NMB Loc. 16810 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Eualetes mcginyti
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Antillocyathus maoensis (Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925)
Cairns and Wells 1987
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Thysanus excentricus Duncan 1863
Budd and Johnson 1999
Thysanus navicula (Duncan 1864)
Budd and Johnson 1999
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina grandis (Duncan 1864)
Budd and Johnson 1999
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Vermicularia woodringi Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Ochetoclava terpna
Jung 1989 2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
Cerithium venustum Gabb 1873
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis virginicus
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Petaloconchus domingensis Sowerby 1849
Jung 1989 78 specimens
Petaloconchus laddfranklinae Maury 1917
Jung 1989 1490 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme (Sowerby 1850)
Nehm 2001 10 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp. (Woodring 1928)
Jung 1989 3 specimens
original and current combination Antillophos
Tritiaria (Antillophos) moorei (Guppy 1866)
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria semistriata Sowerby 1850
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Luria isabellae (Linnaeus 1758)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
recombined as Luria isabella
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Tugurium imperforatum
Jung 1989 1 specimen
synonym of Onustus
Xenophora delecta (Guppy 1876)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 12 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822
Jung 1989 25 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
SUBSPECIES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis cercadica
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten thetidis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 15 specimens
Spathochlamys vaginula (Dall 1898)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.5° North, 70.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Messinian
Age range of interval:7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Age estimate:7.0 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Local section:Río Gurabo Local bed:222 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: G5 (210-250 m).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: corals in thickets or small bioherms in a siliciclastic-dominated environment
Environment:perireef or subreef
Geology comments: moderately deep marine conditions with 20-30 m water depth
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:84956
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-19 02:46:56 Last modified:2012-11-26 12:38:15
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-11-19 02:46:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

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]
28516 A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
31716 S. D. Cairns and J. W. Wells. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):23-43 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
43588 A. H. Cheetham and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of tropical America: Comparison and contrast between the Central American Isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (357)159-192 [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]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
42446 R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 21. The genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [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]
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]