NMB Loc. 17275 - Arroyo Lopez [Cercado Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Also known as PJ# 1720

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 70.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is unconformably overlain by the Cercado Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 260); stage age extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

• LITHIFICATION: Not stated in text. LITHOLOGY: Silts with scattered molluscs.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

• 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 131666: 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.
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Agnocardia cinderellae5 Maury 1917 cockle
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons2 Sowerby 1850 conch
Strombus proximus2 Sowerby 1850 conch
Lobatus haitensis2 Sowerby 1850 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera1 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus bernardi1 Beu 2010 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme4 Sowerby 1850 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius6
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius6 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) uva n. sp." = Pyruclia uva3
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) uva n. sp." = Pyruclia uva3 Jung and Petit 1990 snail