Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° N, 69.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baitoa Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Baitoa Fm, which unconformably underlies the Cercardo, and overlies unconformably the Tabera Fm. AGE: Early Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999). THICKNESS: Unknown. 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74958: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 top snail | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell | |
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail | |
Diastoma sp. Deshayes 1850 snail | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia cerith snail | |
"Typhis (Talityphis) obesus" = Typhina obesa, Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) infrequens7, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) corrigendum7, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius, Thais (Thaisiella) trinitatensis
"Typhis (Talityphis) obesus" = Typhina obesa Gabb 1873 murex snail
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail
Thais (Thaisiella) trinitatensis murex snail | |
"Prunum aminum" = Prunum amina Dall 1896 margin shell
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Neosconsia sp., Gemophos brevis, Antillophos (Antillophos) pitti, Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei, Antillophos (Antillophos) elegans
Neosconsia sp. Olsson 1964 true whelk
Gemophos brevis true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) pitti true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) elegans Guppy 1866 true whelk | |
Nassarius (Nassarius) sp. Duméril 1806 snail
Bulliopsis sp. snail | |
"Fasciolaria kempi" = Fasciolaria ramondi Maury 1902 tulip snail
Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail
Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis Gabb 1873 snail | |
Strombina sp. Mörch 1852 snail
Parametaria lopezana Jung 1994 snail | |
Vexillum (Costellaria) bullennewtoni Maury 1917 ribbed mitre | |
"Turbinella validus" = Turbinella valida
"Turbinella validus" = Turbinella valida Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera4, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) rowelli, Agatrix losquemadica
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) rowelli Dall 1896 snail
Agatrix losquemadica Jung and Petit 1990 nutmeg | |
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid | |
Conus sp., "Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus, "Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus Olsson 1922 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Hindsiclava sp. Hertlein and Strong 1955 snail | |
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852 auger snail
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
Terebra (Panaterebra) sp. Olsson 1967 auger snail | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
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Malea camura Guppy 1866 tun shell | |
"Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi
"Sconsia (Sconsia) striata" = Sconsia grayi Adams 1855 snail | |
Turritriton domingensis1, Septa landaui1, Monoplex parthenopeus1, Monoplex longispira1, Monoplex cercadicus1, Monoplex pilearis1
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Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam | |
"Venericardia dominica" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica8
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Ctena vendryesi clam | |
Bothrocorbula viminea Guppy 1866 clam | |
Chionopsis woodwardi Guppy 1866 venus clam | |
Chama involuta Guppy 1873 jewel box
Arcinella cf. antiquata Guppy 1866 jewel box | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum6, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense6
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis Dall 1900 cockle | |
Merisca sp. Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Noetia (Noetia) sp. Gray 1857 clam | |
Anadara (Diluvarca) cf. microtera, Anadara (Potiarca) sp., Anadara (Rasia) sp., Arca (Arca) yaquensis, "Arca (Arca) cf. bowdeniana" = Lamarcka bowdeniana
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. Iredale 1939 ark
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
Arca (Arca) yaquensis Maury 1917 ark
"Arca (Arca) cf. bowdeniana" = Lamarcka bowdeniana Dall 1898 clam [entered as Arca (Arca) boweniana]
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Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle |