Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° 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); Messinian-Zanclean according to Freiheit & Geary (2009); early Pliocene according to Waller (2011). 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 75037: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.09.2007, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Euchelus (Mirachelus) sp." = Mirachelus
"Euchelus (Mirachelus) sp." = Mirachelus Woodring 1928 snail | |
Microgaza cossmanni top snail | |
"Atys (Aliculastrum) sp." = Aliculastrum
"Atys (Aliculastrum) sp." = Aliculastrum Pilsbry 1896 snail | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) sp. Swainson 1840 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Sinum sp.
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail | |
Crepitacella cepula Guppy 1866 snail | |
Bifurcium nuestrasenorae snail | |
Fusinus henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail
Fasciolaria semistriata Sowerby 1850 tulip snail
Latirus (Polygona) infundibulum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei Guppy 1866 true whelk | |
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera4
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Subcancilla henekeni Sowerby 1850 mitre shell | |
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus, Conus sp., "Conus sewalli" = Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli, Conus consobrinus, "Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus, "Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus
"Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus Sowerby 1849 cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
"Conus sewalli" = Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli Maury 1917 cone shell
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus planiliratus" = Conasprelloides planiliratus Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus Olsson 1922 cone shell | |
Turridae sp. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
Vexillum (Costellaria) sp. Swainson 1840 ribbed mitre | |
"Vasum (Vasum) haitense" = Vasum haitensis Sowerby 1850 snail
Vasum (Vasum) aedificatum Guppy 1876 snail
Vasum (Vasum) gurabicum Maury 1917 snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
Serrata glaphyra Woodring 1928 margin shell | |
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute | |
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius6, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus, Chicoreus (Siratus) amplius6, Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis6, Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) cercadicus
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail
Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) cercadicus Maury 1917 murex snail | |
Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
"Simnia immunita" = Pseudocyphoma immunita
"Simnia immunita" = Pseudocyphoma immunita Guppy 1874 snail Listed as "Stombina (Calpurna) immunita"
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Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850 cowry | |
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Cassis sulcifera, "Sconsia (Sconsia) laevigata" = Sconsia laevigata, "Sconsia laevigata" = Sconsia laevigata1
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850 snail
"Sconsia (Sconsia) laevigata" = Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 snail | |
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Xenophora delecta Guppy 1876 carrier shell | |
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917 worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccella peltella Dall 1903 pointed nut clam | |
Dimya grandis scallop | |
Nodipecten nodosus7, Lindapecten paramuscosus7, Amusium mortoni, Amusium papyraceum7, Euvola soror7, Argopecten inaequalis7, Argopecten thetidis7
Amusium mortoni Ravenel 1844 scallop | |
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835 oyster | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842 clam
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
"Pectunculina sp." = Limopsis
"Pectunculina sp." = Limopsis Sassi 1827 clam | |
Agnocardia cinderellae5, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis5, Laevicardium vitellinum5, "Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis5 Sowerby 1850 cockle INCLUDES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis sambaica
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Chama involuta Guppy 1873 jewel box | |
Ventricolaria blandiana Guppy 1873 venus clam
Chionopsis woodwardi Guppy 1866 venus clam | |
Bothrocorbula viminea, "Caryocorbula sericea" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea
Bothrocorbula viminea Guppy 1866 clam
"Caryocorbula sericea" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea Dall 1898 clam | |
Glans scabricostata Guppy 1866 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
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