TU 1381, Río Yaque del Norte [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine firmground environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithifief 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74969: 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.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Crepitacella cepula Guppy 1866 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis papulosus Guppy 1866 worm shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis Sowerby 1850 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla henekeni Sowerby 1850 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella fusiformis Gabb 1873 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
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
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Sconsia (Sconsia) laevigata" = Sconsia laevigata
"Sconsia (Sconsia) laevigata" = Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Psilaxis sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
Limopsis ovalis Gabb 1873 clam