NMB Loc. 15908 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Also known as PJ# 1534

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 119 m above the base of section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

• LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Scattered in 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 131675: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.07.2012

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
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lindapecten plurinominis7 Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 scallop
Argopecten eccentricus7 Gabb 1873 calico scallop
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Muracypraea henekeni2 Sowerby 1850 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus proximus1 Sowerby 1850 conch
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis3
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis3 Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum sp.2 Röding 1798 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus5
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus5 Guppy 1876 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella praelaevigata6 Vokes 1964 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet.2 Mörch 1852 auger snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae
Fusinus henekeni2 Sowerby 1850 true whelk
 Caenogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Polinices sp.2 Monfort 1810 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp.2 Morch 1852 moon snail