NMB Loc. 17278 - La Barranca [Cercado Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.4° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.1° 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 unknown position within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal siltstone

• LITHIFICATION: Not stated in text. LITHOLOGY: Silts, fossiliferous.

Size class: macrofossils

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 131478: 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.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus proximus3 Sowerby 1850 conch
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
"Vasum haitense" = Vasum haitensis6
"Vasum haitense" = Vasum haitensis6 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomatus5 Vokes 1989 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea camura1 Guppy 1866 tun shell
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritina figulopicta2 Maury 1917 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Americardia guppyi4 Thiele 1910 cockle