NMB Loc. 16857 - Río Cano [Cercado Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (18.9° N, 71.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.9° N, 70.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is unconformably overlain by the Cercado Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 260); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 149 m above base of the section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified based on figured specimes.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: J. B. Saunders, P. Jung, and B. Biju-Duval. 1986. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic: 1. Field Surveys, Lithology, Environment, and Age. Bulletins of American Paleontology 89(323):1-79 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90618: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.08.2009, edited by Uta Merkel and Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic monograph. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identification.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina grandis2 Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Antillocyathus alatus3 Cairns and Wells 1987 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet.7 Fleming 1822 cerith snail
Alabina canaliculata7 cerith snail
Cerithium venustum7 Gabb 1873 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Vermicularia woodringi7 Olsson and Harbison 1953 turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp.7 Woodring 1928 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus sp.7 Röding 1798 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella venusta8 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet.7 Mörch 1852 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme12, "Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis12
Prunum coniforme12 Sowerby 1850 margin shell
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis12 Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Aphera islacolonis10, "Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera10
Aphera islacolonis10 Maury 1917 snail
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera10 Guppy 1876 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus lisselongata1 Beu 2010 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea camura1 Guppy 1866 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa1 Guppy 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sigatica sp.7 Meyer and Aldrich 1886 moon snail
Polinices sp.7 Monfort 1810 moon snail
Sinum sp.7 Röding 1798 moon snail
Natica sp.7 Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Tectonatica sp.7 Sacco 1890 moon snail
Stigmaulax sp.7 Morch 1852 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis sp.7 Sasso 1827 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphoridae indet.7 Gray 1847 snail
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Cavolinia mexicana5 Collins 1934 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis4 Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten guppyi14 Dall 1898 mud scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten eccentricus14 Gabb 1873 calico scallop
Amusium papyraceum14 Gabb 1873 scallop
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet.7 Fleming 1828 clam
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Plectodon granulatus9 Dall 1881 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium venustulum13 Gabb 1873 cockle
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Encope aberrans11 Marten 1867 sand dollar
SUBSPECIES: Encope abberans imperforata