Cercado Formation (unspecified localities): Tortonian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomatus Vokes 1989
Chicoreus (Naquetia) compactus (Gabb 1873)
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
? Haustellum adelosus Vokes 1989
recombined as Siratus adelosus
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) enigmaticus Vokes 1989
Haustellum pennae (Maury 1934)
Haustellum messorius (Sowerby 1841)
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Hertleinia miranda (Jung and Petit 1990)
Landau et al. 2012
Aphera islacolonis (Maury 1917)
Landau et al. 2012
Narona barystoma (Woodring 1970)
Landau et al. 2012
Bivetiella epistomifera (Guppy 1876)
Landau et al. 2012
Bivetiella bajonensis (Jung and Petit 1990)
Landau et al. 2012
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.4° North, 70.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cercado
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is unconformably overlain by the Cercado Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 260). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified based on observation of figures.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine siliciclastic environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI, Ithaca, NY
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to Muricidae. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:111205
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-06-21 04:14:07 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-06-21 04:14:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

36459. E. H. Vokes. 1990. Cenozoic Muricidae of the western Atlantic region, Part VIII - Murex ss, Haustellum, Chicoreus, and Hexaplex; additions and corrections. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 23(1-3):1-96 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

43491 B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43469 B. D. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama, with the description of seven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(2):311-339 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]