NMB Loc. 15853, Rio Gurabo (Pliocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• AGE: earliest Zanclean in age model of McNeill et al., 2008. 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 94090: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.02.2010, edited by Austin Hendy and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae
"Siliquaria gurabensis" = Tenagodus4
"Siliquaria gurabensis" = Tenagodus4 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet.4 Fleming 1822 cerith snail
Cerithium obesum4 Guppy 1876 cerith snail
Cerithium dominicense4 Gabb 1873 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Vermicularia woodringi4 Olsson and Harbison 1953 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphoridae indet.4 Gray 1847 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus domingensis4 Sowerby 1849 worm shell
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae4 Maury 1917 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix sp.4 Defrance 1819 hoof shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus bostrychites6 Guppy 1867 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limidae indet.4 Rafinesque 1815 file clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca johnsoni5 Cooper 1934
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia spongiformis3 Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata1
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata1 Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni1 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites portoricensis2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral