Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 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); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Bluff approximately 200 ft thick.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, blue claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI.
Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58816: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Phasianella punctata snail | |
"Turbo dominicensis" = Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis
"Turbo dominicensis" = Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis Gabb 1873 snail | |
Crucibulum cf. pileolum slipper shell | |
Cerithium uniseriale cerith snail | |
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"Amauropsis guppyi" = Pachycrommium guppyi
"Amauropsis guppyi" = Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
"Olivella muticoides" = Olivella (Olivella) muticoides Gabb 1873 olive snail | |
Phos gabbi true whelk | |
"Alectrion cercadensis" = Nassarius (Uzita) cercadensis
"Alectrion cercadensis" = Nassarius (Uzita) cercadensis Maury 1917 snail | |
"Latirus fusiformis" = Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis
"Latirus fusiformis" = Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis Gabb 1873 snail | |
Conus furvoides Gabb 1873 cone shell | |
Drillia maonispriparum snail | |
"Cythara gibba" = Brachycythara gibba Guppy 1896 snail
Mangilia lalonis Maury 1917 snail
"Cythara elongata" = Ithycythara elongata Gabb 1873 snail | |
"Terebra spirifera" = Strioterebrum spiriferum
"Terebra spirifera" = Strioterebrum spiriferum Dall 1895 auger snail | |
"Pleurotoma barretti" = Polystira barretti1
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"Murex cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
"Murex cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail | |
"Cancellaria islacolonis" = Aphera islacolonis Maury 1917 snail | |
Malea camura Guppy 1866 tun shell | |
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Polinices subclausa" = Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail
Natica youngi Maury 1917 moon snail
"Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata Born 1778 moon snail | |
Rissoina crassilabris snail
Rissoina sagraiana d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
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"Volvula cylindrica" = Volvulella (Volvulella) oxytata
"Volvula cylindrica" = Volvulella (Volvulella) oxytata Bush 1885 snail | |
"Neritina viridemaris" = Smaragdia (Smaragdia) viridis viridemaris
"Neritina viridemaris" = Smaragdia (Smaragdia) viridis viridemaris Maury 1917 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Scapharca cibaoica" = Anadara (Hawaiarca) cibaoica, "Scapharca corcupidonis" = Anadara (Cunearca) corcupidonis, "Scapharca arthurpennelli" = Lunarca arthurpennelli, "Scapharca henekeni" = Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni, "Arca yaquensis" = Arca (Arca) yaquensis
"Scapharca cibaoica" = Anadara (Hawaiarca) cibaoica Maury 1917 clam
"Scapharca corcupidonis" = Anadara (Cunearca) corcupidonis Maury 1917 ark
"Scapharca arthurpennelli" = Lunarca arthurpennelli Maury 1917 ark
"Scapharca henekeni" = Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni Maury 1917 ark
"Arca yaquensis" = Arca (Arca) yaquensis Maury 1917 ark | |
"Glycymeris acuticostata" = Tucetona acuticostata
"Glycymeris acuticostata" = Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
"Pecten excentricus" = Argopecten eccentricus, "Pecten cercadica" = Antillipecten cercadicus
"Pecten excentricus" = Argopecten eccentricus Gabb 1873 calico scallop
"Pecten cercadica" = Antillipecten cercadicus Maury 1917 scallop | |
Pteria inornata Gabb 1873 pearl oyster | |
"Crenella divaricata" = Crenella decussata
"Crenella divaricata" = Crenella decussata Montagu 1808 clam | |
"Miltha smithwoodwardi" = Miltha chipolana, "Phacoides domingensis" = Phacoides pectinatus domingensis
"Miltha smithwoodwardi" = Miltha chipolana Dall 1903 clam
"Phacoides domingensis" = Phacoides pectinatus domingensis Dall 1890 clam | |
"Pandora inconspicua" = Pandora (Pandorella) inconspicua
"Pandora inconspicua" = Pandora (Pandorella) inconspicua Gabb 1873 clam | |
"Corbula vieta" = Varicorbula vieta
"Corbula vieta" = Varicorbula vieta Guppy 1866 clam | |
Pitaria planivieta venus clam
"Chione woodwardi" = Chionopsis woodwardi Guppy 1866 venus clam
Chione cf. walli Guppy 1866 venus clam | |
"Cardium haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis, "Cardium dominicanum" = Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum, "Cardium venustum" = Laevicardium venustulum
"Cardium haitense" = Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis Sowerby 1850 cockle
"Cardium dominicanum" = Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum Dall 1900 cockle
"Cardium venustum" = Laevicardium venustulum Gabb 1873 cockle | |
Semele claytoni Maury 1917 clam | |
"Venericardia dominica" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica4
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Crassinella guppyi Dall 1896 clam | |
"Leda peltella" = Saccella peltella
"Leda peltella" = Saccella peltella Dall 1903 pointed nut clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus elegantissimus, "Cadulus phenax" = Cadulus (Gadila) phenax
Cadulus elegantissimus tusk shell
"Cadulus phenax" = Cadulus (Gadila) phenax Pilsbry and Sharp 1898 tusk shell | |
Dentalium dissimile tusk shell |