Caimito - Zone H: Late Miocene, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Amauropsis guppyi (Gabb 1873)
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Cythara elongata (Gabb 1873)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra berlinerae Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus kitteredgei Maury 1917
Conus recognitus Guppy 1867
Conus haytensis Sowerby 1849
Conus proteus Hwass 1792
Conus furvoides Gabb 1873
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex cornurectus Guppy 1876
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra henekeni Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850
Oliva cristobalcoloni Maury 1917
Oliva brevispira Gabb 1873
    = Oliva giraudi Cossmann 1913
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Olivella muticoides (Gabb 1873)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Phos fasciolatus (Dall 1896)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Strombina nanniebellae (Maury 1917)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusus henekeni Sowerby 1850
Includes: Fusus hekenei veatchi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria harrisi Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Stigmaulax) sulcata (Born 1778)
Polinices subclausa (Sowerby 1850)
Neverita nereidis Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissuridea henekeni Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo cenulatoides
Astralium karlschmidti
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina canaliculata (Say 1826)
Acteocina (Cylichnella) triticumtritonis Maury 1917
Bullaria paupercula (Sowerby 1849)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa yaquensis Maury 1917
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla turritissima
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Siliqua subaequalis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium tintinnabularum (Maury 1917)
Cardium linguatigris (Maury 1917)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax aequalis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Strigilla caimitica
Tellina riocanensis
Tellina cibaoica Maury 1917
Scissula scitula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Mytilopsis domingensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Petricola riocanensis Maury 1917
Petricola caimitica
Pitaria circinata (Born 1778)
Antigona tarquinia (Dall 1900)
Spelt: Autigona
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae
Coralliophaga coralliophaga Gmelin 1791
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama caimitica
Chama riocanica
Chama congregatoides Maury 1917
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula caimitica Maury 1917
Corbula dominicensis Gabb 1873
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina chrysostoma Philippi 1845
Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Miltha riocanensis Maury 1917
Phacoides actinus (Dall 1903)
Phacoides yaquensis (Gabb 1873)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga nigra (d'Orbigny 1845)
Lithophaga antillarum (d'Orbigny 1853)
Botula hispaniolae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten nodosus (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Scapharca riocanensis Maury 1917
Scapharca golfoyaquensis (Maury 1917)
Barbatia submarylandica Maury 1917
Scapharca willardausteni Maury 1917
(1 measurement)
Arca occidentalis Philippi 1847
Arca umbonata Lamarck 1819
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.5° North, 70.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cercado
Local section:Caimito Local bed:630 ft
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Rio Cana
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Zone H. From unknown formation (Possibly Cercado, Gurabo or Mao) at the time of writing. Section approximately 100 ft thick, 580 ft from base of section. Later shown to be correlated to the Cercado Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,pebbly,gray,blue poorly lithified claystone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Collections derived from three horizons, comprising 1) blue and green clay, gravelly clays and pure gravels; 2) uniform hard clays with lines of large concretions; and 3) gravels with compound corals.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported by Maury.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,concretion,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:58867
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-02-27 11:21:08 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-27 11:21:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
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]

Secondary references:

36423 B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]