TU 1231, Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian - Zanclean, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Waller 2011 3 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Bullidae
10 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
1 specimen
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus pilsbryi (Smith 1907)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora delecta (Guppy 1876)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitridae indet. Swainson 1831
3 specimens
Mitra (Mitra) sp. Lamarck 1798
3 specimens
Subcancilla henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
191 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
1 specimen
7 specimens
1 specimen
9 specimens
12 specimens
Vasum (Vasum) haitense (Sowerby 1850)
5 specimens
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887
8 specimens
1 specimen
Costellaria sp. (Swainson 1840)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
1 specimen
14 specimens
32 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
3 specimens
23 specimens
Fusinus haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
53 specimens
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena consors (Sowerby 1850)
21 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
3 specimens
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbellidae indet. Swainson 1840
1 specimen
Columbellidae indet. Swainson 1840
1 specimen
Metulella venusta (Sowerby 1850)
10 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
9 specimens
Clathrodrillia venusta (Sowerby 1850)
24 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
44 specimens
Polystira haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
3 specimens
270 specimens
9 specimens
Conus catenatus Sowerby 1849
39 specimens
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850
34 specimens
Conus symmetricus Sowerby 1849
894 specimens
Conus planiliratus Sowerby 1850
1 specimen
Conus multiliratus (Olsson 1922)
121 specimens
Conus haytensis Sowerby 1849
1 specimen
Conus recognitus Guppy 1867
18 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
4 specimens
2 specimens
14 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
104 specimens
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus 1767)
1 specimen
Vokes 1989 1 specimen
Vokes 1989 11 specimens
24 specimens
1 specimen
Vokes 1989 202 specimens
168 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
416 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
8 specimens
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
2 specimens
1 specimen
2 specimens
12 specimens
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Lobatus dominator (Pilsbry 1917)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Lobatus haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
29 specimens
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
9 specimens
Semicassis reclusa (Guppy 1873)
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
3 specimens
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
8 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa grayana Dunker 1862
Beu 2010 7 specimens
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
27 specimens
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
Beu 2010 12 specimens
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953
Beu 2010 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Beu 2010 10 specimens
Charonia variegata (Lamarck 1816)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Monoplex krebsii (Mörch 1877)
Beu 2010 8 specimens
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea camura Guppy 1866
1 specimen
Malea elliptica Pilsbry and Johnston 1917
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
7 specimens
Stigmaulax vererugosum (Cossmann 1924)
10 specimens
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
113 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
21 specimens
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Crepitacella cepula (Guppy 1866)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Niso sp. Risso 1826
1 specimen
Niso sp. Risso 1826
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
1 specimen
90 specimens
18 specimens
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
1 specimen
Bivalvia
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Argopecten thetidis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 15 specimens
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Waller 2011 3 specimens
Euvola soror (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
4 specimens
18 specimens
Anadara (Potiarca) sp. (Iredale 1939)
13 specimens
42 specimens
1 specimen
Lunarca sp. Gray 1857
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801
18 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele claytoni Maury 1917
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914
3 specimens
1 specimen
12 specimens
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella antiquata (Guppy 1866)
22 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Budd 1991
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.3° North, 71.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.8° North, 70.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene - Pliocene
Stage: Messinian - Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Messinian - Zanclean
Age range of interval: 7.246 - 3.6 m.y. ago
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 Messinian-Zanclean at present. 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:75038
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-16 14:19:41 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-09-16 14:19:41
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]
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]
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]
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]