Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Fm, which unconformably overlie Baitoa, and is overlain by the Gurabo Fm. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986). THICKNESS: Formation is 150 m thick in this section. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74935: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Turbonilla praelavigata snail | |
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Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Stigmaulax cf. vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail | |
Strombina sp. Mörch 1852 snail | |
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Aphera islahispanae snail | |
Conus planispira cone shell | |
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Petaloconchus sp. Lea 1843 worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. Iredale 1939 ark
Anadara (Cunearca) sp. Dall 1898 ark | |
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum, Laevicardium venustulum
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Laevicardium venustulum Gabb 1873 cockle | |
Tellinidae indet., Strigilla (Strigilla) cf. psiformis, Strigilla (Strigilla) sp., "Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina), Macoma (Rexithaerus) sp.
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Strigilla (Strigilla) cf. psiformis tellin clam
Strigilla (Strigilla) sp. Turton 1822 tellin clam
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
Macoma (Rexithaerus) sp. Conrad 1869 tellin clam | |
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) sp. Bronn 1831 clam | |
Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box | |
Lioconcha sp. Mörch 1853 venus clam | |
Mactridae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
"Spisula" sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
Ensis sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Miltha (Megaxinus) sp." = Megaxinus Brugnone 1880 clam
Anodontia (Anodontia) sp. Link 1807 clam | |
"Venericardia dominica" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica4
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Polyplacophora | |
Polyplacophora indet. de Blainville 1816 chiton |