NMB Loc. 15912 - 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 from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 105 m above the base of the 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 131379: 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.
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp.4 Woodring 1928 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp.4 Say 1824 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet.4 Fleming 1822 cerith snail
Cerithium sp.4 Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium dominicense4 Gabb 1873 cerith snail
Cerithium obesum4 Guppy 1876 cerith snail
Cerithium venustum4 Gabb 1873 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis papulosus4 Guppy 1866 worm shell
Petaloconchus floridanus4 Olsson and Harbison 1953 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix sp.4 Defrance 1819 hoof shell
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis7
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis7 Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena sp.4 Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni4 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella submercatoria5 Olsson 1922 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella praelaevigata9 Vokes 1964 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria (Hertleinia) miranda" = Hertleinia miranda6, "Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera6, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) guppyi6, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) juncta6
"Cancellaria (Hertleinia) miranda" = Hertleinia miranda6 Jung and Petit 1990 snail
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera6 Guppy 1876 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) juncta6 Jung and Petit 1990 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet.4 Mörch 1852 auger snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus gibsonsmithi1 Beu 2010 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa1 Guppy 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp.4 Monfort 1810 moon snail
Tectonatica sp.4 Sacco 1890 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp.4 Morch 1852 moon snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritina figulopicta2 Maury 1917 snail
Smaragdia viridis2 Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet.4 Fleming 1828 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten eccentricus10 Gabb 1873 calico scallop