TU 1380, Santiago de los Caballeros [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian - Zanclean, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Cairns and Wells 1987
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
1 specimen
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona acuticostata (Sowerby 1849)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889
8 specimens
Argopecten inaequalis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 77 specimens
Argopecten thetidis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 26 specimens
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Amusium papyraceum (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845
21 specimens
100 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium sp. (de Gregorio 1884)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
9 specimens
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella antiquata (Guppy 1866)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glans scabricostata (Guppy 1866)
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 70.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.9° North, 69.5° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene - Pliocene
Stage: Messinian - Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Messinian - Zanclean
Age range of interval: 7.246 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gurabo Fm, which overlies the Cercado Fm, and is overlain by the Mao Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); assigned to Messinian-Zanclean at present. THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified based on observation of figures.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine firmground environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:4.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.
Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Most taxa Identified by A. Hendy, with some earlier identifications by E. Vokes, P. Jung, H. Vokes, L. Anderson.
Metadata
Database number:74933
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-06 22:07:20 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-03-06 22:07:20
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
19909. A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

31716 S. D. Cairns and J. W. Wells. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):23-43 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
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]
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]