Also known as R 64
Where: Dominican Republic (18.4° N, 71.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 71.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphy. From sand in road. AGE: Undifferentiated Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Ross in 1919; reposited in the USNM
• COLLECTOR: C. P. Ross. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but numbers presumably correspond to USGS collections, hence probably reposited in USNM.
Primary reference: T. W. Vaughan, W. Cooke, D. D. Condit, C. P. Ross, W. P. Woodring and F. C. Calkins. 1921. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican Republic. Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic Memoir 1:1-268 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75425: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Bittium sp., "Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) variable" = Cerithium lutosum, "Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) aff. stantoni" = Cerithium guinaicum, "Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) algicola" = Cerithium eburneum
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail
"Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) variable" = Cerithium lutosum Menke 1828 cerith snail
"Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) aff. stantoni" = Cerithium guinaicum Philippi 1849 cerith snail
"Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) algicola" = Cerithium eburneum Bruguière 1792 cerith snail | |
Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Rissoina sp. d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Rissoina elegantissima d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Assiminea sp. Fleming 1828 snail | |
Atys (Rosania) sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Cylichnella biplicata Lea 1845 snail
Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble
Acteocina recta d'Orbigny 1845 barrel-bubble | |
"Bullaria occidentalis" = Bulla striata
"Bullaria occidentalis" = Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Lucina chrysostoma" = Anodontia alba
"Lucina chrysostoma" = Anodontia alba Link 1807 clam | |
"Cardium (Fragum) medium" = Americardia media, "Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum" = Laevicardium serratum, "Cardium (Trachycardium) isocardia" = Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia, "Cardium (Trachycardium) muricatum" = Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum
"Cardium (Fragum) medium" = Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
"Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium (Trachycardium) isocardia" = Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium (Trachycardium) muricatum" = Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Ervilia nitens Montagu 1808 clam | |
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam | |
Diplodonta punctata Say 1822 clam | |
Chione cancellata, "Chione (Lirophora) paphia" = Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia, "Gafrarium (Gouldia) insularis" = Gouldia insularis, "Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) paphia" = Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Gafrarium (Gouldia) insularis" = Gouldia insularis Dall and Simpson 1901 venus clam
"Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
"Arca (Scapharca) sp." = Scapharca
"Arca (Scapharca) sp." = Scapharca Gray 1847 clam | |
"Arca (Fossularca) adamsi" = Arcopsis adamsi
"Arca (Fossularca) adamsi" = Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam |