NMB Loc. 16916 - Rio Mao [Cercado Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Also known as PJ# 1670

Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 70.1° 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 unknown position within section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal siltstone

• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Fossiliferous silts.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, 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 131517: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.07.2012

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
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis2 Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Turritriton domingensis1 Gabb 1873 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera1 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea camura1 Guppy 1866 tun shell
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis4
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis4 Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus6
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus6 Guppy 1876 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) guppyi3, "Cancellaria (Bivetiella) bajonensis" = Bivetiella bajonensis3, Aphera islacolonis3
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) bajonensis" = Bivetiella bajonensis3 Jung and Petit 1990 snail
Aphera islacolonis3 Maury 1917 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten guppyi7 Dall 1898 mud scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten eccentricus7 Gabb 1873 calico scallop
Leptopecten thompsoni7 Maury 1917 scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae