NMB Loc. 16802 - Rio Mao [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten eccentricus
(Gabb 1873)
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Waller 2011 | 98 specimens | |||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Trigonulina bowdenensis
(Dall 1903)
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Jung 1996 | 1 specimen | |||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Smaragdia viridis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Costa et al. 2001 | 6 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Vermicularia woodringi
Olsson and Harbison 1953
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Jung 1989 | 11 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Alabina canaliculata
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Jung 1989 | 3 specimens | |||||
Ochetoclava sp.
Woodring 1928
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Triphoridae
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Triphoridae indet.
Gray 1847
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix sp.
(Defrance 1819)
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebridae indet.
Mörch 1852
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Tritiaria (Antillophos) moorei
(Guppy 1866)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora delecta
(Guppy 1876)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Tectonatica sp.
Sacco 1890
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Jung 1989 | 7 specimens | |||||
Stigmaulax sp.
Morch 1852
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Dominican Republic |
Coordinates: | 19.6° North, 71.0° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 19.6° North, 70.1° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 7.5 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cercado | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
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); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Fossiliferous silts. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | NMB |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. 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
Also known as: | PJ# 1556 | ||
Database number: | 131519 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-07-26 04:27:43 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-07-26 04:27:43 |
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:
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] | |
26933 | F. H. A. Costa, R. H. Neim, and C. S. Hickman. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 22. The family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 359:47-71 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] | |
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] | |
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] | |
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] |