NMB Loc. 15904 - Río Gurabo [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus 1758)
Costa et al. 2001 45 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Jung 1989 134 specimens
Ochetoclava sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Pachycrommium guppyi (Gabb 1873)
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. (Say 1824)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus gibsonsmithi Beu 2010
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Turritriton domingensis (Gabb 1873)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa (Guppy 1873)
Beu 2010 173 specimens
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum maoense (Maury 1917)
Nehm 2001 6 specimens
original and current combination Marginella maoensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Phos (Strongylocera) fasciolatus Dall 1896
Jung 1989 1 specimen
synonym of Pallacera guadelupensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1989 22 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Sincola (Sincola) gurabensis (Maury 1917)
Jung 1989 377 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852
Jung 1989 536 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera (Guppy 1876)
Jung and Petit 1990
recombined as Bivetiella epistomifera
Aphera islacolonis (Maury 1917)
Jung and Petit 1990
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella praelaevigata Vokes 1964
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sigatica sp. (Meyer and Aldrich 1886)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Stigmaulax gurabensis
Jung 1989 300 specimens
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852
Jung 1989 135 specimens
Tectonatica sp. Sacco 1890
Jung 1989 35 specimens
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 42 specimens
Sinum sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 23 specimens
Polinices subclausus
Jung 1989 300 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten eccentricus (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 1098 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides (Parvilucina) yaquensis (Gabb 1873)
Jung 1989 84 specimens
recombined as Parvilucina yaquensis
Divaricella proletaria
Jung 1989 35 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium venustulum (Gabb 1873)
Vokes 1989
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.3° North, 71.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.3° North, 70.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Age estimate:7.7 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cercado
Local section:Río Gurabo Local bed:127 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is overlain by the Gurabo Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 127 m above base of section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMB
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Metadata
Database number:131370
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-07-24 11:26:31 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-07-24 11:26:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25313. 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]

Secondary references:

30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43588 A. H. Cheetham and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of tropical America: Comparison and contrast between the Central American Isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (357)159-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26933 F. H. A. Costa, R. H. Neim, and C. S. Hickman. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 22. The family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 359:47-71 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]
29992 J. R. Freiheit and D. H. Geary. 2009. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23. Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology 376:1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26828 P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43555 P. Jung and R. E. Petit. 1990. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(334):87-144 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26932 R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. Part 21. The Genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
42446 R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 21. The genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
25312 E. H. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 8. The Family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology. Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):1-94 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
18707 E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
24476 H. E. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 9. The Family Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):95-161 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
37262 T. R. Waller. 2011. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology (381)1-198 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]