NMB Loc. 15873 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Also known as PJ# 1499

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 71.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gurabo Formation, which unconformably overlies the Cercado Formation, and is unconformably overlain by the Mao Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 260); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 206 m above base of 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 131521: 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
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet.4 Fleming 1822 cerith snail
"Ochetoclava terpna" = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)4 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus proximus3 Sowerby 1850 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa1 Guppy 1873 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis6
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis6 Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius8
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius8 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sigatica sp.4 Meyer and Aldrich 1886 moon snail
Tectonatica sp.4 Sacco 1890 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp.4 Morch 1852 moon snail
Natica sp.4 Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Polinices sp.4 Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp.4 Woodring 1928 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis2 Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet.4 Fleming 1828 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten eccentricus9 Gabb 1873 calico scallop