USNM 8593: Pleistocene, Dominican Republic
collected by Condit 1919

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Meandrina maeandrites (Linnaeus 1758)
    = Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758
Kiessling et al. 2011
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Orbicella annularis (Ellis and Solander 1876)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Maeandra areolata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Manicina areolata
Manicina gyrosa (Ellis and Solander 1786)
synonym of Manicina areolata
Mycetophyllia lamarckana
    = Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Kiessling et al. 2011
Mussa angulosa (Pallas 1766)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina valenciennesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora muricata (Linnaeus 1758)
    = Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816
Kiessling et al. 2011
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia intersepta (Esper 1795)
Madracis decactis (Lyman 1859)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Orbicella cavernosa (Linne 1767)
recombined as Montastrea cavernosa
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1801
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816
Porites asteroides
    = Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816
Kiessling et al. 2011
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astralium americanum (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Lithopoma americanum
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissuridea alternata (Say 1822)
synonym of Diodora cayenensis
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) algicola (Adams 1845)
synonym of Cerithium eburneum
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) variable (Adams 1845)
synonym of Cerithium lutosum
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) litteratum (Born 1778)
recombined as Cerithium litteratum
Gastropoda - Modulidae
Modulus modulus (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina elegantissima (d'Orbigny 1842)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva literata (Lamarck 1811)
synonym of Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Phyllonotus) pomum (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum
Murex messorius Sowerby 1841
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Thais sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Tritonidea cancellaris
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alectrion consena (Ravenel 1861)
recombined as Nassarius (Nassarius) consensus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum capitellum (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus pugilis Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Assimineidae
Assiminea sp. Fleming 1828
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Cryptonatica) pusilla (Say 1822)
recombined as Tectonatica pusilla
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnella biplicata (Lea 1845)
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neretina pupa (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Puperita pupa
Neretina meleagris (Lamarck 1822)
original and current combination Neritina meleagris
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia (Jagonia) orbiculata (Montagu 1808)
recombined as Ctena orbiculata
Phacoides (Here) pennsylvanicus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Lucina pensylvanica
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula aequivalvis Philippi 1836
recombined as Juliacorbula aequivalvis
Corbula swiftiana Adams 1852
synonym of Caryocorbula caribaea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Macrocallista maculata
Anomalocardia flexuosa
    = Anomalocardia brasiliana Gmelin 1792
Hendy et al. 2008
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta punctata (Say 1822)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Laevicardium serratum
Cardium (Trigoniocardia) antillarum d'Orbigny 1853
recombined as Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) antillarum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Angulus) pauperata (d'Orbigny 1853)
synonym of Angulus versicolor
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Scapharca) auriculata (Lamarck 1819)
    = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis Röding 1798
Hendy et al. 2008
Arca (Callocarca) candida Helbling 1779
recombined as Barbatia candida
Arca (Cunearca) chemnitzi Philippi 1851
Arca (Arca) occidentalis (Philippi 1847)
synonym of Byssoarca zebra
Arca (Arca) umbonata (Lamarck 1819)
synonym of Lamarcka imbricata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 18.5° North, 71.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.5° North, 71.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithosratigraphy. From "coast limestone". AGE: Undifferentiated Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of facies description.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Environmental data not reported in text.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:Condit Collection dates:1919
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: D. C. Condit. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but numbers presumably correspond to USGS collections, hence probably reposited in USNM.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Includes anthozoans, bivalves and gastropods.
Metadata
Also known as:DC 92
Database number:75422
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling, U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-10-09 05:19:42 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-10-09 05:19:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25443. T. W. Vaughan, W. Cooke, D. D. Condit, C. P. Ross, W. P. Woodring and F. C. Calkins. 1921. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican Republic. Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic Memoir 1:1-268 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

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]
35169 W. Kiessling, C. Simpson, B. Beck and J. Pandolfi. 2011. Taxonomic vetting of Pleistocene coral occurrence data. [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]