Cercado Formation (unspecified localities) (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Fm, which unconformably overlie Baitoa, and is overlain by the Gurabo Fm. AGE: Late Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified based on observation of figures.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: NHMW.

Primary reference: E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89169: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxon described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identification.
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Lobatus vokesae n. sp.
Lobatus vokesae n. sp. Landau et al. 2008 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus, "Conus (Leptoconus) stenostomus" = Conasprella stenostoma, "Conus (Asprella) larvatus" = Conus larvatus, Conus (Asprella) prelepidus
Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867 cone shell
"Conus (Leptoconus) stenostomus" = Conasprella stenostoma Sowerby 1850 cone shell
"Conus (Asprella) larvatus" = Conus larvatus Pilsbry and Johnson 1922 cone shell