NMB Loc. 15919 - 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 59 m above base of section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text.

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 131462: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.07.2012

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.2 Fleming 1828 clam
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritina figulopicta1 Maury 1917 snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis3
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis3 Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena sp.2 Schumacher 1817 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp.2 Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides sp.2 Brongniart 1810 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet.2 Fleming 1822 cerith snail
Bittium yaguense2 Gabb 1873 cerith snail
Cerithium dominicense2 Gabb 1873 cerith snail