TU 1356, Río Cana [Gurabo Fm]: Zanclean, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Arca) zebra (Swainson 1833)
4 specimens
16 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona acuticostata (Sowerby 1849)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Lindapecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Dendostrea sp. Swainson 1835
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
1 specimen
7 specimens
4 specimens
4 specimens
2 specimens
4 specimens
Miltha (Megaxinus) sp. (Brugnone 1880)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Vokes 1989
Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
1 specimen
Stigmaulax vererugosum (Cossmann 1924)
1 specimen
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea camura Guppy 1866
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium moniliferum (Guppy 1866)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Zonaria sp. Jousseaume 1884
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora delecta (Guppy 1876)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
1 specimen
Calophos sp. Woodring 1964
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
3 specimens
1 specimen
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850
1 specimen
Conus proteus Hwass 1792
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Vokes 1989
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) incomperta Hoerle and Vokes 1978
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vokes 1998 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astralium sp. Link 1807
2 specimens
4 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.9° North, 70.3° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Zanclean
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 4.6 Ma (age-depth)4.8 to 4.4 Ma (age-depth)
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); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably silcicilastic. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified 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:74970
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-09 15:42:05 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-03-09 15:42:05
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:

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]
25312 E. H. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 8. The Family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology. Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):1-94 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
18707 E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54 [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]