TU 1354 - Rio Cana [Gurabo Fm]: Zanclean, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Montastrea limbata (Duncan 1863)
Budd 1991
recombined as Orbicella limbata
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo (Taeniaturbo) sp. Woodring 1928
18 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Vermicularia spirata (Philippi 1836)
2 specimens
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamididae indet. (Adams and Adams 1854)
4 specimens
original and current combination Potamidinae
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium guppyi (Gabb 1873)
51 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Freiheit and Geary 2009 1 specimen
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Lobatus dominator (Pilsbry 1917)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Nassarius) sp. Duméril 1806
8 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
9 specimens
Fusinus haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
4 specimens
recombined as Fusinus henekeni haitensis
Fasciolaria carminamaris Maury 1917
1 specimen
Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis (Gabb 1873)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conidae sp. Fleming 1822
Hendricks 2015 7 specimens
Conasprella (Ximeniconus) ageri
Hendricks 2015 28 specimens
Conasprella (Ximeniconus) kitteredgei (Maury 1917)
Hendricks 2015 4 specimens
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
43 specimens
Conus proteus Hwass 1792
36 specimens
synonym of Conus spurius
Conus (? Lautoconus) carlottae Hendricks 2015
Hendricks 2015 13 specimens
Conus (? Atlanticonus) olssoni (Maury 1917)
Hendricks 2015 10 specimens
Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli Maury 1917
Hendricks 2015 1 specimen
Conus (Stephanoconus) bellacoensis Hendricks 2015
Hendricks 2015 1 specimen
Conus (? Spuriconus) kaesleri Hendricks 2015
Hendricks 2015 7 specimens
Conus (Spuriconus) humerosus Pilsbry 1921
Hendricks 2015 1 specimen
Conus (Spuriconus) spurius Gmelin 1791
Hendricks 2015 4 specimens
Conus (Dauciconus) planiliratus Sowerby 1850
Hendricks 2015 10 specimens
Conus (? Dauciconus) zambaensis Hendricks 2015
Hendricks 2015 15 specimens
Conus (Dauciconus) furvoides Gabb 1873
Hendricks 2015 5 specimens
Conus (Dauciconus) multiliratus Böse 1906
Hendricks 2015 1 specimen
Conus lyelli Hendricks 2015
Hendricks 2015 2 specimens
Conus symmetricus Sowerby 1849
Hendricks 2015 30 specimens
recombined as Purpuriconus symmetricus
Conus planiliratus Sowerby 1850
33 specimens
recombined as Conasprelloides planiliratus
Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867
Hendricks 2015 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae sp. Swainson 1840
3 specimens
Undifferentiated species
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum (Vasum) gurabicum Maury 1917
Vokes 1998
Vasum (Vasum) tuberculatum Gabb 1873
Vokes 1998 1 specimen
Vasum (Vasum) haitense (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1998 1 specimen
recombined as Vasum haitensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum sp. Swainson 1840
11 specimens
Prunum gibsonsmithi Nehm 2001
Nehm 2001 1 specimen
"Marginella" sp. Lamarck 1799
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) triangularis (Adams 1855)
2 specimens
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
26 specimens
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomatus Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1989 13 specimens
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Murex (Haustellum) adelosus Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
recombined as Siratus adelosus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) incomperta Hoerle and Vokes 1978
Vokes 1998 20 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum (Oniscidia) domingense (Sowerby 1850)
11 specimens
Morum (Morum) oniscus (Linnaeaus 1767)
Vokes 1998 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Aphera islacolonis (Maury 1917)
Jung and Petit 1990
Cancellaria (Bivetopsia) plectilis n. sp. Jung and Petit 1990
Jung and Petit 1990 1 specimen
recombined as Bivetopsia plectilis
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) harrisi (Maury 1917)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953
Beu 2010 5 specimens
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
14 specimens
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea elliptica Pilsbry and Johnston 1917
Beu 2010 9 specimens
Malea camura Guppy 1866
15 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
11 specimens
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Beu 2010 15 specimens
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
22 specimens
synonym of Semicassis reclusa
Listed as "Semicassis (Tylocassis) reclusa"
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Charonia variegata (Lamarck 1816)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Cymatium praefemorale (Maury 1917)
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa grayana Dunker 1862
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Bursa amphitrites Maury 1917
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraeorbis noveli (Maury 1917)
1 specimen
Luria cinerea (Martini 1769)
1 specimen
recombined as Cypraea (Luria) cinerea
Luria isabella (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus 1758)
7 specimens
Macrocypraea sp. Woodring 1957
1 specimen
Zonaria raymondrobertsi (Pilsbry 1922)
7 specimens
recombined as Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
11 specimens
"Natica" youngi Maury 1917
1 specimen
Stigmaulax guppyi
9 specimens
Stigmaulax vererugosum (Cossmann 1924)
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758
20 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Obliquarca) sp. (Sacco 1898)
4 specimens
Anadara (Rasia) sp. (Gray 1857)
17 specimens
Anadara (Rasia) corcupidonis Maury 1917
2 specimens
Anadara (Rasia) halidonata (Dall 1898)
115 specimens
Lunarca sp. Gray 1857
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Anadara (Lunarca)
Arca (Arca) zebra (Swainson 1833)
7 specimens
original and current combination Byssoarca zebra
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona acuticostata (Sowerby 1849)
45 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797
4 specimens
Undifferentiated species
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten eccentricus (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 62 specimens
Euvola soror (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 5 specimens
Antillipecten quemadosensis Waller 2011
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Lindapecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Waller 2011 7 specimens
Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus 1758)
Waller 2011 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
9 specimens
Listed as "Ostrea sp."
Dendostrea guppyi
146 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella (Divaricella) sp. Martens 1880
5 specimens
Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
7 specimens
Pegophysema sp. (Stewart 1930)
20 specimens
reassigned as Anodontia (Pegophysema)
Anodontia (Anodontia) sp. Link 1807
26 specimens
Undifferentiated species
Phacoides domingensis Dall 1890
28 specimens
recombined as Phacoides pectinatus domingensis
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Trigonulina bowdenensis (Dall 1903)
Jung 1996 10 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bothrocorbula viminea (Guppy 1866)
Anderson 1996
Caryocorbula sericea (Dall 1898)
Anderson 1996
recombined as Corbula (Caryocorbula) sericea
Varicorbula sanctidominici (Maury 1925)
Anderson 1996
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791
15 specimens
Chama involuta Guppy 1873
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Hyphantosoma) planivieta
4 specimens
Lirophora (Lirophora) hendersoni
3 specimens
Chionopsis woodwardi (Guppy 1866)
5 specimens
Ventricolaria blandiana (Guppy 1873)
29 specimens
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) sp. Bronn 1831
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula" sp. Gray 1837
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
SUBSPECIES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis sambaica
Agnocardia cinderellae (Maury 1917)
Vokes 1989 1 specimen
Acrosterigma linguatigris (Maury 1917)
2 specimens
Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
replaced by Laevicardium serratum
Laevicardium vitellinum (Reeve 1844)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae sp. Blainville 1814
3 specimens
Merisca sp. (Dall 1900)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele claytoni Maury 1917
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glans scabricostata (Guppy 1866)
6 specimens
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster doederleini (Chester 1972)
Kier 1992
Moira atropos (Lamarck 1816)
Kier 1992 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.5° North, 70.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:5.1 Ma (Ar/Ar)5.1 to 5.0 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gurabo Fm, which overlies the Cercado Fm, and is overlain by the Mao Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); assigned to ; direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified based on observation of figures.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine firmground 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:74968
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, U. Merkel, M. Krause
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-09 15:34:40 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-09-09 15:34:40
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:

24475 L. C. Anderson. 1996. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 16. The Family Corbulidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 110(351):5-34 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]
31893 A. F. Budd. 1991. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 11. The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), part 1. The genera Montastrea and Solenastrea. Bulletins of American Paleontology 101:5-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
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]
57440 J. R. Hendricks. 2015. Glowing Seashells: Diversity of Fossilized Coloration Patterns on Coral Reef-Associated Cone Snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) Shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic. Plosone [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]
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]
18706 P. M. Kier. 1992. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 13. The Class Echinoidea (Echinodermata). Bulletins of American Paleontology 102(339):13-28 [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]
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]
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]