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