NMB Loc. 15855 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium obesum
Guppy 1876
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Jung 1989 | 4 specimens | |||||
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Cerithium microlineatum
Gabb 1873
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus fusiformis
Gabb 1873
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
| recombined as Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria (Lyria) incomperta
Hoerle and Vokes 1978
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Vokes 1998 | ||||||
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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
- Cypraeidae
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Macrocypraea zebra
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio mcgintyi
Emerson and Puffer 1953
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia laevigata
(Guppy 1850)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus bostrychites
Guppy 1867
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Vokes and Vokes 1992 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Nodipecten colinensis
(Hodson and Hodson 1927)
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Waller 2011 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Stephanocoenia duncani
Foster 1987
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Foster 1987 | ||||||
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Stephanocoenia spongiformis
(Duncan 1864)
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Foster 1987 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites macdonaldi
Vaughan 1919
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Foster 1986 | ||||||
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Porites portoricensis
(Vaughan 1919)
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Foster 1986 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Antillocyathus maoensis
(Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925)
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Cairns and Wells 1987 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Solenastrea bournoni
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Budd 1991 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Montastrea limbata
(Duncan 1863)
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Budd 1991 | ||||||
| recombined as Orbicella limbata | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Manicina grandis
(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: | 7.1 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gurabo | ||||
| Regional section: | Rio Gurabo | Regional bed: | 6 | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G6: 250-290 m above base. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Lithology description: corals in thickets or small bioherms in a siliciclastic-dominated environment | |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
| Geology comments: deeper (more than 10-20 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
| Database number: | 93797 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, A. Hendy | Enterer: | U. Merkel, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-03 05:32:33 | Last modified: | 2012-11-26 12:55:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-03 05:32:33 |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 18705 | H. E. Vokes and E.H. Vokes. 1992. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: The Genus Spondylus (Bivalvia: Spondylidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 102(339):1-40 [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] |