Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 71.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 20.2° N, 69.5° W (Wright 2013)
• 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 at present; 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 75042: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.09.2007, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
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Malea camura Guppy 1866 tun shell | |
"Semicassis reclusa" = Semicassis reclusa2, "Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa, Cassis sulcifera
"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa Guppy 1873 snail
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Parametaria islahispaniolae Maury 1917 snail | |
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Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Agatrix losquemadica, Aphera islacolonis, Cancellaria (Canceilaria) mauryae, "Cancellaria (Bivetiella) bajonensis" = Bivetiella bajonensis6
Agatrix losquemadica Jung and Petit 1990 nutmeg
Aphera islacolonis Maury 1917 snail
Cancellaria (Canceilaria) mauryae Olsson 1922 snail | |
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus, Conus sp.
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid | |
Fusiturricula sp. Woodring 1928 ribbed mitre | |
Poirieria (Paziella) domiciensis, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus9, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius9, Acanthotrophon striatus
Poirieria (Paziella) domiciensis murex snail
Acanthotrophon striatus knobbed trophon | |
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute | |
Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Polinices sp., Sinum sp., "Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Stigmaulax vererugosum
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail | |
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Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Glans scabricostata Guppy 1866 clam | |
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Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Tagelus sp. Gray 1847 clam | |
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina), Strigilla (Strigilla) sp., "Psammacoma (Psammacoma) yaquensis" = Psammacoma olivella
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
Strigilla (Strigilla) sp. Turton 1822 tellin clam
"Psammacoma (Psammacoma) yaquensis" = Psammacoma olivella Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum, Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum8
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum Dall 1900 cockle | |
"Spisula" sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box
Chama involuta Guppy 1873 jewel box | |
Chionopsis woodwardi Guppy 1866 venus clam
Lioconcha sp. Mörch 1853 venus clam | |
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Divalinga quadrisulcata, Miltha (Miltha) sp., Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis, Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp.
Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
Miltha (Miltha) sp. Adams and Adams 1857 clam
Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp. Stewart 1930 clam | |
Pteria inornata Gabb 1873 pearl oyster | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
Dendostrea haitensis oyster | |
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Lindapecten plurinominis10, Palliolum cibaoense10, Leopecten thompsoni10, "Chlamys" sp., Argopecten eccentricus10
"Chlamys" sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Anadara (Potiarca) sp., "Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca), Anadara (Grandiarca) sp., Barbatia (Barbatia) sp.
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. Iredale 1939 ark
"Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca) Gray 1857 ark
Anadara (Grandiarca) sp. Olsson 1961 ark
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell | |
Actinopteri | |
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Paraleptopecten | |
Paraleptopecten "sp. A"10 Waller 2011 |