Where: Dominican Republic (19.4° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gurabo Fm, which overlies the Cercado Fm, and is overlain by the Mao Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); assigned to Messinian-Zanclean at present. THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74969: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Crepitacella cepula Guppy 1866 snail | |
Serpulorbis papulosus Guppy 1866 worm shell | |
Muricidae indet., Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis, Poirieria (Flexopteron) collatus, Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) cercadicus
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis Sowerby 1850 murex snail
Poirieria (Flexopteron) collatus murex snail
Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) cercadicus Maury 1917 murex snail | |
Subcancilla henekeni Sowerby 1850 mitre shell | |
Antillophos (Antillophos) pitti true whelk
Antillophos (Antillophos) elegans Guppy 1866 true whelk | |
Metulella fusiformis Gabb 1873 snail | |
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus granozonatus Guppy 1866 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus proteus" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Sconsia (Sconsia) laevigata" = Sconsia laevigata
"Sconsia (Sconsia) laevigata" = Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 snail | |
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Psilaxis sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark | |
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
Limopsis ovalis Gabb 1873 clam |