NMB Loc. 14576 - Rio Cana [Cercado Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic
collected by Maury
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Sincola (Sincola) nanniebellae
(Maury 1917)
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Jung 1989 | 15 specimens | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 70.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| 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: | 7.246 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cercado | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is overlain by the Gurabo Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); likely to be Messinian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From zone I in section; also stated in text to be base of Gurabo Fm? |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMB |
| Collectors: | Maury |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: C.J. Maury (donated by J.W. Wells, 1974). REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 131385 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-24 13:13:10 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-07-24 13:13:10 |
| 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:
| 26828 | P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |