NMB Loc. 15901 - Río Gurabo [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Manicina grandis
(Duncan 1864)
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Budd and Johnson 1999 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Smaragdia viridis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Costa et al. 2001 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebridae indet.
Mörch 1852
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus gibsonsmithi
Beu 2010
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Muracypraea henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Tectonatica sp.
Sacco 1890
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Stigmaulax sp.
Morch 1852
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Jung 1989 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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Jung 1989 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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Jung 1989 | 6 specimens | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten eccentricus
(Gabb 1873)
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Waller 2011 | 42 specimens | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.4° North, 70.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 7.246 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 7.7 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cercado | ||||
| Local section: | Río Gurabo | Local bed: | 123 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Regional section: | Rio Gurabo | Regional bed: | 1 | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G1 (120-140 m). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: patch reef at 150-155 m in a sandstone-dominated near-shore environment | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3902 | ||
| Database number: | 84953 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, A. Hendy | Enterer: | U. Merkel, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-11-19 02:40:34 | Last modified: | 2012-11-26 12:38:11 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-11-19 02:40:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 28516 | A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
| 43588 | A. H. Cheetham and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of tropical America: Comparison and contrast between the Central American Isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (357)159-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 26933 | F. H. A. Costa, R. H. Neim, and C. S. Hickman. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 22. The family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 359:47-71 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] | |
| 42438 | P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [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] |