NMB Loc. 15849 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Eualetes mcgintyi
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Siliquaria gurabensis
Jung 1989 4 specimens
synonym of Tenagodus
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Cerithium venustum Gabb 1873
Jung 1989 27 specimens
Ochetoclava terpna
Jung 1989 8 specimens
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Vermicularia woodringi Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 127 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Tectonatica sp. Sacco 1890
Jung 1989 41 specimens
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 45 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917
Jung 1989 48 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp. (Woodring 1928)
Jung 1989 18 specimens
original and current combination Antillophos
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Nitidella cibaoica (Maury 1917)
Jung 1994 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Muricopsis praepauxillus
Vokes 1989
Pterotyphis (Pterotyphis) pinnatus (Broderip 1833)
Vokes 1989
Dermomurex (Trialatella) pterynoides
Vokes 1989
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix sp. (Defrance 1819)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus 1758)
Costa et al. 2001 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Trigonulina bowdenensis (Dall 1903)
Jung 1996 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten thetidis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 2 specimens
Spathochlamys vaginula (Dall 1898)
Waller 2011 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten guppyi (Dall 1898)
Waller 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.3° North, 71.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.3° North, 71.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Messinian
Age range of interval:7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Age estimate:6.6 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Local section:Río Gurabo Local bed:206 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gurabo Formation, which unconformably overlies the Cercado Formation, and is unconformably overlain by the Mao Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 260); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 206 m above base of section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:rubbly,shelly/skeletal siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Silts with coral rubble.
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# 1475
Database number:131522
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-07-26 04:32:58 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-07-26 04:32:58
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]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]
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]
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]