NMB Loc. 15867 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Ochetoclava terpna
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Jung 1989 | 12 specimens | |||||
| spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis papulosus
(Guppy 1866)
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Petaloconchus domingensis
Sowerby 1849
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Petaloconchus laddfranklinae
Maury 1917
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria (Lyria) pulchella
(Sowerby 1850)
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Vokes 1998 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus (Siratus) eumekes
Vokes 1989
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus
(Guppy 1876)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
| recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | |||||||
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Murex (Haustellum) messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
| recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | |||||||
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Murex (Haustellum) pennae
(Maury 1934)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum coniforme
(Sowerby 1850)
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Nehm 2001 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp.
(Woodring 1928)
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Jung 1989 | 4 specimens | |||||
| original and current combination Antillophos | |||||||
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Tritiaria (Antillophos) moorei
(Guppy 1866)
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Jung 1989 | 7 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fasciolaria semistriata
Sowerby 1850
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Metulella venusta
(Sowerby 1850)
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Jung 1994 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Erosaria spurca
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora delecta
(Guppy 1876)
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Lobatus haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Freiheit and Geary 2009 | ||||||
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Lobatus dominator
(Pilsbry 1917)
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Freiheit and Geary 2009 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio simillima
(Sowerby 1850)
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Beu 2010 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Distorsio mcgintyi
Emerson and Puffer 1953
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Beu 2010 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Semicassis reclusa
(Guppy 1873)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Sconsia laevigata
(Guppy 1850)
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Beu 2010 | 9 specimens | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten thetidis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Waller 2011 | 7 specimens | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus bostrychites
Guppy 1867
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Vokes and Vokes 1992 | ||||||
| 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: | 6.9 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gurabo | ||||
| Local section: | Río Gurabo | Local bed: | 223 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 223 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: | 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# 1493 | ||
| Database number: | 131656 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-27 15:20:28 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-07-27 15:20:28 |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 18705 | H. E. Vokes and E.H. Vokes. 1992. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: The Genus Spondylus (Bivalvia: Spondylidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 102(339):1-40 [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] |