ark | |
Scaphopoda | |
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell |