Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 19.9° N, 70.3° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 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); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74970: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam | |
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Lucinidae indet., "Phacoides domingensis" = Phacoides pectinatus domingensis, Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis, "Miltha (Megaxinus) sp." = Megaxinus, Anodontia (Pegphysema) sp., Anodontia (Anodontia) sp., Anodontia (Pegophysema) janus
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam
"Phacoides domingensis" = Phacoides pectinatus domingensis Dall 1890 clam
Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Miltha (Megaxinus) sp." = Megaxinus Brugnone 1880 clam
Anodontia (Pegphysema) sp. Link 1807 clam
Anodontia (Anodontia) sp. Link 1807 clam
Anodontia (Pegophysema) janus Dall 1903 clam | |
Crassatella (Crassatella) sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835 oyster | |
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster | |
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Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam | |
"Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra, Anadara (Rasia) haidonata
"Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark | |
Gastropoda | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Zonaria sp. Jousseaume 1884 cowry | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850 conch | |
Xenophora delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell | |
Malea camura Guppy 1866 tun shell | |
"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa
"Phalium moniliferum" = Semicassis reclusa Guppy 1873 snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
"Conus proteus" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid | |
Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Lyria (Lyria) incomperta Hoerle and Vokes 1978 volute | |
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Subcancilla henekeni Sowerby 1850 mitre shell | |
Calophos sp. Woodring 1964 snail
Engoniophos sp. snail | |
Latirus (Polygona) infundibulum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail | |
Astralium sp. Link 1807 snail
Turbo (Taeniaturbo) dominicensis Gabb 1873 snail |