NMB Loc. 15846 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dolcholatirus exilis
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Eualetes mcgintyi
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Juliidae
Julia sp. Gould 1862
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Cerithium obesum Guppy 1876
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Cerithium microlineatum Gabb 1873
Jung 1989 14 specimens
Cerithium dominicense Gabb 1873
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Ochetoclava terpna
Jung 1989 44 specimens
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Vermicularia woodringi Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 24 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 13 specimens
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp. (Woodring 1928)
Jung 1989 24 specimens
original and current combination Antillophos
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum gurabicum Maury 1917
Jung 1989 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme (Sowerby 1850)
Nehm 2001 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Dermomurex (Trialatella) pterynoides
Vokes 1989
Murex (Haustellum) messorius (Sowerby 1841)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Vokesimurex messorius
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1989
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Spinidrupa demissa
Vokes 1989
Pterynotus (Purpurellus) mirificus
Vokes 1989
original and current combination Purpurellus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum sp. Röding 1798
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus 1758)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953
Beu 2010 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa grayana Dunker 1862
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa (Guppy 1873)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Serpulorbis granifer
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867
Vokes and Vokes 1992
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Spathochlamys vaginula (Dall 1898)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Argopecten thetidis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Americardia media (Linnaeaus 1758)
Vokes 1989
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1989
SUBSPECIES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis cercadica
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cardiomya (Bowdenia) distira (Dall 1903)
Jung 1996 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Trigonulina bowdenensis (Dall 1903)
Jung 1996 12 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Jung 1989 7 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia spongiformis (Duncan 1864)
Foster 1987
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites macdonaldi Vaughan 1919
Foster 1986
Porites waylandi Foster 1986
Foster 1986
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Foster 1986
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea brevis (Duncan 1864)
Budd 1991
Montastrea cylindrica (Duncan 1863)
Budd 1991
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Hadrophyllia saundersi Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Budd 1991
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Montastrea limbata (Duncan 1863)
Budd 1991
recombined as Orbicella limbata
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:6.5 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 extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G6 (250-290 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: 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:94000
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-02-08 04:14:55 Last modified:2012-12-07 09:49:19
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-02-08 04:14:55
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]
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]
25339 P. Jung. 1996. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: 17. The familes Cuspidariidae and Verticordiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 110(351):35-54 [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]
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]
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]
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]