Los Quemados - Zone B: Early/Lower Pliocene, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium uniseriale
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Clava plebeia
(Sowerby 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Drillia fusiformis
(Gabb 1873)
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recombined as Carinodrillia fusiformis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica youngi
Maury 1917
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Crepitacella cepula
(Guppy 1866)
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Also: Crepitacella cepula spiralistriata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis granifera
(Say 1824)
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa bufoniopsis
Maury 1917
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synonym of Bursa grayana | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sulcifera
Sowerby 1850
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Sconsia laevigata
(Guppy 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distortrix simillima
(Sowerby 1850)
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recombined as Distorsio simillima | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Simpulum pileare
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Monoplex pilearis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Vasum haitense
(Sowerby 1850)
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recombined as Vasum haitensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra henekeni
Sowerby 1850
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusus henekeni
Sowerby 1850
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recombined as Fusinus henekeni | ||||||||||
Also: Fusus henekeni haitensis | ||||||||||
Latirus infundibulum
Gmelin 1791
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Latirus exilis
Gabb 1873
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recombined as Dolicholatirus exilis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria pulchella
(Sowerby 1850)
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recombined as Lyria (Lyria) pulchella | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella christineladdae
Maury 1917
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recombined as Prunum christineladdae | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus haytensis
Sowerby 1849
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synonym of Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis | ||||||||||
Subspecies: Conus haytensis gurabensis | ||||||||||
Conus stenostomus
(Sowerby 1850)
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recombined as Conasprella stenostoma | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turris albida
(Perry 1811)
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recombined as Polystira albida | ||||||||||
Also: Turris albida antillarum | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Drillia squamosa
(Gabb 1873)
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Drillia venusta
(Sowerby 1850)
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recombined as Clathrodrillia venusta | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Solarium quadriseriatum
Sowerby 1850
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synonym of Architectonica nobilis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo crenulatoides
Maury 1917
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synonym of Turbo (Senectus) castanea | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Echinochama antiquata
(Guppy 1866)
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recombined as Arcinella antiquata | ||||||||||
Subspecies: Echinochama antiquata yaquensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Antigona blandiana
(Guppy 1873)
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recombined as Ventricolaria blandiana | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium cinderellae
(Maury 1917)
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recombined as Agnocardia cinderellae | ||||||||||
Protocardia islahispaniolae
Maury 1917
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recombined as Nemocardium (Microcardium) islahispaniolae | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia islahispaniolae
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten eugrammatus
Dall 1898
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synonym of Argopecten thetidis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus bostrychites
Guppy 1867
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Scapharca golfoyaquensis
(Maury 1917)
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recombined as Anadara (Rasia) golfoyaquensis | ||||||||||
Scapharca henekeni
Maury 1917
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recombined as Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni | ||||||||||
Scapharca riogurabonica
Maury 1917
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recombined as Anadara (Sectiarca) riogurabonica | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris acuticostata
(Sowerby 1849)
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recombined as Tucetona acuticostata | ||||||||||
Spelt: Glycimeris | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Dominican Republic |
Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 70.8° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Cercado de Mao | Local bed: | 375 ft | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Regional section: | Mao River | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: From Zone B. Section approximately 50 ft thick. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray,blue poorly lithified claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Hard blue clay, blocky, not well-stratified, weathering grayish. | |
Environment: | offshore |
Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported by Maury. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | PRI |
Collection method comments: Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Identifications to species level, though antiquated genus-level nomenclature. |
Metadata
Database number: | 58819 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-02-24 19:40:33 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-24 19:40:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
16689. | C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/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] |