NMB Loc. 15855 - Rio 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: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G6: 250-290 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

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

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 93797: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.02.2010, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium microlineatum8 Gabb 1873 cerith snail
Cerithium obesum8 Guppy 1876 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Latirus fusiformis" = Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis8
"Latirus fusiformis" = Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis8 Gabb 1873 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) incomperta9 Hoerle and Vokes 1978 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Macrocypraea zebra8 Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Lobatus haitensis7 Sowerby 1850 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata1 Guppy 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio mcgintyi1 Emerson and Puffer 1953 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Nodipecten colinensis11 Hodson and Hodson 1927 scallop
Spondylus bostrychites10 Guppy 1867 scallop
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia duncani6 Foster 1987 stony coral
Stephanocoenia spongiformis6 Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Antillocyathus maoensis4 Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata2
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata2 Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni2 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina grandis3 Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites portoricensis5 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites macdonaldi5 Vaughan 1919 stony coral