Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: AGE: Placed in Late Miocene by enterer on the basis of known age range faunal constituents. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION:
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74915: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850 cowry | |
Xenophora delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell | |
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887 ribbed mitre
Fusiturricula sp. Woodring 1928 ribbed mitre | |
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute | |
Prunum coniforme Sowerby 1850 margin shell | |
Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Murex (Haustellum) pennae4, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius4, Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis4, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus4
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) juncta, "Cancellaria (Bivetiella) sp." = Bivetiella
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) juncta Jung and Petit 1990 snail
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) sp." = Bivetiella Wenz 1943 snail | |
Subcancilla longa Gabb 1873 mitre shell | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Antillophos moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk | |
Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Metulella sp. Gabb 1873 snail
Metulella venusta Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid | |
"Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus, Conus sp., Conus consorbrinus, Conus catenatus, "Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus, "Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus
"Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867 cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus consorbrinus cone shell
Conus catenatus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
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Cassis sp., "Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi
Cassis sp. Scopoli 1777 snail
"Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi Adams 1855 snail | |
Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail | |
Petaloconchus sp. Lea 1843 worm shell | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia cerith snail | |
Carinodrillia sp. Dall 1919 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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Periglypta sp., "Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam
"Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus Coen 1934 venus clam | |
Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box | |
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Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam | |
"Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca)
"Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca) Gray 1857 ark | |
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
Dendostrea haitensis oyster |