TU 1364 - Rio Yaque del Norte [Baitoa Fm]: Langhian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Pachycrommium guppyi
(Gabb 1873)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula plana
Say 1822
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamididae indet.
(Adams and Adams 1854)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Potamidinae | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Diastomatidae
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Diastoma sp.
Deshayes 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia
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78 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Typhis (Talityphis) obesus
(Gabb 1873)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Typhina obesa | ||||||||||
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Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) infrequens
(Vokes 1963)
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Vokes 1989 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) corrigendum
Vokes 1989
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Vokes 1989 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Murex (Haustellum) messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | ||||||||||
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Thais (Thaisiella) trinitatensis
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum latissinum
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Nehm 2001 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
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Prunum aminum
(Dall 1896)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Prunum amina | ||||||||||
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Marginella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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115 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Neosconsia sp.
Olsson 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gemophos brevis
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Antillophos (Antillophos) pitti
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei
(Guppy 1866)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Antillophos (Antillophos) elegans
(Guppy 1866)
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50 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius (Nassarius) sp.
Duméril 1806
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Bulliopsis sp.
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fasciolaria kempi
(Maury 1910)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Fasciolaria ramondi | ||||||||||
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Fusinus henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis
(Gabb 1873)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina sp.
Mörch 1852
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Parametaria lopezana
Jung 1994
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Parametaria (Dominitaria) lopezana
Jung 1994
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Jung 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Vexillum (Costellaria) bullennewtoni
Maury 1917
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Turbinella validus
(Sowerby 1850)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Turbinella valida | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera
(Guppy 1876)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | |||||||||
| recombined as Bivetiella epistomifera | ||||||||||
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) rowelli
(Dall 1896)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Agatrix losquemadica
Jung and Petit 1990
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72 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Conus multiliratus
(Olsson 1922)
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18 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Conasprelloides multiliratus | ||||||||||
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Conus planiliratus
Sowerby 1850
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Conasprelloides planiliratus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Hindsiclava sp.
Hertlein and Strong 1955
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebridae indet.
Mörch 1852
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Terebra (Panaterebra) sp.
Olsson 1967
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus bifrons
Sowerby 1850
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Freiheit and Geary 2009 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea camura
Guppy 1866
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Malea elliptica
Pilsbry and Johnston 1917
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Beu 2010 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia (Sconsia) striata
(Lamarck 1816)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| replaced by Sconsia grayi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Turritriton domingensis
(Gabb 1873)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Septa landaui
Beu 2010
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Beu 2010 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Monoplex parthenopeus
(von Salis Marschlins 1793)
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Beu 2010 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Monoplex longispira
Beu 2010
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Monoplex cercadicus
(Maury 1917)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Monoplex pilearis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Stigmaulax vererugosum
(Cossmann 1924)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Natica (Natica) sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bulla sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Saccella sp.
Woodring 1925
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Glans scabricostata
(Guppy 1866)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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= Venericardia dominica
Weisbord 1929
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Weisbord 1929 | |||||||||
| recombined as Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Ctena vendryesi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Bothrocorbula viminea
(Guppy 1866)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chionopsis woodwardi
(Guppy 1866)
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30 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama involuta
Guppy 1873
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Arcinella cf. antiquata
(Guppy 1866)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis
(Dall 1900)
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum
(Maury 1917)
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Vokes 1989 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) dominicense
(Gabb 1873)
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Vokes 1989 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Merisca sp.
(Dall 1900)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris sp.
Da Costa 1778
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia (Noetia) sp.
Gray 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Diluvarca) cf. microtera
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Potiarca) sp.
(Iredale 1939)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Arca (Arca) yaquensis
(Maury 1917)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Arca (Arca) cf. bowdeniana
(Dall 1898)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Lamarcka bowdeniana | ||||||||||
| [entered as Arca (Arca) boweniana] | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.3° North, 70.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.2° North, 69.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 15.7 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Baitoa | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Baitoa Fm, which unconformably underlies the Cercardo, and overlies unconformably the Tabera Fm. AGE: Early Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999). THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified based on observation of figures. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 4.000 |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Most taxa Identified by A. Hendy, with some earlier identifications by E. Vokes, P. Jung, H. Vokes, L. Anderson. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74958 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-08 11:21:37 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-09-08 11:21:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19909. | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 17428 | N. E. Weisbord. 1929. Miocene Mollusca of Northern Colombia. Bulletin of American Paleontology 14(54):1-310 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro] |