NMB Loc. 15896 - Río Gurabo [Cercado Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 70.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is overlain by the Gurabo Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date extrapolated from Cheethan et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).

Primary reference: J. B. Saunders, P. Jung, and B. Biju-Duval. 1986. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic: 1. Field Surveys, Lithology, Environment, and Age. Bulletins of American Paleontology 89(323):1-79 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131367: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet.4 Fleming 1828 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten eccentricus8 Gabb 1873 calico scallop
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis2 Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.4 Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sigatica sp.4 Meyer and Aldrich 1886 moon snail
Tectonatica sp.4 Sacco 1890 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp.4 Morch 1852 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa1 Guppy 1873 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius7
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius7 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Aphera islacolonis5 Maury 1917 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet.4 Mörch 1852 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni4 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alabina canaliculata4 cerith snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp.4 Say 1824 slipper shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp.4 Woodring 1928 snail