NMB Loc. 15843 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Also known as PJ# 1469

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 312 m above base of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained sandstone

• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Scattered shells in fine sand.

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 131663: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.07.2012

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
"Ochetoclava sp." = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)2
"Ochetoclava sp." = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)2 Woodring 1928 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme3 Sowerby 1850 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella5 Sowerby 1850 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius4
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius4 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Bursa grayana1 Dunker 1862 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata1 Guppy 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus domingensis2 Sowerby 1849 worm shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus bostrychites6 Guppy 1867 scallop
Spathochlamys vaginula7 Dall 1898 scallop
Argopecten thetidis7 Sowerby 1850 calico scallop