TU 1210 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian - Zanclean, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Cairns and Wells 1987
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Cairns and Wells 1987
Cairns and Wells 1987
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Vokes 1989
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
44 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Waller 2011 2 specimens
Argopecten thetidis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 5 specimens
Waller 2011
Amusium papyraceum (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 2 specimens
Palliolum sp. Monterosato 1884
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
17 specimens
Pitar (Pitar) sp. Römer 1857
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella antiquata (Guppy 1866)
57 specimens
Chama involuta Guppy 1873
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Vokes 1989 3 specimens
Vokes 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Anderson 1996
Anderson 1996
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Jung 1996 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glans scabricostata (Guppy 1866)
67 specimens
Gastropoda
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
1 specimen
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
15 specimens
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea camura Guppy 1866
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa grayana Dunker 1862
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
3 specimens
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
43 specimens
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
13 specimens
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953
Beu 2010 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Charonia variegata (Lamarck 1816)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Charonia lampas (Linnaeus 1758)
Beu 2010
Monoplex krebsii (Mörch 1877)
Beu 2010 8 specimens
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
1 specimen
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora delecta (Guppy 1876)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
1 specimen
4 specimens
Fusinus haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
27 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
47 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella venusta (Sowerby 1850)
7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
371 specimens
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850
13 specimens
Conus proteus Hwass 1792
19 specimens
Conus planiliratus Sowerby 1850
46 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
59 specimens
Polystira haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
156 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
10 specimens
Vokes 1989 342 specimens
1 specimen
Vokes 1989 1 specimen
244 specimens
Vokes 1989
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginellidae indet. Fleming 1828
9 specimens
Nehm 2001 50 specimens
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
19 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Uromitra sp. Bellardi 1887
7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953
170 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Jung and Petit 1990
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Lobatus haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Lobatus dominator (Pilsbry 1917)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astralium sp. Link 1807
1 specimen
unclassified
Waller 2011 7 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.3° North, 71.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.8° North, 70.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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: 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:75036
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-16 14:14:56 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-09-16 14:14:56
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:

24475 L. C. Anderson. 1996. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 16. The Family Corbulidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 110(351):5-34 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]
29992 J. R. Freiheit and D. H. Geary. 2009. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23. Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology 376:1-54 [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]
43555 P. Jung and R. E. Petit. 1990. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(334):87-144 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26932 R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. Part 21. The Genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]
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]
13236 W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299-452 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]