NMB Loc. 16854 - Rio Cana [Cercado Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Also known as PJ# 1608

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cercado Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 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 175 m above base of Gurabo Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal siltstone

• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Silts with small lens full of molluscs.

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 131388: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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.
Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus dumerilii4 Bleeker 1856 lanternfish
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet.2 Fleming 1822 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp.2 Monfort 1810 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp.2 Morch 1852 moon snail
Natica sp.2 Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Agatrix losquemadica3 Jung and Petit 1990 nutmeg
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet.2 Mörch 1852 auger snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet.2 Fleming 1828 clam