Where: Dominican Republic (18.7° N, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 18.7° N, 70.5° 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; 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 74971: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
"Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842 clam | |
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis, Tucetona acuticostata
"Glycymeris jamaicensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) jamaicensis Dall 1898 clam
Tucetona acuticostata Sowerby 1849 clam | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Dendostrea haitensis oyster | |
Euvola sp. Dall 1898 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
Amusium papyraceum Gabb 1873 scallop | |
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis5 Sowerby 1850 cockle SUBSPECIES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis sambaica
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Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Gastropoda | |
"Drillia fusiformis" = Carinodrillia fusiformis, "Drillia losquemadica" = Crassispira losquemadica
"Drillia fusiformis" = Carinodrillia fusiformis Gabb 1873 snail
"Drillia losquemadica" = Crassispira losquemadica Maury 1917 snail | |
Hipponix sp. Defrance 1819 hoof shell | |
Stigmaulax vererugosum Cossmann 1924 moon snail | |
Vexillum (Costellaria) bullennewtoni Maury 1917 ribbed mitre
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887 ribbed mitre | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
"Drillia consors" = Hindsiclava consors, "Crassispira (Crassispira) henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni, "Drillia venusta" = Clathrodrillia venusta
"Drillia consors" = Hindsiclava consors Sowerby 1850 snail
"Crassispira (Crassispira) henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail
"Drillia venusta" = Clathrodrillia venusta Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Cythara polyona snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Lepicythara sp. Olsson 1964 turrid | |
"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus, Conus sp., Conus consobrinus, "Conus proteus" = Conus spurius, Conus granozonatus
"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus Olsson 1922 cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus proteus" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell
Conus granozonatus Guppy 1866 cone shell | |
"Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) sp." = Cochlespira
"Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) sp." = Cochlespira Conrad 1865 snail | |
Oliva (Oliva) sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Mitridae indet. Swainson 1831 mitre shell | |
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute | |
Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) triangularis, Murex (Haustellum) pennae6, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius, Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis6, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus6
Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) triangularis Adams 1855 murex snail
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail | |
Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Prunum coniforme Sowerby 1850 margin shell | |
Fusinus henekeni, "Fusinus veatchi" = Fusinus henekeni veatchi
Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail
"Fusinus veatchi" = Fusinus henekeni veatchi Maury 1917 snail | |
Metulella sp. Gabb 1873 snail | |
Antillophos pitti true whelk
Antillophos moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk
Metaphos dominicana true whelk | |
Agatrix sp., "Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp., Aphera sp.
Agatrix sp. Petit 1967 nutmeg
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera Guppy 1876 snail
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
Aphera sp. Adams and Adams 1854 snail | |
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Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Sconsia (Sconsia) laevigata" = Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 snail | |
Malea camura Guppy 1866 tun shell | |
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Niso sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Vermicularia spirata Philippi 1836 turret shell | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia cerith snail | |
Pseudotorinia euprepes Woodring 1928 snail | |
Astralium sublongispina snail | |
Calliostoma grabaui Maury 1917 top snail |