TU 1226, Río Yaque del Norte (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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

• 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 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

• TAXONOMY: Most taxa Identified by A. Hendy, with some earlier identifications by E. Vokes, P. Jung, H. Vokes, L. Anderson.
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitridae indet. Swainson 1831 mitre shell
Subcancilla henekeni Sowerby 1850 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Antillophos (Antillophos) elegans Guppy 1866 true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) sp. Woodring 1928 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Nassarius) sp. Duméril 1806 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Fasciolaria kempi" = Fasciolaria ramondi
"Fasciolaria kempi" = Fasciolaria ramondi Maury 1902 tulip snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina (Strombina) sp. Mörch 1858 snail
Columbella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena consors Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp., "Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus, "Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus, "Conus haytensis" = Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Listed as "Conus planilirata"
"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
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
"Vasum (Vasum) haitense" = Vasum haitensis, "Turbinella validus" = Turbinella valida
"Vasum (Vasum) haitense" = Vasum haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail
"Turbinella validus" = Turbinella valida Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella maoensis Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
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
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio mcgintyi2 Emerson and Puffer 1953 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Monoplex gurabonicus2 Maury 1917 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Siphocypraea chilona" = Loxacypraea chilona3, "Mauritia (Mauritia) campbelliana" = Luria campbelliana3, "Erronea (Adusta) heilprinii" = Zonaria heilprinii3
"Siphocypraea chilona" = Loxacypraea chilona3 Dall 1900 cowry
"Mauritia (Mauritia) campbelliana" = Luria campbelliana3 Pilsbry 1922 cowry
"Erronea (Adusta) heilprinii" = Zonaria heilprinii3 Dall 1890 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica (Architectonica) nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bothrocorbula viminea1 Guppy 1866 clam
"Caryocorbula sericea" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea1 Dall 1898 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Costacallista sp. Palmer 1926 venus clam
Check validity of assignment
Pitar (Pitar) sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Lamelliconcha sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
Chionopsis woodwardi Guppy 1866 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactridae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta sp. Gray 1853 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina)
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam