Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 70.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gurabo Fm, which overlies the Cercado Fm, and is overlain by the Mao Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); assigned to Late Miocene according to Freiheit & Geary (2009). THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 75041: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp. Stewart 1930 clam | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
Bathyarca sp. Kobelt 1891 clam | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
"Chlamys" sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Nodipecten sp. Dall 1898 scallop | |
Dendostrea haitensis oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Pyrazisinus sp. Heilprin 1886 snail | |
Crepitacella cepula Guppy 1866 snail | |
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917 worm shell | |
Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Metulella sp. Gabb 1873 snail | |
Antillophos (Antillophos) pitti true whelk
Metula harrisi Olsson 1922 true whelk | |
Subcancilla longa Gabb 1873 mitre shell
Subcancilla henekeni Sowerby 1850 mitre shell | |
"Cancellaria (Sveltia) inquilinus" = Sveltia inquilinus
"Cancellaria (Sveltia) inquilinus" = Sveltia inquilinus Jung and Petit 1990 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira sp. Woodring 1928 turrid | |
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus, "Conus stenostoma" = Conasprella stenostoma, "Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus, Conus consobrinus
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
"Conus stenostoma" = Conasprella stenostoma Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute | |
"Typhis (Typhinellus) sowerbyii" = Typhis (Typhinellus) sowerbii, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus2, Chicoreus (Siratus) yaquensis2, Chicoreus (Siratus) amplius2, Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis2, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius, Acanthotrophon striatus
"Typhis (Typhinellus) sowerbyii" = Typhis (Typhinellus) sowerbii Broderip 1833 murex snail
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail
Acanthotrophon striatus knobbed trophon | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
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"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail |