Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• From zone. Section approximately 15 ft thick.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, blue, calcareous 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 58821: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
"Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis
"Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850 oyster | |
Spondylus gumanomocon Brown and Pilsbry 1913 scallop | |
"Arca occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra, "Barbatia cf. bonaczyi" = Barbatia (Barbatia) bonaczyi
"Arca occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
"Barbatia cf. bonaczyi" = Barbatia (Barbatia) bonaczyi Gabb 1873 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Polinices subclausa" = Polinices hepaticus
"Polinices subclausa" = Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail | |
"Cypraea gabbiana" = Jenneria gabbiana
"Cypraea gabbiana" = Jenneria gabbiana Guppy 1876 Jenner's Cowry | |
"Cypraea spurcoides" = Zonaria spurcoides, "Cypraea dominicensis" = Luria dominicensis
"Cypraea spurcoides" = Zonaria spurcoides Gabb 1873 cowry
"Cypraea dominicensis" = Luria dominicensis Gabb 1873 cowry | |
"Bursa bufoniopsis" = Bursa grayana
"Bursa bufoniopsis" = Bursa grayana Dunker 1862 frog shell | |
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Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850 snail
Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 snail | |
"Distortrix simillima" = Distorsio simillima
"Distortrix simillima" = Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Clathurella vendryesiana" = Euclathurella (Euclathurella) vendryesiana
"Clathurella vendryesiana" = Euclathurella (Euclathurella) vendryesiana Dall 1896 snail | |
"Terebra inaequalis" = Terebra (Paraterebra) inaequalis
"Terebra inaequalis" = Terebra (Paraterebra) inaequalis Sowerby 1849 auger snail | |
"Conus proteus" = Conus spurius, "Conus olssoni" = Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni, "Conus marginatus" = Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus, "Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus
"Conus proteus" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell
"Conus olssoni" = Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni Maury 1917 cone shell
"Conus marginatus" = Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus Sowerby 1839 cone shell
"Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867 cone shell | |
Drillia donalbertonis, "Drillia venusta" = Clathrodrillia venusta
Drillia donalbertonis Maury 1917 snail
"Drillia venusta" = Clathrodrillia venusta Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Surcula labiata Gabb 1873 snail | |
"Olivella sanctidominici" = Jaspidella sanctidominici
"Olivella sanctidominici" = Jaspidella sanctidominici Maury 1917 olive snail | |
"Morum domingense" = Morum (Oniscidia) domingense
"Morum domingense" = Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Lyria pulchella" = Lyria (Lyria) pulchella, "Strigatella perturbatrix" = Lyria (Enaeta) perturbatrix
"Lyria pulchella" = Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute
"Strigatella perturbatrix" = Lyria (Enaeta) perturbatrix Maury 1917 volute | |
"Marginella coniformis" = Prunum coniforme
"Marginella coniformis" = Prunum coniforme Sowerby 1850 margin shell | |
"Murex cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus, "Murex messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius, "Murex praepauxillus" = Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) praepauxillus
"Murex cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail
"Murex messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail
"Murex praepauxillus" = Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) praepauxillus Maury 1917 murex snail | |
"Trigonostoma gurabis" = Ventrilia gurabis
"Trigonostoma gurabis" = Ventrilia gurabis Maury 1917 snail | |
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Costellaria bullennewtoni Maury 1917 ribbed mitre | |
Mitra quemadica Maury 1917 mitre shell | |
Phos guppyi, "Phos elegans" = Antillophos elegans
Phos guppyi Gabb 1873 true whelk
"Phos elegans" = Antillophos elegans Guppy 1866 true whelk | |
"Alectrion gurabaensis" = Nassarius (Alectrion), Alectrion losquemadica
"Alectrion gurabaensis" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail
Alectrion losquemadica Maury 1917 snail | |
"Latirus fusiformis" = Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis, "Fusus henekeni" = Fusinus henekeni
"Latirus fusiformis" = Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis Gabb 1873 snail | |
Strombina bassi Maury 1917 snail
Nitidella cibaoica Maury 1917 snail | |
Triforis calypsonis Maury 1917 snail | |
"Drillia hispaniolae" = Crassispira (Crassispirella) hispaniolae, "Drillia losquemadica" = Crassispira losquemadica
"Drillia hispaniolae" = Crassispira (Crassispirella) hispaniolae Maury 1917 snail
"Drillia losquemadica" = Crassispira losquemadica Maury 1917 snail | |
Turritella submortoni, "Turritella tornata" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira tornata
Turritella submortoni turret shell
"Turritella tornata" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira tornata Guppy 1917 turret shell | |
Clava plebeia, Cerithium gurabense, Cerithium uniseriale, Cerithium russelli, Cerithium dominicense, Cerithium microlineatum
Clava plebeia Sowerby 1850 cerith snail
Cerithium gurabense cerith snail
Cerithium uniseriale cerith snail
Cerithium russelli cerith snail
Cerithium dominicense Gabb 1873 cerith snail
Cerithium microlineatum Gabb 1873 cerith snail | |
"Siliquaria gurabaensis" = Tenagodus
"Siliquaria gurabaensis" = Tenagodus snail |