Los Quemados - Zone A: Early Pliocene, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Antigona blandiana (Guppy 1873)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Subspecies: Echinochama antiquata yaqeuensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica youngi Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distortrix simillima (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusus henekeni Sowerby 1850
Also: Fusus henekeni haitensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus catenatus Sowerby 1849
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia consors (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris albida (Perry 1811)
Also: Turris albida antillarum, Turris albida tellea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum haitense (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra henekeni Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus haitensis Sowerby 1850
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.9° North, 70.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Early Pliocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Local section:Cercado de Mao Local bed:200 ft
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Mao River
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: From Zone A. Section approximately 300 ft thick.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:blue poorly lithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Hard, light blue clays forming vertical cliffs slightly concave at the base. The clays weatehr yellowish-white.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported by Maury.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI
Collection method comments: Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI.
Taxonomic list comments:Identifications to species level, though antiquated genus-level nomenclature.
Metadata
Database number:58818
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-02-24 19:37:59 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-24 19:37:59
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
16689. C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]