TU 1277, Río Gurabo [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
Cairns and Wells 1987
Cairns and Wells 1987
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
1 specimen
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten inaequalis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 4 specimens
Amusium papyraceum (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Vokes 1989
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Anderson 1996
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea camura Guppy 1866
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa grayana Dunker 1862
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis reclusa (Guppy 1873)
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
9 specimens
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
14 specimens
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
Beu 2010 4 specimens
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Zonaria spurcoides (Gabb 1873)
1 specimen
[entered as Zonaria spuroides]
6 specimens
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
1 specimen
Fusinus haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
27 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
10 specimens
Conus haytensis Sowerby 1849
16 specimens
Conus stenostoma Sowerby 1850
2 specimens
Conus multiliratus (Olsson 1922)
10 specimens
Conus planiliratus Sowerby 1850
21 specimens
Conus symmetricus Sowerby 1849
91 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia venusta (Sowerby 1850)
25 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
1 specimen
Polystira haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
21 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Vokes 1989 6 specimens
Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989 34 specimens
Vokes 1989
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
50 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
57 specimens
Lyria (Lyria) incomperta Hoerle and Vokes 1978
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
1 specimen
Vasum (Vasum) haitense (Sowerby 1850)
1 specimen
Vokes 1998 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Lobatus haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Lobatus dominator (Pilsbry 1917)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Strombus proximus Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
12 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:good
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:75040
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-16 14:23:52 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-09-16 14:23:52
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]
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]