NMB Loc. 15811 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus domingensis
Sowerby 1849
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Jung 1989 | 8 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia laevigata
(Guppy 1850)
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Beu 2010 | 4 specimens | |||||
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Cassis sulcifera
Sowerby 1850
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio simillima
(Sowerby 1850)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora delecta
(Guppy 1876)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Lobatus haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Freiheit and Geary 2009 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum christineladdae
(Maury 1917)
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Nehm 2001 | 23 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Murex (Haustellum) messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
| recombined as Vokesimurex messorius | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp.
(Woodring 1928)
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Jung 1989 | 4 specimens | |||||
| original and current combination Antillophos | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Latirus gurabensis
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Vasum gurabicum
Maury 1917
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Vokes 1998 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Thysanus navicula
(Duncan 1864)
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Budd and Johnson 1999 | ||||||
| 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: | 5.5 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gurabo | ||||
| Local section: | Rio Gurabo | Local bed: | 396 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gurabo Formation, which unconformably overlies the Cercado Formation, and is unconformably overlain by the Mao Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 260); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G9 (387-430 m). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: slump deposits of reefal carbonates | |
| 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: | 84974 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, A. Hendy | Enterer: | U. Merkel, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-11-19 04:25:32 | Last modified: | 2012-12-06 15:53:08 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-11-19 04:25:32 |
| 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] | |
| 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] |