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

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° N, 69.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baitoa Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Baitoa Fm, which unconformably underlies the Cercardo, and overlies unconformably the Tabera Fm. AGE: Early Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified 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

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Probably ANSP.

Primary reference: H. E. Vokes and E. H. Vokes. 1968. Variation in the genus Orthaulax (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(2):71-84 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92450: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: General list for Baitoa Fm, but limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cypraecassis testiculus1 Linnaeus 1758 snail
Semicassis reclusa1 Guppy 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio mcgintyi1 Emerson and Puffer 1953 snail
Distorsio simillima1 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Cymatiella vokesorum1 Beu 2010 triton shell
Charonia lampas1 Linnaeus 1758 triton
Monoplex longispira1 Beu 2010 triton shell
Monoplex parthenopeus1 von Salis Marschlins 1793 triton shell
Monoplex cercadicus1 Maury 1917 triton shell
Monoplex gurabonicus1 Maury 1917 triton shell
Monoplex pilearis1 Linnaeus 1758 triton shell
Monoplex krebsii1 Mörch 1877 triton shell
Turritriton domingensis1 Gabb 1873 triton shell
Septa landaui1 Beu 2010 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea elliptica1 Pilsbry and Johnston 1917 tun shell
Malea goliath1 Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 tun shell
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
"Vasum haitense" = Vasum haitensis2
"Vasum haitense" = Vasum haitensis2 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Bivetiella gabbiana3 Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Hesperisternia corrugata2 Gabb 1873 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena consors2 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Vokesimurex messorius2 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) infrequens4 Vokes 1963 murex snail
Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus4 Guppy 1876 murex snail
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) corrigendum4 Vokes 1989 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus spurius2 Gmelin 1791 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Thersiteidae
Orthaulax altilis n. sp. Pilsbry 1922 snail
Orthaulax aguadillensis Maury 1920 snail
Orthaulax inornatus n. sp. Gabb 1872 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica nobilis2 Röding 1798 sundial
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo (Senectus) castanea2 Gmelin 1791 snail