NMB Loc. 15909 - Rio 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 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Ochetoclava terpna
Jung 1989 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 22 specimens
Pachycrommium guppyi (Gabb 1873)
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices subclausus
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Stigmaulax gurabensis
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Tectonatica sp. Sacco 1890
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) juncta (Jung and Petit 1990)
Jung and Petit 1990
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella praelaevigata Vokes 1964
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum (Cancellomorum) domingense (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Muracypraea henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Tonna galea (Linnaeus 1758)
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Malea elliptica Pilsbry and Johnston 1917
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa (Guppy 1873)
Beu 2010 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus gibsonsmithi Beu 2010
Beu 2010 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Lindapecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Waller 2011 7 specimens
Argopecten eccentricus (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 72 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Phacoides (Parvilucina) yaquensis (Gabb 1873)
Jung 1989 36 specimens
recombined as Parvilucina yaquensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822
Jung 1989 1 specimen
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:112 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 extrapolated from Cheethan et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 112 m above base of section
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text.
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:131468
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-07-25 12:24:56 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-07-25 12:24:56
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]