NMB Loc. 15863 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• AGE: Early Pliocene, according to Waller (2011); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G5: 210-250 m above base.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified siliciclastic

• deeper (more than 10-20 m), more turbid reef habitats
• corals in thickets or small bioherms in a siliciclastic-dominated environment

Size class: macrofossils

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 93716: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.01.2010, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina jungi2 Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites baracoaensis4 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Antillocyathus maoensis3 Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
Antillocyathus alatus3 Cairns and Wells 1987 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus bostrychites14 Guppy 1867 scallop
Argopecten thetidis15 Sowerby 1850 calico scallop
Argopecten inaequalis15 Sowerby 1850 calico scallop
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella guppyi6 Dall 1896 clam
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Trigonulina bowdenensis8 Dall 1903 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis11 Sowerby 1850 cockle
SUBSPECIES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis cercadica
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet.6 Fleming 1828 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Lobatus haitensis5 Sowerby 1850 true conch
Lobatus dominator5 Pilsbry 1917 true conch
Strombus bifrons5 Sowerby 1850 conch
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum gurabicum13 Maury 1917 snail
Vasum aedificatum13 Guppy 1876 snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme10 Sowerby 1850 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomatus12 Vokes 1989 murex snail
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus12 Guppy 1876 murex snail
Chicoreus (Siratus) eumekes12 Vokes 1989 murex snail
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis12 Sowerby 1850 murex snail
Murex (Haustellum) pennae12 Maury 1934 murex snail
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius12 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella13 Sowerby 1850 volute
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Agatrix losquemadica9 Jung and Petit 1990 nutmeg
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet.6 Mörch 1852 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella venusta7 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp." = Antillophos6
"Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp." = Antillophos6 Woodring 1928 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria semistriata6 Sowerby 1850 tulip snail
Fusinus henekeni6 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
"Tugurium imperforatum" = Onustus6
"Tugurium imperforatum" = Onustus6 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Bursa grayana1 Dunker 1862 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera1 Sowerby 1850 snail
Sconsia laevigata1 Guppy 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea camura1 Guppy 1866 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio mcgintyi1 Emerson and Puffer 1953 snail
Distorsio simillima1 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae6 Maury 1917 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp.6 Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphoridae indet.6 Gray 1847 snail
 Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae
"Siliquaria gurabensis" = Tenagodus6
"Siliquaria gurabensis" = Tenagodus6 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Vermicularia woodringi6 Olsson and Harbison 1953 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet.6 Fleming 1822 cerith snail
"Ochetoclava terpna" = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)6 cerith snail