NMB Loc. 16929 - Rio Mao [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 15 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Parametaria (Dominitaria) islahispaniolae (Maury 1917)
Jung 1994 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Bivetiella) bajonensis Jung and Petit 1990
Jung and Petit 1990
recombined as Bivetiella bajonensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum maoense (Maury 1917)
Nehm 2001 3 specimens
original and current combination Marginella maoensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Lindapecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Leptopecten thompsoni (Maury 1917)
Waller 2011 25 specimens
Argopecten eccentricus (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 119 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten guppyi (Dall 1898)
Waller 2011 17 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum (Dall 1900)
Vokes 1989
Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus 1758)
Vokes 1989
replaced by Laevicardium serratum
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cardiomya (Cardiomya) islahispaniolae (Maury 1917)
Jung 1996 2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.6° North, 71.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.6° North, 70.1° 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:7.6 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cercado
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 unknown position within section
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Fossiliferous silts.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),field collection,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
Also known as:PJ# 1683
Database number:131510
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-07-26 04:20:41 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-07-26 04:20:41
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:

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]
19070 P. Jung. 1994. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera Columbella, Eurypyrene, Parametaria, Conella, Nitidella, and Metulella (Gastropoda: Columbellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 106(344):1-45 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
25339 P. Jung. 1996. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: 17. The familes Cuspidariidae and Verticordiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 110(351):35-54 [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]
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]