USNM 8629: Pleistocene, Dominican Republic
collected by Ross 1919

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) stantoni (Dall 1907)
synonym of Cerithium guinaicum
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) litteratum (Born 1778)
recombined as Cerithium litteratum
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) variable (Adams 1845)
synonym of Cerithium lutosum
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina elegantissima (d'Orbigny 1842)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Phyllonotus) pomum (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cytherea listeri (Gray 1838)
recombined as Periglypta listeri
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Laevicardium serratum
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina chrysostoma Philippi 1845
synonym of Anodontia alba
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Arca) umbonata (Lamarck 1819)
synonym of Lamarcka imbricata
Hydrozoa - Milleporina
Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus 1758
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora muricata (Linnaeus 1758)
    = Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816
Kiessling et al. 2011
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Orbicella aff. limbata (Duncan 1863)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Maeandra areolata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Manicina areolata
Manicina gyrosa (Ellis and Solander 1786)
synonym of Manicina areolata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites asteroides
    = Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816
Kiessling et al. 2011
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia purpurea Lesueur 1821
synonym of Agaricia agaricites
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 "coral limestone". AGE: Undifferentiated Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Coral 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:Ross Collection dates:1919
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: C. P. Ross. 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:R 63
Database number:75423
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling, U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-10-09 05:22:14 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-10-09 05:22:14
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:

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