Where: Dominican Republic (19.2° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.0° N, 69.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baitoa Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 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); emended to Burdigalian by enterer on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: See text-figure 24 of Saunders et al. (1986).
• 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74962: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.09.2007, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Mitridae indet. Swainson 1831 mitre shell
Subcancilla henekeni Sowerby 1850 mitre shell | |
Antillophos (Antillophos) elegans Guppy 1866 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk | |
Nassarius (Nassarius) sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
"Fasciolaria kempi" = Fasciolaria ramondi
"Fasciolaria kempi" = Fasciolaria ramondi Maury 1902 tulip snail | |
Strombina (Strombina) sp. Mörch 1858 snail
Columbella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Conus sp., "Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus, "Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus, "Conus haytensis" = Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
"Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867 cone shell
"Conus haytensis" = Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
"Vasum (Vasum) haitense" = Vasum haitensis, "Turbinella validus" = Turbinella valida
"Vasum (Vasum) haitense" = Vasum haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail
"Turbinella validus" = Turbinella valida Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Marginella maoensis Maury 1917 margin shell | |
Cymia (Cymia) henekeni, "Typhis (Talityphis) obesus" = Typhina obesa, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius
Cymia (Cymia) henekeni Maury 1917 murex snail
"Typhis (Talityphis) obesus" = Typhina obesa Gabb 1873 murex snail
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail | |
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) rowelli Dall 1896 snail | |
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Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 snail | |
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"Siphocypraea chilona" = Loxacypraea chilona3, "Mauritia (Mauritia) campbelliana" = Luria campbelliana3, "Erronea (Adusta) heilprinii" = Zonaria heilprinii3
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Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail | |
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
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Caryocorbula dominicensis1, Bothrocorbula viminea1, "Caryocorbula sericea" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea1
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Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Pitar (Pitar) sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Lamelliconcha sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Chionopsis woodwardi Guppy 1866 venus clam | |
Mactridae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam | |
Raeta sp. Gray 1853 clam | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis Dall 1900 cockle | |
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina)
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam |