NMB Loc. 15911 - Río Gurabo [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divaricella proletaria
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Jung 1989 | 19 specimens | |||||
Phacoides (Parvilucina) yaquensis
(Gabb 1873)
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Jung 1989 | 56 specimens | |||||
recombined as Parvilucina yaquensis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Lindapecten plurinominis
(Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
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Waller 2011 | 1 specimen | |||||
Argopecten eccentricus
(Gabb 1873)
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Waller 2011 | 92 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Smaragdia viridis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Costa et al. 2001 | 2 specimens | |||||
Neritina figulopicta
(Maury 1917)
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Costa et al. 2001 | 2 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Pachycrommium sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp.
(Say 1824)
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Jung 1989 | 11 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithiidae indet.
(Fleming 1822)
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
Cerithium sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Cerithium obesum
Guppy 1876
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Semicassis reclusa
(Guppy 1873)
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Beu 2010 | 3 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus gibsonsmithi
Beu 2010
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum maoense
(Maury 1917)
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Nehm 2001 | 1 specimen | |||||
original and current combination Marginella maoensis | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex (Haustellum) messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Hertleinia) miranda
Jung and Petit 1990
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||
recombined as Hertleinia miranda | |||||||
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) juncta
(Jung and Petit 1990)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) guppyi
(Gabb 1873)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||
Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera
(Guppy 1876)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||
recombined as Bivetiella epistomifera | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebridae indet.
Mörch 1852
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Jung 1989 | 138 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Perissityidae
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Cantharus sp.
Röding 1798
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Sincola (Sincola) gurabensis
(Maury 1917)
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Jung 1989 | 243 specimens | |||||
Fusinus henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Serpulorbis granifer
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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Jung 1989 | 59 specimens | |||||
Stigmaulax sp.
Morch 1852
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Jung 1989 | 6 specimens | |||||
Stigmaulax gurabensis
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Jung 1989 | 48 specimens | |||||
Tectonatica sp.
Sacco 1890
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Jung 1989 | 10 specimens | |||||
Sinum sp.
Röding 1798
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
Sigatica sp.
(Meyer and Aldrich 1886)
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
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: | 7.8 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cercado | ||||
Local section: | Río Gurabo | Local bed: | 111 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 111 m above the base of the 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: | 131378 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-07-24 12:41:46 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-07-24 12:41:46 |
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] | |
42438 | P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [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] | |
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] | |
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] | |
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] | |
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] | |
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] |