NMB Loc. 16879 - Río Cano [Gurabo Fm] (Pliocene of Dominican Republic)

Also known as Reef 3902

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• AGE: direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit C5 (330-375 m), sample 350 m.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• deeper (20-30 m), more turbid reef habitats

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 93852: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2010, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Thysanus excentricus2 Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites convivatoris3 Foster 1986 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis6
"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis6 Maury 1917 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Lobatus dominator4 Pilsbry 1917 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea camura1 Guppy 1866 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera1 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Bursa grayana1 Dunker 1862 frog shell