NMB Loc. 16881 - Rio Cana [Gurabo Fm]: Zanclean, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Lindapecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia duncani Foster 1987
Foster 1987
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites macdonaldi Vaughan 1919
Foster 1986
Porites waylandi Foster 1986
Foster 1986
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Foster 1986
Porites portoricensis (Vaughan 1919)
Foster 1986
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea brevis (Duncan 1864)
Budd 1991
Montastrea canalis (Vaughan 1919)
Budd 1991
synonym of Montastraea endothecata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Montastrea limbata (Duncan 1863)
Budd 1991
recombined as Orbicella limbata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria zambensis Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.5° North, 70.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:4.9 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Regional section:Rio Cana Regional bed:5
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit C5 (330-375 m), sample 350 m.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: deeper (20-30 m), more turbid reef habitats
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
Also known as:Reef 3902
Database number:93735
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-02-01 05:25:46 Last modified:2012-12-07 09:28:56
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-01 05:25:46
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:

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]
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]
31838 A. B. Foster. 1986. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 3. The family Poritidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 90:47-123 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
31880 A. B. Foster. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 4. The genus Stephanocoenia (Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Astrocoeniidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93:5-22 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
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]