NMB Loc. 15837 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea brevis (Duncan 1864)
Budd 1991
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina grandis (Duncan 1864)
Budd and Johnson 1999
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Budd 1991
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Budd 1991
Thysanus navicula (Duncan 1864)
Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Foster 1986
Foster 1986
Foster 1986
Foster 1986
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Nodipecten colinensis (Hodson and Hodson 1927)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Waller 2011 2 specimens
Argopecten thetidis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Nehm 2001 3 specimens
Prunum coniforme (Sowerby 1850)
Nehm 2001 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.1° North, 69.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Messinian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Messinian
Age range of interval: 7.246 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 5.8 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Local section:Rio Gurabo Local bed:375 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: Early Pliocene, according to Waller (2011); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G8 (360-386 m).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: slump deposits of reefal carbonates
Environment:perireef or subreef
Geology comments: moderately deep marine conditions with 20-30 m water depth
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
Database number:84966
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-19 03:37:23 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-11-19 03:37:23
Creative Commons license:CC0
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:

31893 A. F. Budd. 1991. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 11. The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), part 1. The genera Montastrea and Solenastrea. Bulletins of American Paleontology 101:5-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
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]
31838 A. B. Foster. 1986. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 3. The family Poritidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 90:47-123 [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]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
42446 R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 21. The genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [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]