TU 1255 (Baitoa Fm, Quita Coraza) (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (18.5° N, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.3° N, 69.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baitoa Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 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) emended to Burdigalian-Langhian by enterer on the basis of stratigraphic position.. THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74963: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.09.2007

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.
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 top snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus (Latirus) sp. Montfort 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella praetextilis Vokes 1998 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) sp." = Pyruclia
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) sp." = Pyruclia Olsson 1932 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Atys sp. Montfort 1810 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera sp. Conrad 1838 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp. Stewart 1930 clam
Linga sp. de Gregorio 1885 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) sp." = Hexacorbula
"Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) sp." = Hexacorbula Olsson 1932 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Dosinia) sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Listed as "Dosinia (Dosinidia) sp."
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Costacallista sp. Palmer 1926 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina sp. Gray 1842 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Euvola sp. Dall 1898 scallop
"Chlamys" sp. Röding 1798 scallop