TU 1363 - Rio Yaque del Norte [Baitoa Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified based on observation of figures.

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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74959: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.09.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• TAXONOMY: Most taxa Identified by A. Hendy, with some earlier identifications by E. Vokes, P. Jung, H. Vokes, L. Anderson.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella altiuscula Guppy 1896 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
"Atys (Aliculastrum) sp." = Aliculastrum
"Atys (Aliculastrum) sp." = Aliculastrum Pilsbry 1896 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Crepitacella cepula Guppy 1866 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbellidae indet. Swainson 1840 snail
Conella perplexabilis Maury 1917 snail
Parametaria lopezana Jung 1994 snail
Includes 1 specimen from #19070
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Nassarius) sp. Duméril 1806 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae indet. Gray 1853 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
Terebra (Panaterebra) sp. Olsson 1967 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus stenostoma" = Conasprella stenostoma, Conus sp.
"Conus stenostoma" = Conasprella stenostoma Sowerby 1850 cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
"Vasum (Vasum) haitense" = Vasum haitensis, "Turbinella validus" = Turbinella valida7
"Vasum (Vasum) haitense" = Vasum haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail
"Turbinella validus" = Turbinella valida7 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum latissinum4, "Prunum aminum" = Prunum amina4
Prunum latissinum4 margin shell
"Prunum aminum" = Prunum amina4 Dall 1896 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) gabbi Vokes 1998 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus6
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus6 Guppy 1876 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Erosaria spurca Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa2 Guppy 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Monoplex longispira2 Beu 2010 triton shell
Turritriton domingensis2 Gabb 1873 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sp. Lea 1843 worm shell
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Carinodrillia sp. Dall 1919 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Euvola soror8 Gabb 1873 scallop
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia (Noetia) sp. Gray 1857 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele claytoni Maury 1917 clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula" sp. Gray 1837 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bothrocorbula viminea Guppy 1866 clam
Varicorbula sanctidominici1 Maury 1925 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp. Stewart 1930 clam